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by Jonas Rejman » Saturday 4 April 2009, 2:00
Hi guys,
I thought "La Carvesina" might be something more for the actionfans. A big thanks goes to Ralph Reinle, a guy from Brazil, who did quite some hard work on that, with me being a super-ass, till we got it right.
@azaz44
Thank you for the time you took to write your criticism.
It seems to me, that you were looking more for a teaching video for extremecarving, which Carved is certainly not.
I am afraid, that you do quite understand what Carved was about. What the community around Jacques and Patrice and extremecarving is about.
You ride for 2 years. You are used to be entertained by brands, you are used to be charmed by freebies, you are used to be given stuff, be given 2 hours movies that are mainstream for the money you paid on Carved. Stuff that is for masses. Stuff that wants to be pretty, that wants to please. Stuff that makes money on large volume sales.
Nothing wrong with that, nothing wrong with you, except that this community and this project is about everything else, but none of the above. For a very short time, I was part of something that is hardcore, non-compromise and where passion and emotions are boiling. And the incredible thing is, that each year around 300 of those freaks come together from all over the world, and celebrate and carve like there was no tomorrow. And they are all here, on this forum.
I decided to do salute them, for what they are doing. In my way. Trust me, a lot of people did not like Carved initially, and discovered its qualities later. Some not. But I was always given respect for what I tried to accomplish, because we went out there, and did our best. Did we fight? Hell, yeah! Against nature, among each other, egos crushing, nerves boiling. But what always remained was respect.
If you tell, me that you are yawning at the 90 seconds shot you see in this short, I guess there is nothing that will excite you. You may continue to yawn your life away, man.
EC is a thing, that needs absolute commitment. Time and money-wise. Like making a movie. If you wanna learn EC, you will pay a lot of money for gear and travel, you will sweat, curse, bleed and it will hurt. It will physically hurt all your bodyparts. It will totally suck at times. You will either give up, or you will get it. That will define who you are.
You say that its not about the price you paid for my movie? Why do I read it five times in your post, then? So somehow it is about the money, right? Of course it is - we all need to live somehow. I hate when people are frustrated, and because you took your time to say what you wanted to say, because you are not yet one of us, I will return you the money.
For me, those who paid for Carved, even when they already saw it "somewhere" else, did pay respect what we have done with this movie. It is a symbol, because if I was trying to make money with such a film, I would be insane. It is for me a vote, that it made sense to do it in the first place, to leap into the unknown, get our asses kicked, by some avalanches and snowstorms.
Please contact me offline, so we can sort it out. You know the email.
@all
I would like to thank you all, who are doing this sport. I did not ride this year, as I was hired to build a camera department at a posthouse, and was happy to eat properly in the 4 months it took to do it. I missed EC, I missed this crazy, inspiring extreme. I hope I will be able to return to Zinal one day, to ride along with some of you.
And feel alive and free.
I still convinced that HQ is just a luxury 
Already Eurosport, Sport+ and TSR1:
