Our Finnish bros have been working on a full length DVD for the past two years and it's finally complete! I haven't had the chance to watch it yet but I was lucky to witness some of the footage before it came out and I gotta say it was really refreshing to see the originality from these dudes! I caught up with Helmeri to ask him more about the DVD and what went into the making of it.
How long did you film for the FinScooter DVD?
We filmed this DVD over two years. We all are living far away
from each other so it has been really hard to get everyone together and film.
This whole project has been so great and it has been awesome to film and chill
with the whole team. We filmed this with many sd cameras and we had about 10
filmers. Huge thanks to all!
Who has parts?
Antti Karppinen, Oliver Teder, Otto Märkjärvi and I have full
parts.
Whose part is your favorite?
To be honest I can't choose my favorite part. Otto has edited
the whole movie so good. Every part has personality and the music fits
perfectly. We all have also very different style so it's hard to choose the
best part.
Who put the most work into their part?
Everyone did great job there but I think that Antti had footage
for two full parts or something haha. I have to give him some credit for that.
Sometimes one single clip took almost few hours to get it done but no one
didn't give up ever. Great guys indeed.
What kept you guys motivated in the harsh Finnish winters?
Good question! The winter is almost 6 months long here and it's
impossible to ride outside during that time. Luckily we have our own indoor
park now. During winter you can choose between ice hockey and beer. The beer
was our
choice haha.
Was it FinScooter beer?
Definitely it was! Without that magic drink we would't be able
to survive. 100% real stuff!
How long is the video?
Total length is approximately 32min but Otto made super work
with the editing so the movie feels like 5min long. Everything just works there
and the feeling is so intense.
Why should we, the American people, be stoked to see it?!
Well in this movie we want to show how we see scootering. For us
it's not competing or trying to be better than someone else. We just enjoy ride
together and this is one big part of our life. Hopefully this DVD will help to
open some eyes.
Nowadays you can search good videos on Youtube so easily and
it's not profitable to make dvd's anymore. That's a shame because in my opinion
dvd is one of the best ways to build our culture around scootering. Hopefully
kids will respect companies who put the effort for those huge projects. I'm
sure that older riders will always understand the meaning of these but I'm not
sure what younger riders think.
So yeah we offer you 32min street movie filmed with SD cameras
and I promise that the footage is pure gold haha. You all should see this.
Yes we have an extra montage there. It's a mix of our team
riders, our flow-team riders and friends. You will see some clips for example
from Matt McKeen, Alex Peasley, Johann Moreau, Coedie Donovan, Flavio Pesenti,
Travis
House, Madis Kukk... heh the list is long.
What’s next for FinScooter?
We will just chill few weeks now and then we start to plan our
Winter Jams. It will be organized at our indoor park Valli and it will be held
probably in February or March. You guys will see some edits from our team for
sure and of course we will surprise you all somehow next year.
Finally I want to thank all the riders, filmers and other people
who have helped us to make this project happen. Our sport needs these culture
pieces for keeping the whole puzzle together. Keep shredding and have fun!
Peace!
