a heli's not expensive?Expensive? Barel lives and works in LG/Morzine during the summer, and Most of the UK scene moves there for June/July/August. It's VERY cheap to get there from the UK.
Yes he has, see above and search around on Southerndownhill.com or descentworld... around the time of E2 being released.
i would tend to beileve him, i just watched that section again the les gets one, and im pretty sure theres sped up stuff. in some heli shots, and i also think that sometimes when he pans by as the rider passes that the footage is briefly sped to give a false sense of speed, but it could just be trippy cinematic effects...