Jacob Sutton's L.E.D. Surfer

A Night-time Snowboarding Short Lights Up the Last of the Winter Snow

Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes. The electrifying film sees Hughes light up the snow-covered French hills in a bespoke L.E.D.-enveloped suit courtesy of designer and electronics whizz John Spatcher. "I was really drawn to the idea of a lone character made of light surfing through darkness," says Sutton of his costume choice. "I've always been excited by unusual ways of lighting things, so it seemed like an exciting idea to make the subject of the film the only light source." Sutton, who has created work for the likes of Hermès, Burberry and The New York Times, spent three nights on a skidoo with his trusty Red Epic camera at temperatures of -25C to snap Hughes carving effortlessly through the deep snow, even enlisting his own father to help maintain the temperamental suit throughout the demanding shoot. "Filming in the suit was the most surreal thing I've done in 20 years of snowboarding," says Hughes of the charged salopettes. "Luckily there was plenty of vin rouge to keep me warm, and Jacob's enthusiasm kept everyone going through the cold nights."

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[Joelle Nielsen]

Hey, if you have a mac, press control+option+command+8. Then watch the video!

[fullboxxskater]

Snowboarding...More like GLOWBOARDING ™

[angelinavang27]

Beautiful

[kiLL dyLL]

maKURWAsakra



[XxBloodyWenchxX]

very impressive - did you handsew the lights on?

in any case, it looks great. quite inspiring performance!

[XxBloodyWenchxX]

hahahahahaha

[Numinux]

this would be AWESOME in HD!

[John Cox]

Very good. Must have been cold.

Well done.

[Martin Uzunov]

shut up you HD whore !

[Transparent01]

I might of said this was good... but only 480p makes it crap... come-on!

[Unit16Recordings]

Awesome stuff! I like the effect the light has on the snow, and the music is sooo good, it really makes the footage have more impact.

[MrMrBilko]

WHY?