Customer Reviews

High Velocity Skiing and Biathlon [VHS]

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"Technically, it's excellent. This video offers great angles and exciting action shots. It gives you an entertaining look at the world of cross-country skiing. While skiing converts will love it, it's sure to draw others to the sport." - Lynne Bermel, Ranked 3rd overall Ironman Triathlon World Cup

"High Velocity opens with a Bond/Matrix-like biathlon segment with some incredible helicopter shots, providing some never before seen viewpoints on cross-country skiing. It's a very stylized production, showing off the strong artistic talents of McMahon and Meloche. From there, they switch to a very scenic "off the beaten path" skiing segment. Again, some wonderful helicopter shots during the peak of fall foliage really punctuate the coverage. A third segment features Subaru Factory Team skiers on beautiful mountain trails. Some incredible boot level and ski pole "cam" shots really make you feel like you're on the snow with them! The video wraps up with a preview to the 2002 Winter Olympics by featuring some racing from Soldier Hollow last season. Jaw dropping impressive classical skiing is the highlight to this piece -- you literally can't believe how fast some of the elite skiers are sprinting up steep hills. Sadly, as this segment winds down you realize the actual television coverage this winter won't even come close to this level of excitement. Overall, another great production from David McMahon and Lise Meloche." - Bruce Adelsman, skinnyski.com (reviewed VHS version)

Man, I just bought this video and it ROCKS!

Since I do XC myself like a wildman, I know it's action-packed. But I haven't seen any movie images of the way it really is. Not for decades, anyway...Bill Koch had a neat little flick years ago, but, c'mon, we've been so thirsty for something like this! So, all I have to say is: FINALLY! Finally, a big chunk of our big sport hits the big screen, done right.

This movie has it all, with MTV pacing. Great skiing variety--cruising, racing, playing. And a fully-stoked soundtrack, with plenty of music variety, too.

It's great to see the celebration of the Soldier's Hollow course, where the Olympics are getting ready to start. It's the next best thing to being there!

I really liked the downhill bombin' on the long twisty pitch-changing runs. Down, down, down we go! There is some fine cornering going on, too. I love seeing them bustin some angulation to keep on course at 30mph.

It really let me know why I like racing so much. It's just so cool to get fully dialed in and then let it all hang out on a GREAT course!

My slogan: "XC: Free ski! --Up, down, all around! Anywhere there's snow!"

XC is so much bigger than anyone has shown in media. Other forms of skiing are, I daresay, so limited for most people. This flick shows more of the fun than any other...and I hope there's more where it came from!

Thanks, XCZone! You're in a league of your own!

“Action; special effects; artistic, great script; actors .... Sounds like a Hollywood film, but those are what describe xczone’s newest action-packed X-country skiing movie High Velocity. There is no other like it!"
- Sharon Donnelly, Olympian, PanAm Gold Medalist Triathlon

“Another group that has been setting new trends in the sport is the combo of David McMahon and Lise Meloche with their new video called ‘High Velocity’. This is the second video they have produced and it is definitely changing the rules as to how XC ski vids should be made. This isn’t your dinky little XC ski video that shows you what good technique should look like in a wide open field, with lots of slow motion ‘analyse this’ shots. With some good tunes and great action shots, I would compare ‘High Velocity’ to an extreme skiing video version of Cross Country skiing. (...)- Philippe Villeneuve, Canadian National Ski Team

"High Velocity packs an adrenaline primed movie on biathlon and cross-country skiing, a smart instructional video, and the comprehensive encyclopedia Tao of Skiing, into one eXCiting high quality product."

"High Velocity packs an adrenaline primed movie on biathlon and cross-country skiing, a smart instructional video, and the comprehensive encyclopedia Tao of Skiing, into one eXCiting high quality product."