White Noise - Finn Bilous

Finn Bilous navigates the spring snow of Treble Cone in Wanaka, New Zealand. Through the natural halfpipes of the Crag’s Shooter run, the Flux Trails crew shaped a custom snake line to facilitate his fluid descent. Using hand-painted fish tail skis, the athlete showcases surf-inspired carves across the alpine terrain. Stripping away the soundtrack highlights the raw sound of edges on snow during each turn.

A special project to me from back in 2021, created in collaboration with my previous outerwear sponsor, Quiksilver. Unfortunately, the original video was taken down from Quiksilver's YouTube channel along with some of my favourite snow/surf films. Happy to re-share this film on my own channel and relive some great memories. A huge team effort to bring this one to life thanks to the help of some of my best mates. Please enjoy, 'White Noise' - Finn.

From Quiksilver - "Once the lifts were still and the crowds were gone, Finn Bilous utilised his home resort of Treble Cone in Wanaka, NZ to capture a new creative project. With the gullies and ridges loaded with spring snow, Finn’s canvas was now blank and open to interpretation. With the help of an eclectic bunch of Finn’s mates and mountain bike trail building crew, Flux Trails, the boys took to his favourite run Crag's Shooter, to create a top to bottom snake line that complements Finn’s unique eye and laidback surf style.

Camping high up on the mountain for 3 days, the crew carved out one flowy line through the natural halfpipes that makes this run so unique. Riding a pair of fish tail skis, hand painted by Finn himself. The checkerboard rails and dimension detailing on ‘The Twin Finn’ ski draws ties to Finn’s heavy influence from art, design and surf cultures. Partnered with Hunt Cinema’s alternative approach to ski filming, who’s mountain bike influence spills into this project with the pure sound of Finns skis on snow creating the soundscape. Stripping the soundtrack, and a restrained style of edit taking skiing back to its simplest raw form to show the pure essence of solidarity and freedom of expression provided by the mountains. When skiing turns to White Noise."

Location: Treble Cone, Wanaka, NZ
Athlete: Finn Bilous
Production: Hunt Cinema
Director/Editor: Hunter Paull
Filmer: Finlay Woods
Sound Design: Scott Robb
Photographers: Matt Cherubino, Tom Fisher
Build: Flux Trail
Build Crew: Matt Begg, Jacob O’Donoghue-Price, Ben Richards, Tom Caulton, Matt Cherubino, Tom Fisher, Finlay Woods, Hunter Paull, Finn Bilous
Producers: Nick Stevenson, Finn Bilous