Top 10 Warren Miller Quotes
With heavy hearts, we must announce the passing of skiing’s most iconic filmmaker and voice, Warren Miller. Miller died in his home on Washington’s Orcas Island. Keep Reading…
1. “If you don’t do it this year, you will be one year older when you do.”
2. “If at first, you don’t succeed, failure may be your thing.”
3. “People weren’t made to fly, that’s why we make kickers.”
4. “The best thing about skiing backward is you can see where you’ve been.”
5. “On the other hand, you have different fingers.”
6. “Don’t take life too seriously, because you can’t come out of it alive.”
7. “They say its always darkest before the dawn. So if you’re going to steal your neighbor’s newspaper… that’s the time to do it.”
8. “If your parents didn’t have children, odds are you won’t either.”
9. “Twin tip skis have insured that today’s skiers can ride backward, as much as they can forwards, why they want to do that? I don’t know…..”
10. “Never eat in a restaurant that has a bowling trophy on the cash register.” – Warren Miller
Warren MillerHe was born October 15, 1924. He spent his childhood skiing, surfing, and taking photos with his camera. His childhood passions would allow him to. Warren MillerTo make a career of his passions. At age eighteen, WarrenThe U.S. Navy was formed and would last until 1946. MillerHe was discharged. He was discharged from Navy and bought his first 8-millimeter camera. This is when he began to build his empire, whether he realized it or not. Warren and some friends moved to Sun Valley, Idaho where they lived in a trailer in the parking lot of the town’s ski resort. There were Warren MillerSki instructors would earn a living teaching lessons and then documenting and critiquing their fellow ski instructors.
1949 Warren MillerHe used his passions to create a business by collecting all the ski footage, and narration the films to the beat of his voice. He was the creator Warren MillerEntertainment would make extreme skiing movies, in which professional snowboarders and skiers travel around the globe to the top mountains. Since 1950, there have been Warren MillerEach year, one document is produced by the company. Warren MillerHe would travel from ski resort to resort with the films he had made and rent out town halls to show the ski films in the evening. During the day the Warren Miller crew would adventure out on to the mountain with their cameras rolling to capture new footage for next year’s documentary. From 1950 to 2008. Warren MillerEntertainment has produced 59 documentaries on extreme sports, which have proven that the impossible can be done. Warren MillerDocumentaries offer a unique view into extreme sports. They are filled with humor and feature a wide range of professional snowboarders and skiers.
