Their first (and last) movie is called Brain Massage and the wait is almost over.
The trailer is out, the premiere is next month and pre-orders are available now.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/740198/Nipwitz---Brain-Massage-OFFICIAL-TRAILER
For those who don’t know… Who are you?
Where are you from and how did you get started skiing, filming and producing?
Oskari: We are a freeskiing collective hailing from the urban mecca of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
We got into skiing at an early age and started filming when Aarni got his first camera.
I guess back then we just wanted to copy our elders and make ski movies.
After all this time, Brain Massage is your first movie.
What have been the biggest challenges scaling up from edits to a full length film?
Aarni: I feel that making webisodes was more challenging than making a movie.
You had to go through the same workflow of planning, filming and editing four times in a season.
We all live in different cities and it was really hard to get the crew together for a shoot.
For the movie we’ve had plenty of time to plan and film without any distractions.
Oskari: At first I’d say it was a matter of easing the logistics.
Aarni: We knew we would end the Nipwitz-project sometime.
Making a two year movie project as the last piece felt right.
In this day and age, ski edits are quickly forgotten.
Having taken a two year break are you worried people may have forgotten about Nipwitz?
Oskari: There’s a real surplus of everything on the internet.
It’s different today than when we started five years ago.
It’s like choosing to read a good book instead of just skimming through some online articles.
Oskari: Our episodes haven’t only been urban so our movie will follow the same path.
Aarni: The work we have done in the past have included more than just pure skiing shots.
But skiing wise urbans have been our first priority and that’s what we followed in this movie.
You mostly shot in Russia and Estonia, what made you travel there?
Oskari: The ex-Soviet regions offer a real playground for urban missions.
Aarni: Skiing on yellow snow, rusty metal and cracked concrete looks good on film.
All that can be found in our neighbouring countries.
Aarni: We learned that urban skiing culture exists in Murmansk.
The local skiers and snowboarders helped us to find spots even though we didn’t share a common language.
And yeah, there was also a prison right next to the landing on that wallride spot.
Rumour has it you built yourself a ridiculously fast winch, tell me about it.
Apparently it’s so fast it broke Oskari’s finger?
The middle finger is almost straight now.
Aarni: It is a 480cc two-stroke engine with +70 horsepower
Kalle Leinonen - Cork 7 True Nose.
Credit: Ville-Petteri Maatta / Nipwitz
On the subject of injuries, you guys hit some seriously gnarly spots.
Were there lots of injuries in the making of the movie?
Oskari: We got surprisingly lucky with injuries.
The injuries we had were pretty minor, although Matti did get a pretty nice hit to his head.
Who generally takes the worst crashes?
Matti: I guess I am the chip leader in the crash statistics.
But Kalle Leinonen usually nails everything at every spot he does.
Actually, he has never left from his spot without the shot he wanted in the first place.
Where do you get you inspiration and how do you pick what spots to hit?
Oskari: My biggest influence must be some of the earliest Think Thank-movies like Patchwork Patterns and Thanks Brain!
I like to pick a spot based on a trick I want to try on it.
Aarni: I don’t have to seek for inspiration outside of the Nipwitz crew that often.
The ideas and visions live their own life.
And what should people look forward to the most in the new movie?
Finally, when will the movie be released?
Matti: The world premiere of Brain Massage is 1st of November in Helsinki.
The box can be pre-ordered fromwww.nipwitz.comand shipping starts in the beginning of November.
There will be an online release at the end of this year or early 2015.
