Elegant and magical aren’t the words you’d normally associate with skiing, but this dazzling video shows the winter sport like never before.
In the video, athletes Pep Fujas, Eric Hjorleifson, Chris Benchetler, and Daron Rahlves use LED lights to illuminate the mountain as they ski down, which shows a unique look at a rarely seen landscape.In order to produce the video, the athletes and crew pulled an all-nighter on an exposed Alaskan ridgeline. Their efforts were well worth it, however, as the result is pure magic.
The skiers wore multicolored LED light suits and backpacks, which lit up the landscape as they raced down the mountain.
“It was a weird feeling because it was simultaneous excitement and extreme anxiety over all the variables of, you know, is this going to work?” Nick Waggoner of Sweetgrass Productions said. “The whole thing felt on the brink. It was either going to be the coolest thing we’ve ever shot, or a supreme failure.”
Watch the entire video below to see the simple way these skiers turned outing into magic.
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