9.08.2008

Mark Dangler.

Likes oatmeal cookies, lobsters from Maine, and gettin the shot.

This edit is living proof of what getting the shot is all about. Whether it's fun with your friends, major comps, or just a day out playing in the snow on some rails. One thing I think always makes for a good edit, or I should say a great edit, is when you feel "that" feeling. You know, the one that gets you all tingly inside when it's 90 degrees out and not snowing. Just because you're able to get stoked on watching someone else kill it on a snowboard. The feeling that makes you remember exactly what it's like to hear your board against a rail, chattering against east coast ice, or the sound of slashing snow at a good friend. The feeling you get when you fall and fall and fall, and keep on getting right back up for more. Sometimes with the positive encouragement of your crew, which may be through words or completely unspoken. The feeling and vibe you get that can't really be described wholly with words, because sometimes there is no words to describe it. It's something you feel. A good feeling.

When film provides the opportunity to harness that feeling, it's a visual to make you remember.

Remembering and interpreting what it's like to experience, whether it's through your own or those of others. And how watching those experiences of others can make you want to live them first hand and see what it's like for yourself. Video is a blessing because it allows the opportunity to see what others are experiencing for themselves, and in a sense, live through their moments. That's when you know something is good, when it inspires you to want to harness that good feeling for yourself. Anything that makes you want to go out and "get it" can't be a bad thing, right? Or if it just brings a smile, grin, and a reminisce.

OR

It could just be as simple as watching a sweet snowboard edit that makes you want to go shred.

Take it for whatever you want it to be, and enjoy this edit of some of Mark Dangler's best shots from the 07-08 season.

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