Category Archives: Snowboarding

Xavier De Le Rue – This Is My Winter Teaser

October 11, 2011 by mg33

One of my favorite things about some of the past year’s worth of snowboarding films is that they’re not just showing snowboarders, they’re showing adventurers. Snowboarding, by default, is an adventure no matter where you are, and when you don’t have jaw-dropping terrain at your doorstep, the adventure aspect is often a fantasy in your mind, hopefully built on your own experiences and memories.

Watching the heavyweights of the sport in movies like Deeper, That’s It, That’s All, First Descent, and The Art of Flight is an opportunity to live vicariously through their lives and opportunities to ride in places that most people would get dizzy standing a mile away from. Snowboard films have only gotten bigger and better in the past few years, but only a few are blending the riding itself with the adventure of getting there. You could say that Jeremy Jones defined an entirely new genre of exploration-based snowboard movies with 2010′s Deeper, a film which saw Jones and a variety of riders hiking and climbing epic terrain across the globe in Antarctica, Alaska, Europe, California, and Utah, and only riding the terrain they climbed. Deeper was the kind of movie that would inspire you even if you’d never even been in snow; it was an adrenaline overload and a documentary-of-sorts of the limits some riders will go to for untouched terrain.

Xavier De Le Rue, from France, was one of the riders in Deeper, and I’ve seen him around the web in a variety of clips and movies, so I was excited to see the teaser trailer below from his upcoming movie This Is My Winter. My only exposure to him has been through big-mountain free riding, so I was surprised to learn he’s also a competitive snowboard-cross rider who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He has won the Freeride World Tour three years in a row, undoubtedly making his mark on the sport and within the realm of riding jaw-dropping terrain. The trailer below is filled with previews of the limits taken to access never-ridden terrain, and the spirit of adventure that most of us only get to experience through a movie. I’m really excited for this to be released, and though no release date is mentioned, it should be out early this winter.

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/29966081">http://www.vimeo.com/29966081</a>

The Art of Flight – Metal Trailer

August 2, 2011 by mg33

As summer wears on and I get to daydreaming more and more about winter and another hopefully great snowboard season, it doesn’t help when a brand new trailer for the upcoming Travis Rice / Red Bull / Quicksilver movie The Art of Flight is released. The riding and filming just look jaw dropping. This movie is going to be amazing and I’m really hoping it shows at a theater somewhere in Chicago. However, it looks like we’ll be missing out here – midwest snowboarders get no love sometimes.

The Art of Flight Official Website

Forum Snowboarding – Vacation Teaser

July 17, 2011 by mg33

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/26267569">http://www.vimeo.com/26267569</a>

As the summer temperatures keep at a steady 80 – 90 degrees here in Chicago, I’m getting anxious for winter and the start of snowboarding season – which is sadly six months away. Aside from actually snowboarding, I’m not alone in being excited about the new videos that will be coming out in the Fall, one of which is Forum’s Vacation. The trailer comes with the requisite goofy music, following up Fuck It’s trailer song (Playing with the Boys, by Kenny Loggins) with Just Like Paradise by David Lee Roth. Plenty of good riding within and it’s bound to be a good followup to Fuck It and Forever.

Forum Website

The Art of Flight Official Movie Trailer

February 17, 2011 by mg33

I cannot wait to see this newest movie from Red Bull including Travis Rice, John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Scotty Lago, Jake Blauvelt, Nicolas Muller, Gigi Ruf, DCP and Pat Moore. The filming looks phenomenal; it’s got to be one of the biggest budget snowboard films made in recent years. Too bad we have to wait until September 2011, but with any luck this will show in theaters. I highly suggest expanding the video above and watching full screen.

Red Bull’s The Art Of Flight – View Here

Transworld Snowboarding In Color Trailer

October 13, 2010 by mg33

I’ve not picked this video up yet but plan to at some point. The riding looks good and it seems right on par with the Forum and Absinthe videos I’ve grabbed recently.

Transworld In Color Official Site

2010 Snowboarding Videos from Absinthe, Forum, and Teton Gravity Research

September 19, 2010 by mg33

Snowboarding season is just around the corner and I am as happy as I could possibly be about watching summer fade away. Expect to see some frequent posts throughout the winter about various weekend trips I’ll be taking up north to Wisconsin, and hopefully a trip or two out west. Thanks to the awesome group that started up Windy City Ski last season, a few resorts in Wisconsin are just a 3 hour bus ride away, giving me and other Chicago snowboarders a chance to skip driving and get in a few hours sleep on the way up at 6:30 am, ride all day, meet new friends, and get a fun bus ride home when we’re all exhausted. Snowboarding is hands down the best thing I’ve ever gotten to do in my life, so even just a couple trips last season basically made the year for me.

I’m getting pumped to see many of the new videos coming out this season – but I’m really excited about what Forum, Absinthe, and Teton Gravity Research have to offer, the latter of which is about on Jeremy Jones and an incredible trek to hike and ride some previously inaccessible big mountain terrain. Looks like it will be showing in various cities, but not Chicago. I’m sure it will be on DVD soon enough. Absinthe’s NowHere looks good and I really loved last year’s video Neverwhere. Forum’s F It also looks promising in true Forum fashion. Just don’t get the song stuck in your head like I did!