Salomon Freeski TV – Season 9, Episode 3 – Eclipse
The goal? Film skiers near the Arctic Circle during a lunar eclipse. Not only did Salomon Freeski TV do it, but the film won the at the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival. It’s definitely a film to watch.
Videographer Ruben Krabbe teams up with the Salomon ski crew of Brody Leven, Cody Townsend, and Chris Rubens at 78 degrees north in Svalbard, Norway as they ski under the moon as it passes in front of the sun. Wow.
At 30+ minutes long, this ski film is destined to be a classic. Watch it right now. You may never have the opportunity to ski in a lunar eclipse, but these guys did and it’s stunning.
Learn more about the Eclipse Project here. It’s a cool site that’s worth your time.
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Official Description From YouTube:
Published on Nov 10, 2015
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http://freeskitv.salomon.com/en/episodes/eclipse
WINNER ‘Best Snow Sports Film’ at the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival
It was a ridiculous idea from the start. Travel to the edge of the earth to see one of the planet’s rarest events- a total solar eclipse in the Arctic. Faced with the likely reality of bad weather obscuring the sun and having to battle frigid, arctic temperatures and winds, the odds did not favor success. Despite this the Salomon Freeski TV team and set out on an expedition to realize photographer, Reuben Krabbe’s grand vision to capture a single unique image- one of skiing during a solar eclipse. Persistence, preparation and a positive attitude was a guarantee of nothing as March 20th, 2015, dawned. The fate of the expedition’s goal would rest entirely in the hands of the weather gods.
Opening news report from PRI’s ‘The World®’ Used with permission from Public Radio International®
