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Re:Session
The award-winning producers at Teton Gravity Research (TGR) present their newest 16mm and HD film, Re: Session. This project takes viewers beyond the traditional ski and snowboard movie into a revolutionary realm of action sports entertainment. Shot on both film and RED ONE high definition camera technology, Re: Session documents the true wealth of the mountain experience. Follow the crew as they score in one of Alagna, Italy’s deepest seasons on record. Check out forbidden powder in Poland, massive wedges in Colorado, new gap jumps in Utah, and seven weeks of epic riding conditions in Alaska.
Re: Session brings the most talented athletes in the sport together into one must-see film. (Lucky you, you can watch it right here.) The all-star roster includes TGR regulars Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Seth Morrison, Jeremy Jones, Kye Petersen, Ian McIntosh, Dana Flahr, Dylan Hood, Erik Roner, Wiley Miller, and Dash Longe rounded out with the fresh faces of Tanner Hall, Sammy Carlson and Callum Pettit.
Shot on location in: Jackson Hole WY, Alagna Italy, Last Frontier Heli-Skiing, Poland, Slovakia, Haines AK, North Cascade Heli-Skiing, Colorado, Stevens Pass WA, Utah, Montana, and Pemberton B.C.
Au-delà des cimes (Beyond the Summits)"Catherine Destivelle is an ambassador for the French Alps and is well known in France and abroad. In Beyond the Summits, viewers will feel like they are climbing up the mountain with her. The film shows three classic Chamonix routes with three different climbing partners. Each partner was chosen because they had a profound impact on her life. The camera captures the magnificent scenery, as well as frank and intimate moments during the ascents."
~ Excerpt from Banff Mountain Festival Web page
This feature-length movie, 50 minutes, aired on France 5 Channel in 2008, is shown here in its French original version. Its 73 minutes English version won the 2009 Banff Mountain Festival "Best Feature-length Mountain Film" award.
Hunt & GatherThis is the full feature movie. Duration 33 minutes. "Hunt & Gather“ is the first dedicated movie ever. It shows a bunch of -Swiss- riders having a hard time because 2007 had been an extraordinary winter... A Dedicated Project movie.
Gather & RideThis is the full feature movie. This Dedicated Project movie has a duration of 42 minutes. The movie "Gather & Ride" is following up on "Hunt & Gather“ and it tells the story of a much better winter where there was more gathering than hunting...
The Edge of NeverThis is the official trailer for The Edge of Never Film. A documentary feature film set in the world of big mountain skiing, The Edge of Never is a real-life coming of age saga about the tribe of skiers who challenge the biggest, most dangerous mountains in the world. In 1996 extreme-skiing legend Trevor Petersen was killed in Chamonix, France. Nine years later, skiing icon Glen Plake decides it’s time for Trevor’s 15-year-old son, Kye, to ski the route that killed his father and join the tribe of big-mountain skiers. In this thrilling film, three generations of skiers mentor Kye as he attempts to finish his father’s final run. A ripping adventure tale of a young man coming of age, The Edge of Never is also a rich and subtle portrait of men and women who live big in the face of their greatest fears. Written and directed by William A. Kerig, produced by Peter Schweitzer, based on the book of the same title written by Kerig, The Edge of Never was shot on location in Chamonix, France.
Winter RequiemPacked with awe-inspiring imagery, Winter Requiem presents a creative montage of all that a winter season in the mountains holds in store. Through the eyes of the camera crew (Warren Smith, Melody Sky, and Guido Perrini) the film takes you on a visual and acoustic journey combining hard hitting hip hop beats and classical music symphonies. With extreme adrenaline action and the enduring beauty of ever changing weather patterns, the film comes together to form a Winter Requiem.
Signatures
From the orange and gold of fall to the pink cherry blossoms of spring, Signatures follows an entire winter deep in the hardwoods of Hokkaido, Japan. Deliciously deep January blower to April corn, we bring you a film about expression and the art of riding on snow. Every turn has a personality, and every personality has its own unique style: the air, the smear, the spin, the grab, the laid-out cutback carve. Shot in HD, Signatures is 100% human powered riding in all snow-sliding styles: board, noboard, ski, and drop-knee.
Snow's in the House 3
The final in the trilogy of the Snow’s in the House New School Ski and Snowboard Films made by Warren Smith, Melody Sky & Guido Perrini. Starring amongst others Phil Meier, The Falquet Bros, John Falkner, Brendan MacLaine, Andy Bennett, SNOW'S IN THE HOUSE 3 is a story of the evolution of freeskiing and how it has reached its modern day level. Also an insight into the resort of Verbier -Switzerland- and how it helped the freeskiing movement. Historic footage and modern day action makes an awesome flick.
In Deep
MSP Films takes an original look at the sport of skiing. All of the skiers in the film park rat or big mountain charger share a common bond: the overwhelming desires to ski. Each person finds stoke in his own unique way, whether it be a double cork 1260, a deep turn on a storm day or ripping a giant AK line. Skiing is an incredibly diverse sport that offers it all. With the progressive skiing and award-winning cinematography that has made MSP famous, MSP Films takes you along for the ride deep into the experience as we share the love for the greatest sport in the world.
Hand Cut
From the hand-fired railroad days in Revelstoke to the miners of Colorado's San Juan Mountains, Hand Cut blends old-timer wisdom with self-propelled, big mountain lines from Alaska, British Columbia, and Colorado. The Hand Cut release includes endless pillow lines in the BC interior; exposed descents in the Coast Range with ski mountaineering legend John Chilton; brilliantly shot inverts over the old wood mines on Red Mountain Pass, Colorado; and the original deep-country blues of John-Alex Mason. Hand Cut: self-propelled stories brought to life in High Definition and brilliant 16mm film.
Verbier Ride 2008
International freestyle skiers battling it out for a place at the Orage European Open. The action takes place in the La Chaux Snowpark of Verbier (Switzerland). The Verbier Ride world-wide recognition brings in the world’s top riders to test Verbier’s terrain. With international television broadcasts, it is hard to miss what is going on in the scene. Everyone agreed that the Verbier Snowpark gave some great kickers, and the spectacle offered up by the riders was nothing short of superb.
Flakes
"We spent last winter breaking trail into the backcountry with some of the top telemark skiers in the world like Nick DeVore, Andy Jacobsen, Jason West, Will Cardamone, Megan Michelson and many others. Our goal, to try and capture the joy and freedom that is powder skiing, which is not an easy task. Traveling from Aspen, Ushuaia, The Wasatch, Haines, The San Juans, Valdez, and El Chalten our crew searched out challenging and beautiful mountains that needed to be skied. After 5 years of putting out films we've not yet been able to effectively capture our experiences on film much less in a few sentences."
Coefficient Drag
"Coefficient Drag is the latest film from the teamwork of Warren Smith, Guido Perrini and Melody Sky. The film sets out to find the true definition of the meaning of "steeze". Once they get the Oxford English on that, they look to find out who's got it, where it comes from and what freestyle skiing is all about. The film crew have archived historic freestyle skiing footage from some of the original skiing dudes of the seventies and got the low down on were it all started from the likes of Mark Shapiro and John Falkner. All the freestyle skiers of today give there opinions on it's origin as well.
The crew filmed in Televerbier's 'Neipark 1936', the Saas-Fee Snowpark and New Zealand famous SnowparkNZ near Wanaka. Athletes such as TJ Schiller, Mike Wilson, Jossi Wells, Andy Bennett, Paddy Graham, Eddie 'SlaveMonkey' Thelwell, JL Ratchel, Cory Zila, Mike Wakefield, Tori Beattie throw down all types of super styled (Steezed) out tricks on huge kickers, rails and halfpipe.
In the end steeze is found in major proportions, not just in the form of skiing but also the fashions, attitudes and various forms of modern day hand shaking! Not to be missed. Monday 10th October is the International Premiere of the film and will see all the film makers, skiing stars and press gather for the freeskiing night of action."
