How They Filmed the Wildest Snowboard Series You’ve Ever Seen

(wind blowing)

[Narrator] Check this guy out.

Well, wait for it... wait for it... yep, there.

That's Jeremy Jones on the side of a

Himalayan mountain 20,000 feet above sea level.

It's straight-up mischief like this

that's made Jones a legend.

(cough) Altitude.

[Narrator] But look closer... that's a cameraman

who climbed up the mountain with Jones.

Capturing glorious 4K footage for the

snowboarding series Higher TV was a filmmaking feat

like no other.

This team went to some astonishing lengths during

expeditions in Wyoming, ultra-remote Alaska,

and the Himalayas.

We're talking 25 straight days in the field.

Well, not an actual field, what with all the snow,

whatever, you know what I mean.

The crew hiked thousands of feet up mountains

with 75-pound packs.

And the weather wasn't always, how should I say, ideal.

Sure, a 10-day storm once gifted them with

eight feet of snow, but that also made for

freezing-cold and nightmarish shooting conditions.

For instance, if they heated up their gear too quickly,

they'd get fogged-up lenses.

And in temperatures like these, batteries didn't last

nearly as long as normal.

Add to that the fact the crew was working off

solar power, and, you know, vicious storms

and cloudy skies, it's a miracle

they managed to get the stunning footage they did,

and that no one ended up injured or dead.

And if that's not a sign of a successful

snowboarding series, I don't know what is.