Behind the Scenes
The Water
on Film.
Every clip of Shalom Park you've seen on this site — the jump, the glass-calm sunrise, the course from the air — was shot by one person. This page is a thank-you to him.
His name is Denver, and he films under Old Saw Studio. Over the course of a season he spent early mornings and long tournament days at the lake with a camera, waiting for the light and the moment to line up — the exact instant a jumper clears the ramp, the water before anyone's touched it, a course run from directly overhead. None of the footage on this site is stock. All of it is this lake, shot by someone who took the time to actually see it.
Where You've Seen His Work
If you've spent any time on this site, you've already watched Denver's footage without necessarily knowing it was his:
- The jump loop on the homepage — a boat pulling a skier through the full arc off the ramp
- The glass-sunrise water behind "The Lake" section and the atmospheric shot opening Our Story
- The slalom approach on the Programs page, and the jumper coming at camera on Train & Compete
- First-timers getting into the water on the Learn pages
- The tournament-day energy on the homepage's spectator band
It adds up to the clearest look most visitors will ever get at what this lake actually feels like before they've stood on the dock themselves — and that's the point of good film: it does the convincing the words on this page can't.
"Denver spent as much time waiting for the right light as he did filming. You can see it in every clip — this isn't footage of a lake, it's footage of what forty years of work on this lake actually looks like. We're grateful for the time and the eye he put into it."
— Ken Nelson, Founder, Shalom Park
Thank You, Denver.
On behalf of everyone who learns to ski here, trains here, and calls this lake home — thank you. The work doesn't go unnoticed, and it isn't going anywhere: it's the film running quietly behind almost every page on this site.