L.E.D. Snowboarding Lights Up the Powder

Snowboarding videos are usually exciting, adrenaline loaded clips packed to the gills with fantastic stunts- that’s all well and good, but I was massively impressed when I saw this L.E.D snowboarding video showcasing William Hughes in an electric snowsuit. Shot with slow motion footage, the crisp white glow of thousands of L.E.D.s shimmers through powder as his board carves a swathe through the trees on a pitch black mountainside. Instead of wild flips and blazing speed, the entire video is a haunting vision of a solitary beacon illuminating the slopes in a sea of perfect darkness.

L.E.D. Snowboarding – As Close to Being the Silver Surfer as Anyone is Going to Get

Shot on the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, thanks to the music, this whole clip feels more like a space walk than a night ride. Film maker and fashion photographer Jacob Sutton envisioned this beautiful L.E.D. snowboarding clip and managed to bring it to life by trailing after Hughes on a skidoo in -25C temperatures, hanging off the side and filming everything he possibly could without running over his star. The effect is stunning, and you can only imagine what it must have been like to hurtle down the side of a midnight mountain in a small globe of light, with the terrain sliding up out of the darkness around you; I’m thinking the suit must have had an extra pair of underpants in it along with the battery pack.