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This past weekend we built a decently sized jump into which we would pull a GT snoracer behind a snowmobile. It took a few tries to figure out a speed at which to hit it to make the gap however speed is not the only factor.

Being pulled on a GT behind a snowmobile itself is quite the challenge. It is incredibly difficult to hang on to a rope pulling you at great speeds and steer a machine that was designed for 12 year olds. If you were lucky enough to make it too the jump, you then had to land it.

Sadly I was unable to stick any of the large jumps. I came very close once, but came crooked off the landing and lost it shortly after. We did film the jumping, but this video will likely be archived until next year when we can get some more footage since the snow is melting rather quickly.

Photo Credit: Perry Buydens

As promised, here is the finished video of my snowboarding trip to Fernie in February. This will be the first video that I have made using Final Cut and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. This will also the first time that I’ve attempted using more complicated effects than fading in and out. I think they came out not too badly and look forward to playing around with them more in the future.

The original Fernie post can be found here: http://www.wesgill.net/2009/02/snowboarding-in-fernie-bc/