Urban Skiing. Much More Than You Would Expect.

It's not unusual in the winter to see a group of friends building up a suburban snow ramp to test their luck off the slopes. I am sure there are countless YouTube videos of skiers and snowboarders grinding on handrails and catching a little air on some homemade jumps. Although those have been cool, in today's age they are not nearly that impressive. People are always been one up'd online and unfortunately its hard to come off as anything but mediocre doing this. 

Well two years ago JP Auclair changed that trend when a teaser video from Sherpas Cinemas snowboard flick "All.I.Can" was released. This redefined urban skiing and for good reason. 

JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) from Sherpas Cinema on Vimeo.

The movie was a huge hit for Sherpas Cinemas and this teaser going viral probably didn't help anything. Well recently I had another urban skiing video brought to my attention. While it comes off as the type of video I spoke of at the beginning of this post, its so much more. 

Derelict Detroit serves as the perfect playground for this crew. This comes off as nothing but creative, and it is far from unimpressive. Take a look for yourself and you might just think of Detroit in a new light from now on. 

Because Mother Nature can be a pain. Because civilization can be a pain.