The ode to the filmer continues. This week, we dig through the archives with Mia Lambson. You've seen Mia's work. Sure, you may have your own favorites, but Mia's list is all her own. And no, the cliché, in a landscape dominated by men Mia stands out, statement will not work here because as a filmer, the eye isn't on you. You put the eye on everyone else. And with that, we'll let Mia have the final word.
I wish I had more footage of women, but most of what I do have is just from events, because generally speaking women haven’t been given the budget to hire a filmer for street and backcountry projects.
Mia Lambson
Originally From: Cedar City, Utah
Currently Residing: Salt Lake City, Utah
Sage Kotsenburg—Back Double Ten:
So, that clip of Sage…oh gosh I’m probably going to butcher the year but we can just retroactively figure it out [laughs]. I want to say it was 2017. It was the year they filmed Pepper and that was in his Pepper part. Jon Stark called me and asked me to come help them build and film a jump up in Valley of the Cornices in Grizzly Gulch. So, we went up. It was me, Stark, Blatt, Sage, Bode, and I believe Pat Fenelon. We probably built that jump for…I want to say three days of solid building. It was huge. I think it was the first time somebody had hit that particular part. And so, they named it the Bridge to Terabithia because we had to build this massive, basically like a bridge over another gap for the inrun. It was so much work and the biggest build I had ever done and finally when it came time to shoot Sage just put that down. I think it was first try. They only hit it like two or three times. It was so epic. I had to climb up on this hill to get that angle and I had verts on and it was just hot, slushy snow. I had all my gear. I was sliding all around. It was kind of pure chaos but then the second they dropped in it was on. It was so sick.
I’m going to have to text him and double-check because I don’t remember if it was first or second try but, just too easy for the kid.
It was second try.
Reid Smith—Miller Flip:
That was when we were filming for Beta and that was the first trip that I went on for the year. It was kind of just this random little spot that we hit in between going to different locations. It was kind of a bonus spot, but it turned out just being so cool. It’s a simple trick and a pretty simple spot but the way that the bridge lines up and just how nice and beautifully he executed it just made it-I don’t know. It lined up to be one of my favorite clips. It looks really sick and it’s also Reid who I love.
Taylor Elliott—Handplant:
Oh, the Taylor handplant. I mean…if you know you know. That’s one of my all-time favorite clips ever. That may be one of the only clips I’ve ever filmed that made me cry. Yeah, when Taylor dropped in to do that she tried a couple times and, you know, she’s been really open with her MS diagnosis and we’re all really aware of how difficult it is for her. But when she straps into a snowboard, she’s just totally herself again and a ripper. So, to see her have trouble walking and then to strap in and pull off this insane handplant—she’s one of the only girls that tried to handplant that feature—it’s pretty beast. For her to pull that off just as if she’s going through nothing and her body is totally whole was one of the most special and inspiring moments ever.
Brandon Davis—Frontboard:
That also was when we were shooting for Beta. That clip is so sick because I’ve been riding at Brighton forever and filming at Brighton forever and it has such a place in my heart. I’ve been looking at that damn forever but I had never seen someone hit it in person or film someone hit it. And then for Brandon to pull off that back one in so flawlessly, it couldn’t have been better. It was so sick and beautiful and just, the fact that it was Brighton and something I wanted to shoot for a really long time was really dope.
Garrett Warnick—Back Three:
Honestly, I had to put a Superpark clip in there because I would say the majority of the favorite footage I’ve ever filmed came from Superpark but it’s just impossible to choose between them. There are so many insane, absolutely once-in-a-lifetime psycho clips from Superpark but I picked this one of Garrett Warnick because that session—that was from Superpark 20 at Mammoth and that’s by far the biggest hip I’ve ever seen and the biggest I’ve ever seen people go—that whole session was just psycho. People were going off having no regard for their health or safety. He just pulled that off so flawlessly and everyone was screaming and cheering and it was just such a sick cap to one of the sickest sessions I’ve ever seen in person.