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"This
planet
is
alive.
If
only
we
could
know
what
it
knows,
see
what
it
sees.
Sometimes
you
feel
like
it's
trying
to
tell
you
something,
showing
you
where
to
look,
how
to
see.
Lighting
up
the
darkness
ahead,
illuminating
your
soul."
'Alive',
featuring
The
Burn
Units,
a
rider-led
initiative
headed
by
the
legendary
Austrian
snowboarder
Gigi
Rüf,
star
of
many
a
Pirate
Movie
Production
and
hands-down
one
of
the
most
stylish
riders
on
the
planet.
In
'Alive'
Gigi
is
joined
by
fellow
Burn
Units
riders
Norwegian
freestyle
prodigy
Ståle
Sandbech
and
ultra-smooth
French
sensation
Arthur
Longo.
An
http://actionhorsefilms.com
&
http://burn.com
collaboration,
ALIVE
was
filmed
on
location
in
Vorarlberg,
Austria
at
Gigi's
uncle's
cabin
last
December.
This
was
one
of
the
most
ambitious
projects
yet
undertaken
in
snowboard
filmmaking:
shooting
backcountry
action
by
electric
light
and
moonlight.
As
Director
Per-Hampus
Stålhandske
put
it,
"there
are
so
many
things
that
can
go
wrong
when
you
make
a
snowboard
film:
the
weather,
the
snow,
the
light,
the
riders...
adding
darkness
and
studio
lights
to
the
mix
was
a
huge
risk,
but
mother
nature
was
with
us
every
step
of
the
way.
An
amazing
experience."
