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MIKE HATCHETT: Dave broke his femur in 1994, and that was
kind of the beginning of the end for Dave.
And he had dabbled around filming a little bit.
But that next year's when he actually, in '95, when he
picked up a camera and actually started shooting.
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DAVE HATCHETT: Definitely, the first couple of years were
tough behind the camera and watching all the new riders
ride the lines.
And especially when one of the rookies would blow it, I'm
like, dude, I could ride that thing.
Come on.
But at the same time, it was kind of a relief to not be so
putting your ass on the line.
And the kind of riding that I did--
the big mountain riding and just going fast through rock
lines and trying to flash these wicked chutes and rocky,
peppery lines--
it's a bit of a relief, for sure, to be behind the camera.
MIKE HATCHETT: He doesn't have any formal experience or
training, other than me just saying, here's a
camera, there you go.
Focus.
Composition.
I just explained a few things to him.
And he just basically started pointing and shooting.
So that's how Dave learned.
DAVE HATCHETT: One of my favorite shots that I've ever
shot of a snowboarder was Tom Burt doing the Tom Burt Spines
up on Donner.
And I actually had to rope in to film it.
I had to use snowboards as a belay.
And I put a harness on it, and I got down on this ledge.
And I got this kind of cool shot where I kind of panned
the camera, and he came down, and he fell away.
And it just looked really cool.
It gave it a really cool perspective.
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DAVE HATCHETT: And the line was just incredible.
The line had never been snowboarded before.
It was one of the steepest, gnarliest spines for sure, at
that point, that anyone had ever done.
And Tom greased it really well on the snowboard, and I got
the shot really good, too.
So it was kind of really satisfying to see those
elements come together as a team, as Tom as a rider, and
me as a filmer.
It was almost as satisfying as riding it myself, although I
don't know if I'd actually ride that line.
Maybe.
JEREMY JONES: When Stanner was shooting TB6, I was up there
just dirtbagging it.
And the Hatchetts saw my tracks in the mountains and
were like, we'd love to look at that footage.
They had already had TB6 pretty darn close to cut, and
then they got this footage and were like, we've got to put
this in the movie.
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JEREMY JONES: Still to this day, going down to Spreckels
Theatre in San Diego for the premiere, I'm still like, I'm
in there, I don't know exactly how much.
And then my stuff comes on at the end of the movie, and just
seemingly, the place erupted in like the loudest cheer I'd
ever heard.
And I was shaking after that.
It was one of the highlights of my snowboard career.
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MIKE HATCHETT: We used to do all the main world premieres
at Spreckels Theatre.
And look, this is the second row totally full.
I think it sat 1,200 people at the time, and it was packed.
You couldn't even stand.
There was not a seat available in the place.
JEREMY JONES: Hearing all these people who didn't know
who I was--
I was unheard of--
and just a full house of one of the loudest cheers of the
night was a really cool thing.
JUSSI OKSANEN: When I grew up, I liked Standard movies, but
I've never really appreciated the powder riding
and lines and stuff.
And the first day I went out, I went with
Burt and Noah Salasnek.
And they were riding some lines in Tahoe Donner and it
was so humbling.
I was just like, holy shit.
And it just put everything in perspective, like what those
guys were doing and how good they were.
LONNIE KAUK: Michael would always just randomly send
these videos to my dad.
And my dad would be like, yo, dude, check this out.
And I'd be like, dude, that is the sickest
thing I've ever seen.
It's just so cool.
I was like, who are these guys?
Like, these guys were just shredding all the time.
Like, that's what I want to do.
MIKE HATCHETT: I had heard about Lonnie through the
grapevine, obviously, ripping the park in Mammoth.
And everybody would always say, Lonnie just laps the park
all day to the bitter end and just stomps
everything, goes huge.
And I just looked, and I could just tell that if he was given
the opportunity with the right film crew and the right riders
that he was probably going to shine and do really well.
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LONNIE KAUK: There's no future, yeah.
But the future was just the next day when you could go
shred and then watching the movies and seeing the guys.
But then I'm like, damn, I'm so far from this.
And I started--
I got a job at Mammoth, being a janitor.
And it's so funny, because today was the first time I met
Kevin Jones.
And I was like, dude, you've got no idea, dude.
Last time I seen you, I was freaking mopping the floor at
Main Lodge, dude.
So that's pretty sick.
MIKE HATCHETT: I finally decided, you know what, I
think it's time to give Lonnie a chance, give him a shot at
filming with us.
And I've always gone the extra mile for Lonnie, because I've
known his dad, and I've known his upbringing in
Yosemite and stuff.
And I'm stoked to see how far he's come.
XAVIER DE LE RUE: It's like, to be honest, growing up where
we grew up, it's just impossible to think about
where we've been getting.
And Mike definitely helped me a lot.
And has been basically giving me so much opportunities.
Like right now, my career has just got to the next level
because of Standard Films.
JUSSI OKSANEN: Those guys just worked so hard.
And that's all I knew.
So I just went with the flow, because I didn't really speak
English or anything.
I really wanted to work, but I was just kind
of out of my element.
And then being in the backcountry too, that was--
I've never ridden powder before, really, that year.
TIM MANNING: Off the resort is a whole other situation.
So we sometimes called it snowboard film tryouts,
because we'd take a crew of guys in the backcountry for
their first time and try to survive throughout the day.
Keep them away from cornices, keep them away from dangerous
situations that they had no idea what they
were involved with.
But we knew that if we could just get them to these jumps
that we wanted to build, it was a fairly safe situation.
And then they could do their stuff.
JEREMY JONES: The Hatchett brothers are incredible
teachers of everything to do with filming.
So these riders that come up--
Jussi Oksanen and Kevin Jones, you name it--
they showed these guys where to build jumps, how to build
jumps, just doing everything they could to help everyone to
go into the mountains safely and ride cool stuff.
CHAS GULDEMOND: Obviously, the TB series was amazing.
All those older guys just murdered it, and we're still
trying to live up to what they did then.
But now, kind of in our own way, spinning like maniacs and
hitting big park jumps, and it's kind of crazy.
But I'm pretty stoked to be part of this generation, as
well as jealous to not be in the generation
of all those dudes.
MIKE HATCHETT: TB4 to 6 was when the pendulum just swang,
and the video sales were going through the ceiling,
sponsorships were up, all the riders were getting paid good.
And it was just like, yeah.
It was just all of a sudden like, yeah, I can buy a house
now, I can make a living off of this.
And that lasted until like 2010, and then it slowly
started tapering off.
And now, it's just a completely
different ball game.
Now, you just really don't make that much of money making
a snowboard video.
And I never got into it to make money, so I don't feel
much different.
I got into it because I like to make movies, and I like
snowboarding.
So the money thing's never really--
it was great when it was there, and we made good cash.
And I saved some of it and then lost it all.
And now I--
it's like making TB2 again--
broke and making a video.
But it still feels good.