Hugo Harrisson, Ingrid Backstrom, & Mark Abma on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Yearbook’ (Ep.23)

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20 years ago this week, ’Yearbook,’ one of the most star-studded ski movies of all time, was released. So on our latest Blister Cinematic podcast, we talk with Matchstick’s Murray Wais and Scott Gaffney about the behind-the-scenes insanity; the in-front-of-the-camera surprises; the incredible soundtrack; the styles of Seth Morrison & Hugo Harrisson; and more. You can watch the film on the Matchstick website, then check out our conversation wherever you get your podcasts.
Matchstick Productions' 'Yearbook'

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Hugo Harrisson, Ingrid Backstrom, & Mark Abma on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Yearbook’ (Ep.23)
Hugo Harrisson, Ingrid Backstrom, & Mark Abma on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Yearbook’ (Ep.23)

20 years ago, ‘Yearbook,’ one of the most star-studded ski movies of all time, was released. So last week on Blister Cinematic, we talked with Matchstick’s Murray Wais and Scott Gaffney about the making of the film, and today, we’re talking with three of the stars of the film, Hugo Harrisson, Ingrid Backstrom, and Mark Abma.

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TOPICS & TIMES:
HUGO HARRISSON (3:00)
Bella Coola (5:46)
Hugo’s Approach to Picking Lines (11:01)
“If you aren’t scared….” (14:59)
Harrison Motel (17:04)
Shane’s Anecdotes (23:00)
INGRID BACKSTROM (24:28)
Getting Noticed (24:49)
Shane as Mentor (31:22)
Ski Racing (33:11)
Confidence Going into Filming? (34:43)
Bella Coola (37:04)
Karaoke (40:04)
First Big Mountain Lines (47:00)
MARK ABMA (1:02:11)
Getting the Call for Yearbook (1:05:54)
One of Mark’s First Lines (1:10:02)
confidence vs doubt (1:12:56)
Rock Ride (1:21:18)
Parallax Shot (1:25:02)
Rock n Roll High School (1:32:38)
After Yearbook (1:35:35)

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2 comments on “Hugo Harrisson, Ingrid Backstrom, & Mark Abma on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Yearbook’ (Ep.23)”

  1. Terrific episode! I’d been wondering for a while why you had passed up Yearbook (which is an obvious “all-time” ski movie), now we know.

    Getting totally nit-picky, the “agony of defeat” gut from ABCs Wide World of Sports was a Slovenian ski jumper who crashed in 1970 (see wikipedia).

    Herman Maier’s famous crash happened at the Nagano Olympics Men’s Downhill in 1998: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_IA1TYpVKU&t=18s

    I watched Maier’s crash live at the time with a bunch of other racers. Pretty scary.

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