No Big Deal holds a special place in my heart. Not only was it a record setting season for Bear Mountain, but it was also my first year on a snowboard after high school.
There I was working the midnight shift for UPS. At 9am I would punch out, hop in my car and make the hour drive to Bear to relieve some stress; it was the year that started it all.
Bear gave me a copy of their promotional DVD, No Big Deal, on my first visit of the season. It was the first snowboard movie I ever owned, so needless to say I watched it so much I finally wore it out... even the menu skipped, and playing it was impossible.
It remains to this day one of my favorite edits, so I lit a fire under my ass to get my copy playing again. Getting the DVD to you via Vimeo meant buying a Skip Dr, and after that didn't work, sending the disc to Florida for resurfacing. On the way to Florida the disc cracked, but somehow it missed the data, and I was able to get all the files.
Low and behold, here it is: No Big Deal. I'm in the same boat as you, watching this for the first time in years... and I remember the magic that made me continue to blow my UPS check on gas to drive up to Bear three times a week.
With the copious amounts of snow, Bear made the 2004/2005 season the biggest and most creative season I ever experienced there.
From enormous kickers to a plethora of VW Bugs, blazers, and giant rails painted to look like the American flag, it was a really great time to be riding in Southern California. M3 still existed, Mikkel Bang and Zak Hale were still groms with high-pitched voices, and 1080s were still a big deal.
Join me in reminiscing on a season long passed. I hope you all enjoy No Big Deal as much I did when I first saw it, and still do every time I watch it.
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Awesome video thanks for sharing
ReplyDeletei know exactly what your talking about, i was at the no big deal premiere and i grabbed at least 3 copies of the video, and none of them have survived this long. i havent seen the video in its entirety in almost 2 years! thank you!
ReplyDeletenot the original soundtrack, this is the re-edit with uncopyrighted music. if you love this video so much your gunna be blown away when you watch the original.
ReplyDelete... and it doesnt even look like they re-editted, it looks like they just slapped the song on there. the tricks are in the same order as they are in the original.
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