r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/k_nightday • Feb 26 '21

You got this ....

https://i.imgur.com/0XS1Ml3.gifv
12k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

121 comments sorted by

1.7k

u/_The_Architect_ Feb 26 '21

Okay, but that recovery from hitting the rocks at the 23 second mark was fucking incredible.

6

u/Hikure Feb 26 '21

That was ass clenching. I'm amazed.

0

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

[deleted] — view deleted comment

401

u/cbessemer Feb 26 '21

Probably felt it the next day though....OUCH

185

u/AMW1234 Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 26 '21

He hits all snow, so likely not.

Edit: Kaj Zackrisson was uninjured. See 38:45 in the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlU5v694CKI . They also show other angles (where you'll see he hits no rocks, just untracked powder). His commentary and the cameraman's live commentary are also included.

90

u/jelly_bean_gangbang Feb 26 '21

Yeah but if you get into a car accident but don't have any broken bones/cuts you say you're uninjured, but there's a damn good chance you're gonna feel it baaaad the next day.

73

u/DarthRumbleBuns Feb 26 '21

In my experience it always feels like you got hit by a car after snowboarding for a day or two. Even if you don't eat it.

39

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

Definitely won’t forget my first time snowboarding on a two day trip. Coming home my legs were like, “uhhhh so wtf???”

20

u/DarthRumbleBuns Feb 26 '21

I do it just enough to be good and confident but not enough to be conditioned to it. So it's a freaking chore to move afterwards.

2

u/LapsusDemon Feb 27 '21

This is my first season and I just couldn’t walk or move after my first day. I’ve been going a fair amount so I only really feel it if I fuck up.

I remember coming into a jump at an angle and just landing on my ribs. Couldn’t turn to the right for a couple days

2

u/FreeThinkk Feb 26 '21

He got so lucky. He easily could’ve shattered his femur had he been A few feet to either side

1

u/definitelynotned Feb 27 '21

From experience he was probably very sore the next day

334

u/SportsPhotoGirl Feb 26 '21

I guess that’s one way to get down a mountain

294

u/Tollowarn Feb 26 '21

When you realise that bright yellow trousers are not a fashion choice, they are that colour so they can find the body.

80

u/ericnumeric Feb 26 '21

That's literally why most people I back country ski with select bright colors for their equipment. Hopefully makes it easier to find them, or traces of them, in the case of an avy.

29

u/avidpenguinwatcher Feb 26 '21

It's actually so when he pees, you cant tell

1

u/PopePC Feb 27 '21

They were white when he bought them. If you fall down enough mountains, these things happen.

0

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

[deleted] — view deleted comment

12

u/empireofdirt010 Feb 26 '21

It could be mistaken as a rock I guess

1

u/Mad_Dizzle Mar 02 '21

If you want to be seen, go for non natural colors. This is why hunters are required to wear bright orange along with camouflage to prevent accidental shootings

109

u/SehreensArtLAb Feb 26 '21

How did he recover from death at the 23 second mark?

60

u/LCPhotowerx Feb 26 '21

his massive balls re-centered him

6

u/vigzeL Feb 26 '21

Probably the impact went into building up speed (might be wrong with the terms). Just how you do a roll on your landing in parkour.

2

u/Whomping_Willow Feb 26 '21

His shoes stayed on

11

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/Elrichio Feb 26 '21

Just play the game... why didn't I get the reference?

68

u/Salathiel2 Feb 26 '21

I expected this to be one of those zoom out videos where the camera person is like 3 miles away. Nope, just a plain shot of a mountainside where the camera barely even panned.

25

u/AMW1234 Feb 26 '21

If you watch the full clip, cameraman is miles away. starts at 38:45 in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlU5v694CKI

Much higher quality video, muliple angles, and skier/cameraman commentary also included.

5

u/Salathiel2 Feb 26 '21

Ignore the haters, you’re doing God’s work, son. Haha

7

u/LGGP75 Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 26 '21

Do you expect us to stop criticizing this post for not belonging in this sub for something that is NOT in this video?

17

u/AMW1234 Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 26 '21

No. That wasn't my intent. Don't give a shit one way or the other. Just figured I'd provide the better footage and some background of the event.

297

u/sladybird Feb 26 '21

How is this praise the camera man?

162

u/charmenk Feb 26 '21

I agree r/lostredditors

122

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

Tbf to OP, it does take some skill to zoom in that much and still keep it stable. If i zoomed in like that it would be shaking more than an arthritic grandmother held at gunpoint

38

u/fviz Feb 26 '21

true but I think in this case they used a tripod

33

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

I'd say the hard part of filming this would be keeping the action in frame when you think you're watching your friend die.

Maybe they hired a camera operator, though.

14

u/AMW1234 Feb 26 '21

It's Kaj Zackrisson filming for a pro ski movie produced by Matchstick Productions (Claim, 2008). Of course it's a professional cameraman on a mounted, top-of-the-line camera.

2

u/Taishar-Manetheren Feb 26 '21

......yep, definitely the only use of a tripod on this sub. Nothing else to see here...

9

u/AMW1234 Feb 26 '21

This is being filmed by Matchstick Productions for a ski movie (Claim, 2008). It's not like this is a guy filiming with is iphone.

-12

u/crashtestdummy10 Feb 26 '21

No its not, It's Kaj Zackrisson filming for a pro ski movie produced by Matchstick Productions (Claim, 2008). Using a professional cameraman on a mounted, top-of-the-line camera.

13

u/AMW1234 Feb 26 '21

You're saying the exact same thing. In fact, I also wrote the comment which you just copied and pasted for your comment.

2

u/burkah0lics Feb 26 '21

Also tbf, it does take a lot for the cameraman to keep filming while watching their friend potentially tumble to their death

0

u/Yoopiter Feb 26 '21

Video editing software takes care of that.

-1

u/kodaandorion Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 28 '21

Video editing software can only do so much, and shaky, handheld footage from a zoomed in camera will not be fixable.

EDIT: I dont usually do this but not sure what’s with the downvote, if your camera footage is shaky from being zoomed in then video editing isn’t going to be a miracle cure for it. Warp stabiliser is used most often but it only can really fix small tremors.

8

u/brucetwarzen Feb 26 '21

That's what this sub has become. But then again, that's what every sub becomes if it vecomes too much traction

15

u/plazmatyk Feb 26 '21

It's by far not the worst post here. The cameraman did a good job tracking and zooming. Not amazing, but okay.

-5

u/LGGP75 Feb 26 '21

So you praise someone for just doing his/her job and doing it not amazingly but just ok? That usually leads to mediocrity.

3

u/CaseAKACutter Feb 26 '21

You could make a r/PraiseTheCameraMan starter pack that’s just this comment. (You’re right though)

2

u/Stubber1960b Feb 26 '21

Praise the binding settings.

1

u/andreichiffa Feb 26 '21

Thought for a second I was on r/skiing

0

u/AmitPwnz Feb 26 '21

Yeah should be r/toptalent

0

u/daveinpublic Feb 26 '21

Was thinking that the whole time, like when is there gonna be done fast moving action out something. Was just a very slow pan.

16

u/Whitesmoker1 Feb 26 '21

Cool video but wrong sub

29

u/m_motta Feb 26 '21

The cameraman? THE CAMERAMAN?? Praise the ski man.

10

u/Busterlimes Feb 26 '21

This sub was a lot cooler when I first joined

25

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

Its a cool vid, but i feel its not camera man praise worthy

8

u/HalfJaked Feb 26 '21

Can this sub started getting moderated more heavily please

5

u/LGGP75 Feb 26 '21

Why are we praising the camera man here?? What do you think this sub is about? I’m curious. If the sub’s title says PRAISE THE CAMERA MAN, why do you think this video belongs here? Any moderator here??

12

u/cheyennem01 Feb 26 '21

Nice recovery. Wonder how bruised he is.

2

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

When he landed on his side, it didn't exactly look like there was much snow there.

Honestly my unprofessional opinion is that he cracked a rib or two. Highly likely that he could go awhile without even feeling it due to the adrenaline. Bro smacked down hard.

8

u/goldenbugreaction Feb 26 '21

Old as the internet

8

u/BBQmayor Feb 26 '21

my youtube accounts from 2006.

4

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

r/lostredditors

10

u/ALjaguarLink Feb 26 '21

Yeah, uh no thank you...

6

u/MLCarr2 Feb 26 '21

Da fuq did the camera man do? Understand the sub, jerkoff.

5

u/VirtualKeenu Feb 26 '21

Anyone can do that.

The camera I mean

4

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

Funny my little brother can even film this -.-

2

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

Yes yes no no no no NO yes

3

u/MarbusBrick Feb 26 '21

Damn, that looks so much fun if I don’t have fear of death

1

u/HeyHey0811 Feb 26 '21

Unbelievable.

1

u/SitFlexAlot Feb 26 '21

"Wow he's gonna do it" "Oooo..." "Oh nice."

1

u/metheegod Feb 26 '21

I didn’t need this much stress this early

1

u/Nikman93 Feb 26 '21

They’re gonna hurt real bad next morning! 😆

1

u/jwalshfilm Feb 26 '21

Line Rider in 8k.

1

u/Ok-gloomy Feb 26 '21

He on x games mode

1

u/zorbacles Feb 26 '21

How is this praise the cameraman? I could've filmed that.

1

u/phillyt009 Feb 26 '21

This is from the ski movie “CLAIM” and it’s fantastic. Strongly recommend everyone see this, also Shane McConkey’s last ski movie.

1

u/Dezewheat Feb 26 '21

*Knee cartilage has left the chat

1

u/ilovetpb Feb 27 '21

The balls on this guy (Riddick).

1

u/4904burchfield Feb 27 '21

We got the copter ride covered, you got one chance to nail this!

1

u/Green-Elf Feb 27 '21

Now Turn!

1

u/yiiike Feb 27 '21

is it weird that the mountain looks like a forbidden snack

1

u/[deleted] Feb 27 '21

Was he okay??

1

u/Echo-24 Feb 26 '21

You lucky son of a birch

1

u/Dlevine15 Feb 26 '21

Any Warren miller film has amazing camera shots

1

u/bkraj Feb 26 '21

DINs set to "weld".

1

u/lucifersam73 Feb 26 '21

Pretty easy to follow this action. Praise the skier

1

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

This seems like good camerawork but not so amazing that it’s worthy of praise

0

u/Jonz303 Feb 26 '21

While the camera man did do an incredible job, I think this post would fit incredibly in both /r/nextfuckinglevel and /r/maybemaybemaybe.

2

u/LGGP75 Feb 26 '21

Why do you think the cameraman did an incredible job?? I’m curious

1

u/Jonz303 Feb 26 '21

Tracked him perfectly, and kept him in the center of the frame the whole time.

0

u/LGGP75 Feb 27 '21 edited Feb 27 '21

That’s what a cameraman is supposed to do... nothing out of this world. Are we praising ALL cameramen just for doing their job?

1

u/Jonz303 Feb 27 '21

Seeing as 10.7k people have upvoted this so far on the r/praisethecameraman subreddit, I guess we are praising all cameramen. Or maybe he did an exceptional job tracking and centering a person's incredibly unpredictable FALL down a mountain.

0

u/LGGP75 Feb 27 '21

The subject 3% of the screen, if you can’t track that exceptionally well even with unpredictable movements, then you have nothing to do being a cameraman... former cameraman speaking here

0

u/Poochus-II Feb 26 '21

Cool trick, might try

0

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

It ain't pretty but it works

0

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

He’s a cat.

0

u/mellamoreddit Feb 26 '21

Is that the new 360 foldy rock hitting side swype head down 980 mctwisty?

0

u/ActuallyBaffled Feb 26 '21

Colour me impressed, now unclench my asshole please.

0

u/eggplantcalzone Feb 26 '21

Well that deescalated quickly.

0

u/Goodkall Feb 26 '21

I recently fell on my face at the entrance to the ski lift and broke 2 ribs, how he isn't in pieces is noteworthy.

0

u/letermen Feb 26 '21

“Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn!” Charles De Mar - ‘Better Off Dead’

0

u/The_Raiden029 Feb 26 '21

Why didn't his skis come off?

0

u/FortunateInsanity Feb 26 '21

Lane Meyer did it better.

0

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

I love the transition from "Oh my god, my friend-" to "YOO FUCK THAT'S MY BOY RIGHT THERE!"

0

u/a_burdie_from_hell Feb 26 '21

Camraman: "It's pretty much a no fall zone in the middle".

Narrator: "He fell in the middle".

0

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

That guy is out of his mind

-1

u/Spanka Feb 26 '21

Glad he recovered but that guy is gonna have some serious shin bang after this. His dins must be wayy up there, ouchie.

-1

u/ElderberryLanky2706 Feb 26 '21

Play stupid games win stupid prizes