Time often passes faster than most people would like. That's what some freeriders from Tyrol thought last winter 2011/2012. The trailer for their film "Time - for the Whiteroom" has just been released and features riders from the German-speaking scene and great images from the "Whiteroom".
Great freeriding conditions have been in short supply in the Northern Alps in recent years. All the more reason for all freeriders to enjoy the winter of 2011/2012, including the freeriders around Johannes Hofmann and Daniel Regensburger. They gathered some well-known freeride names around them and set off to let the powder snow blow around their ears with an affinity for cameras. Rider Fabian Lentsch gives us some insights behind the scenes in a short interview.
Information
In fall 2012, the film will be shown in the following cities: Innsbruck, Vienna, Warsaw, Prague, Hamburg, Nuremberg, Bolzano, Kendal (UK)...
Production: Johannes Hoffmann / Daniel Regensburger
Director: Simon Platzer Films
Camera: Simon Platzer, 2nd Cam: Jakob Schweighofer, and many more.
Duration: approx. 25 minutes
Filmed in Tyrol, Kyrgyzstan & Alaska
Short interview with Fabian Lentsch
PowderGuide: What are your goals with Time - for the Whiteroom?Fabian Lentsch: We still wanted to produce a fat movie with a minimal budget. Everything was done in a friendly and fun atmosphere, without pressure from sponsors, which made the working atmosphere very pleasant. We drivers really appreciated this and of course pushed ourselves anyway. We also wanted to communicate to a wide audience, from regular skiers to local freeriders, what we do on the mountain in winter and bring them closer to our experiences.
PG: What were your reasons for taking on such a time-consuming project?
Fabian: The basic requirements were already in place with riders and filmmakers in our circle of friends. It was therefore only logical for us to unite the Austrian freeride elite in one film. All the riders were immediately enthusiastic and fully committed. So it turned out that we not only filmed in Tyrol, but also in Kyrgyzstan and Alaska. The producers Johannes and Daniel were also both already involved in the film "Aestivation Lifelong" and wanted to do their own project afterwards.
PG: Did you have any critical moments during filming?
Fabian: Roman knocked out three teeth on a line in the Stubai Valley on an 8-metre drop and had to climb up for two hours afterwards, bleeding. We triggered four avalanches on a movie day while camping. We all got to the bottom safely and postponed the camping expedition.
PG: All kinds of unforeseen moments happen when skiing, including positive ones. What made you laugh, what didn't go so well?
Fabian: While the cameraman was setting up the camera and the skier was just waiting for the go-ahead, it often happened that tourists without avalanche equipment and with piste skis crossed into the line from below to watch. Of course, they unintentionally "messed up" our lines. That's why we didn't go filming in ski resorts anymore.
A few children were even scared of our bearded filmer. But he's actually very nice...
