This is a great ski film. Finally, the machismo, hubristic ski film genre that has prevailed for so long has been challenged and it's spot on. Check out "Solving the Z". Then listen to the podcast, both compliment each other. https://www.wildsnow.com/28767/totally-deep-podcast-82-on-risk-with-zahan-billimoria/
Well said. Wonderful change from the usual spinning/hucking/straight running chutes dreck that makes up most of the ski/board film genre. Thoughtful.
" I glide into what should’ve been a very aggressive ski cut and instead I coasted in there. If you look at that very last moment, there’s a small slab that’s right in my horizontal trajectory. I should’ve stepped up, I should’ve fought elevation with everything I had to be as high as I possible could be in order to cut in a reasonable way. As I came level with that rock I thought on it’s fine I’ll just go below it. And that was a critical mistake." Cutting a slope is a pretty safe way to release a buildup ? Patrollers do that often. But note that anticipated turns are very gentle on a loaded slope and when leading a conventional skier into an iffy area one must take their possibly rough style into account.
