Skiers Turn Boston Streets Into Playground During Record Breaking Winter

While most Massachusetts residents were digging out from the 68 of snow that fell in February of 2015, TGR Athletes and film crews where turning Boston into an urban terrain park. Skiers Clayton Vila and Cam Riley (Beverly Locals) were able to see the streets of Boston in a whole new light. In order capture Boston skiing in a way never seen before, Todd Jones, TGRs cofounder and Massachusetts local, used his twenty years behind the lens and a sophisticated piece of filming equipmenta gyrostabilized system known as the GSS C520mounted to a helicopter and a car. The GSS system is the most advanced camera stabilizing platform in the world. To document this rare Boston skiers playground, film crews and athletes worked through cold and snowy nights or in the predawn light before businesses would open. In most cases, athletes used winch cables to generate enough speed to propel themselves off the city landscapes. Never before have Bostons historic landmarks been captured in such a way. Highlight urban f