Taking a snowboard shot can be a long and involved process. You’ve got to wait for the ambient light to be just right, set up flashes in exactly the right place, get the exposure spot on, sort out your composition, then get the rider dropping at the right time, doing the right trick, in the right place… it can all be a bit of a hassle. But for all that, surely nothing in the world of snowboard photography can compare to this for complicated! Inspired by Rube Goldberg, (or perhaps that old Honda ad) these guys went out of their way to make things difficult. The result? One of the raddest videos on the web at the minute…

Oh, and in case you’re wondering, none of this is faked. There’s a making-of right here…