Valentin Delluc's Slide un Cable en SpeedRiding places an unusual piece of mountain infrastructure at the centre of an action film. The Vimeo recording identifies the sequence as a chairlift-cable slide, with speed-riding equipment giving it a very different character from a conventional ski run. The first-person viewpoint makes the nearby cable and the terrain beyond it feel especially immediate.
A specialist combination of skis and wing
Speed riding combines skis with a small wing, allowing a trained rider's movement to shift between contact with snow and flight. That combination changes how terrain is encountered, but it also demands skills and decisions that a short edited clip cannot explain. Delluc's sequence belongs to specialist action filmmaking; a striking use of equipment on screen is not a general lesson in how to use it. [1]
The camera gives the viewer a powerful sense of position while leaving much of the production outside the frame. It does not provide a complete account of permissions, planning, support or conditions. Lift cables and other infrastructure should not be treated as recreational obstacles because they appear in a film. The sequence can be appreciated for its unusual visual idea without becoming a suggestion for another person's day on the mountain.
Explore more: BASE footage and perspective; an action-camera snowmobile sequence.
Video: Slide a chair lift cable SpeedRiding (published by Valentin Delluc).
What the camera can and cannot show
Foreground and background do different jobs here. A close cable supplies a narrow line that the eye can follow, while trees and slopes farther away give the scene depth. Nearby features appear to move across the image more quickly than distant ones, helping create the feeling of speed. That relationship is more informative than trying to infer an exact height or velocity from a single action-camera view.
Follow the cable, then the landscape
Delluc's name and the original Vimeo credit keep the recording connected to its creator. The film’s title identifies its unusual combination of speed riding and a chairlift cable. When replaying the clip, follow the changes in viewpoint and the surrounding terrain. Those details show how the film creates its impact, even where the full technical background of the performance remains outside the archive.
Sources, photography and further reading
Original feature and image attributions:
- Slide un Cable en SpeedRiding
- Valentin Delluc
- Vimeo
- Unofficial Networks
- This Video Is Nuts!: First Ever Wingsuit Flying Above Skiers
- Let Me Take You To The Mountain!
- Caught on Tape: Teen Falls 45 Feet From Chair Lift - I Can't Believe He Is Still Alive!
- Mad Skier Backflips Over A Highway - And Faceplants Against The Snow
- If This Video Does Not Get You Excited To Go Skiing You Should Just Stop Skiing!
- BASE footage and perspective
- an action-camera snowmobile sequence
- Slide a chair lift cable SpeedRiding
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