Chasing the White Air

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Blue and white at 1,000 frames a second. Chasing the White Air captures the emotion and adrenaline of the real-time, two seconds, in the air these extreme athletes seek. This feel-good 42 minute documentary truly takes the viewer on a visit to another world. Wyhldfisch Productions takes us to the action on the Australian snow with breathtaking visuals accompanied by local music choices. This documentary story tells itself, with only ten seconds of voiceover to set the scene. In a country famous for its beaches, the highest mountain in Australia, Mt Kosciusko, has a thriving snow culture, largely unknown to Northern Hemisphere snow lovers. We meet the international competitors at the One Hit Wonder and Mile High extreme ski and snowboard jump comps 'down under'. These snow athletes sail off 92 feet of jump, the biggest ever built in the Southern Hemisphere, travelling over 100 miles per hour, to display their aerobatics bearing names like ski jump 'triple cork' and snowboard course 'line to front double ten'.