Thread: Groove Requiem Clip - Schmidt et al in Valdez

There's an appalling singing/(lack of) talent show on in Australia at the moment. It's called 'The Voice'

As these things are wont to be, it's particularly popular. One of the judges is Seal. Most of the kids who like the show haven't a clue who Seal is, except for a few who think it may be because he was banging Heidi Klum.

But there's a memory of Seal from my teens that remained etched in my memory. The first time I got a DV camera and a computer with iMovie I made my very ever first powder edit to the same song:



"Total freedom, fresh powder, and a helicopter with a great stereo"

my fave ski flick of all time!

rog

PS I was rocking those same skis. Man I was cool.

I need to interrupt this otherwise excellent post to bring you the following important PSA;

Jump Turns Rule

That is all.

Originally Posted by CarveMan

But there's a memory of Seal from my teens that remained etched in my memory.

That's an awesome clip, thanks.


My memory of Seal from my 20's was buying the cassette of his first album, and listening to it non-stop for an entire shift running the old LMC groomer at Big Sky. Nine hours, one tape. Well, it was interrupted by a safety meeting or two...

Originally Posted by CarveMan

PS I was rocking those same skis. Man I was cool.

oh ya? i was in leather laceups, pins, and karhu supremes, out there. i was cooler

here's an awesome clip from the movie. gotta love the pre-helmet era. i don't know how all you fuckers wear those goddam plastic walnut shells on yer heads. too dumb too embed:

http://vimeo.com/35643387

rog

Originally Posted by huckbucket

I need to interrupt this otherwise excellent post to bring you the following important PSA;

Jump Turns Rule

That is all.

Channelling Schmidt high above the Brenva Glacier on the SE Couloir of the Tour Ronde earlier this year:

^^ If I was on leather lace-ups, Voile plates and Karhu Extremes does that mean I was cooler than you? No matter, also my favourite ski flick of all time, still cherish my VHS copy, though I have it on DVD as well. Turned me on to Seal, a great artist, and every time Crazy comes around, I turn it up to 11 and drive a little faster.

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

oh ya? i was in leather laceups, pins, and karhu supremes, out there. i was cooler

here's an awesome clip from the movie. gotta love the pre-helmet era. i don't know how all you fuckers wear those goddam plastic walnut shells on yer heads. too dumb too embed:

http://vimeo.com/35643387

rog

Narrator: "How would you describe extreme?"

Coombs: "Not this"

Narrator: "What would be extreme then?"

Coombs: "Over there (points)"

Originally Posted by Mr. Multiglisse

^^ If I was on leather lace-ups, Voile plates and Karhu Extremes does that mean I was cooler than you? No matter, also my favourite ski flick of all time, still cherish my VHS copy, though I have it on DVD as well. Turned me on to Seal, a great artist, and every time Crazy comes around, I turn it up to 11 and drive a little faster.

HARV!!!! you are pretty damn fucking cool in my book!!! wow, extremes huh? i was all nordic all the way. no way was i gonna mount anything on alpine skis. finally gave in tho super comps changed my world.

rog

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

HARV!!!! you are pretty damn fucking cool in my book!!! wow, extremes huh? i was all nordic all the way. no way was i gonna mount anything on alpine skis. finally gave in tho super comps changed my world.

rog

Ho ho, not Harv, but friend of Harv's and honoured to be confused with him. Like MadPat, Mr. Multiglisse hails from north of the border.

Nice clip from a fun movie.

For US mags, it's been on Comcast On-Demand as a free movie lately

Originally Posted by Mr. Multiglisse

Ho ho, not Harv, but friend of Harv's and honoured to be confused with him. Like MadPat, Mr. Multiglisse hails from north of the border.

well, nice to meet yer online aquaintance then. give HARV! my best will ya? matpat is awezome. great skier too. really knows how to crank em, stitch em, deliberately. love that

thanx for the tip hugh!^^^

rog

My memory of Seal was @ La Grave in '97 when he started to follow my wife out of the top of P1, cutting in front of me on the way out to follow her long blond braid.

Then he noticed me behind him and I smiled. He got it and left off.

Awesome ski flick, maybe my favorite Stumpy film of all time.
Also liked that Laird Hamilton Spreckels Ville segment with the Iggy Pop Butt Town track.
Saw it at the Egyptian (I think?) in Seattle when it first came out.
Those Valdez scenes were mesmerising.
Agree on the sound track, especially liked the Hoodlum Priest track for the Kevin Andrews, LaGrave segment.

i will keep looking for that steezy tnf uniform ach,
it's out there waiting
bf

Long live the schmear and all things Yellow.

I don't know how many times one of my buddies would say "And then we got the nugget we were looking for."

bump for the best ski flick, evar.

best segment. yuros, heh.

http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/ji...TeExPE8AAypw-Q

rog

Great clip! Seal + Schmidt + AK = the ultimate of the Groove. Great segment/movie to bring the possibilities and the reality (not Hollywood-ness) of skiing back into one's outlook.

AlpenChronic - Andrews ripping to Hoodlum Priest, while equally killer, was on License to Thrilllll

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

bump for the best ski flick, evar.

best segment. yuros, heh.

http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/ji...TeExPE8AAypw-Q

rog

"all ahead full and bust ass!"

Originally Posted by Dr. Scientist

AlpenChronic - Andrews ripping to Hoodlum Priest, while equally killer, was on License to Thrilllll

Sorry, I should have said Chamonix, it's in Groove, right after the segment that Rog posted above.

wore out my vhs copy, need to replace it on disc.
Groove is Stumpy's best work IMO and that's my fave ski porn segment of alltime.
turned us on to Seal back in the day
The MT segment w/Tom was great as well.

I'm sure you've heard from plenty, but you have no idea how inspirational that film was to a student season pass holder to Mad River Glen in the late 80s.

Get the foursome.

Originally Posted by plugboots

Get the foursome.

I don't think I've ever made an impulse purchase so quickly as when I saw the box set. Mindlessly meandering through ski shop, see box set, buy box set, run home and watch Blizzard.