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Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Thursday, January 15th, 2015 12:37pm PST - promote requested by original submitter oohahh.

I am a snowboarder and therefore morally obliged to view skiers as my mortal enemy....

but goddamnit, that was badass!

I love snow skiing. To me, it is one of the most freeing activities I can ever do. Just gliding down a mountain, back and forth...OK. must find mountain immediately! But I can ski 8 hours in a day and never do anything remotely as cool as what I just watched.

The pinnacle was at the 2:35 mark in the video when he does a backflip, and there is what looks like an Eagle flying over his head. Awesome.

I'm not much of a sportsman (I do everything, but poorly).

At one point in my life I had the amazing opportunity to work at a company whose office was literally on the beach in Southern California. Every day at lunch, if the waves were good, everyone would surf.

One time out, one of the rare times I caught a wave and rode it into shore, as I was riding I looked down through the clear water and below my board was a school of at least a dozen fish surfing/following under me, whipping back and forth right under the tip of my board, just enjoying the tide in the same way I was.

That was one of the most beautiful memories I'll have for the rest of my life. Your comment just brought that up, didn't mean to hijack the thread, but wanted to say: Experience everything, everyone. We all deserve at least one magical moment in our lives. That was one of mine. I'm thrilled when I get to see or hear of others.

Also: Upvote just for being named "Candide". I'd name my child Voltaire if it weren't so pretentious.

EDIT: Fuck video-magic. This is so heavily edited I can't even trust that "Magical moment" that @Esoog pointed out.

Initial comment still stands: You don't need FinalCut or Premiere to fake your magic. It does happen naturally, just.... not so much in this video.

Thovex?

*timeshift, *actionpack

Adding video to channels (Actionpack, Timeshift) - requested by Zawash.