I agree. Guys skiing almost impossible steeps, leaping cliffs, and dropping chutes at deathly speeds is all very impressive, but I have no connection to that kind of skiing (others do, I know). I'm impressed but not inspired. Watching this guy rip up inbounds terrain, though? It gets my muscles twitching.
+1
It’s the same thing with mountain biking. It’s why I love the Enduro racing videos some much. They might be going 10 times as fast as me, but most of the trails they are on, I could see myself riding too. Downhill Racing? All the big jump lines? No relation to my riding.
Back to skiing,
I agree, seeing people spin though the air, 50’ above the ground. Or skiing something that I would rope up and ice climb, pretty, but gets boring fast. Also with the heliskiing.Same with the face-shots.
I would indeed be cool if we could see more skilled athletes, ripping it up on normal terrain and conditions, ie bumped up crud, left over slush etc. in the resort. That would be inspiring, in the sense that it would show us new possibilities and levels of skill that we might be able to attain ourselves.
That’s what I have liked about a couple of Candid Thovex films. In a resort, end of season, lots of bare spots, and he’s still having a blast!
Not technical skiing in the sense of the original post though.