In which I stunt-double.

A group of extreme college kids head to the slopes for some cool snowboarding and hot lovin’ in the straight-to-video slasher Shredder. When they break into an abandoned ski lodge for some fun in the snow, little do they know of the deadly skier patrolling the grounds. As the posted ski rules are broken left and right, that’s when the killing starts and the fun begins. With the addition of a mysterious and good looking stranger among their party, the kids soon learn of the bloody past of Rocky Summit and why being a snowboarder there can be hazardous to your health.

Back in the mists of the late 90′s early millennium, I was invited to join a team of actors who were filming a Snowboard slasher flick at the local mountain in our sleepy little ski-town. I agreed, oblivious to the sort of hours that were involved, the sort of girls that were involved, and all other sorts of film-garde skullduggery; the catering sucked, the acting sucked and the riding sucked. By the time my part came up, it hadn’t snowed for days, warmed up then cooled down and my job was to rip through a line of tight trees, wearing really bulky gear and do it all really fast so that when it came time my tight tree turning character to come out of the forest and get his head sliced off by the rip-cord the killer had placed, it would all be splattery and ewww! as my head bounced down towards the chairlift. I did my piece and saved the actor from having to do it himself but it was my first time ever being filmed on a board and I was nervous, I will never forget trying to hard not to wipe out in the trees on ice while at the same time riding fast. I think in the end I got out with 100 quid for the deal. Ha.
Why does this matter? Why do we even care that I have a 3 second bit in a b slasher flick that went out….straight to VHS. (and dvd I think), but still…VHS!?!?!
Heres the trailer and surprisingly I am in it, @ 1:03 in a super gnarled out yellow skiers jacket coming out of the trees, about to get decpatiated.
People this is a B movie. But Im buying it.