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Ski Porn

Grassi21

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i'm holding off on the ski porn at the moment. too many lax game tapes to watch. but once the season ends its time to start thinking cold.
 

mattchuck2

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My collection:

Unparalleled III - Soul Slide (Unparalleled Productions)
Sick Sense (MSP)
Ski Movie (MSP)
Ski Movie 3 - The Front Line (MSP)
The Hit List (MSP)
Yearbook (MSP)
Happy Dayz (Poor Boyz)
Born From Ice (Meatheads)
Wanderland (Meatheads)
P-Tex, Lies and Duct Tape (Stump)
Blizzard of Aahhh's (Stump)
Groove (Stump)
License to Thrill (Stump)

Ski School II
Aspen Extreme
Hot Dog: The Movie

And a couple of DVDs from the past couple of seasons that I've made for myself (these always get me the most stoked)
 

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Can anyone recommend some good ski porn that is available in high def? There seems to be plenty of mainstream porn on blu ray, but not so much for ski porn! I want to see all those powder crystals shimmering in their full glory.

I was poking around on Amazon and all I can find on blu ray is "Steep" and "Warren Miller's Playground". Between the two, "Steep" looks like the only one that's actually in high def since it was released recently. The other one has a review where the guy complains only 60% of the movie is actually in high def.

I guess the market is so small, they probably won't re-issue many of the older movies on blu-ray for a while, if ever.
 

mondeo

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Can anyone recommend some good ski porn that is available in high def? There seems to be plenty of mainstream porn on blu ray, but not so much for ski porn! I want to see all those powder crystals shimmering in their full glory.

I was poking around on Amazon and all I can find on blu ray is "Steep" and "Warren Miller's Playground". Between the two, "Steep" looks like the only one that's actually in high def since it was released recently. The other one has a review where the guy complains only 60% of the movie is actually in high def.

I guess the market is so small, they probably won't re-issue many of the older movies on blu-ray for a while, if ever.
*Runs downstairs and checks release dates*
*Runs back upstairs*

Both 2007. HD or not depends on the cameras, not the release date. My guess is that the portions not in HD were limited by digital helmet cams and the like that weren't capable of doing cinematographic quality work in HD. If segments as a whole were SD, then it was probably a choice to change between HD and SD with segments so as to not keep flipping back and forth every time they changed cameras. Old film is actually easier to get into HD due to the fact that it's an analogue medium - its technically infinite resolution, not limited to the CCD/CMOS in the camera.
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And to your original question, Steep and Playground are different films. Playground is pure ski pr0n, just after the departure of Warren Miller. Steep is a documentary that doubles as porn - a very good documentary that mixes history lessons with good skiing and great cinematography, including a really cool skycam shot of some tree skiing. Steep's better, but it also depends on what you're looking for.
 

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Immersion remains my favorite ski movie. A little known release from MSP that just really captures the soul and essence of an experience. A relatively rare poetic ski movie that bucks all the norms and trends.
 

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speden

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*Runs downstairs and checks release dates*
*Runs back upstairs*

Both 2007. HD or not depends on the cameras, not the release date. My guess is that the portions not in HD were limited by digital helmet cams and the like that weren't capable of doing cinematographic quality work in HD. If segments as a whole were SD, then it was probably a choice to change between HD and SD with segments so as to not keep flipping back and forth every time they changed cameras. Old film is actually easier to get into HD due to the fact that it's an analogue medium - its technically infinite resolution, not limited to the CCD/CMOS in the camera.
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Yeah, I was watching some of the old remastered Star Trek episodes on blu ray with my kids, and damn, some of the scenes are so detailed it looks like it was shot yesterday rather than forty years ago. Great stuff.

Well I guess for blu ray those two movies are about all there is then. I've queued them up on my Netflix account, so should get to check them out in a week or so.
 

tcharron

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On the ski pr0n note, anyone notice that Warren Miller hasn't really updated their web site to reflect this years movie? I know it's named Dynasty, but, not trailer up, no dates..

Doth not bode well. I was hoping for the 60th anniversary that they'd try to bring Warren back in for a bit.
 
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