Coming sometime next summer The Skateboard Film Festival promises “To bring together skateboard filmmakers of all ages and caliber from around the world and challenge them artistically through creative achievement in film and video.”
So far it’s going to happen on “a weekend in the summer of 2009 in Seattle, Washington.”
We’ll keep you posted.
[Link: The Skateboard Film Festival via Club Mumble]
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. . . and while we’re on the snowboard horror film tip, here’s the trailer to the Norweigian snowboard Nazi zombie film Dead Snow that we told you about back in August 2008. Apparently it’s a Sundance Film Festival selection (click here for screenings)
[Link: Dead Snow]
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A film company called Embryo Films will be shooting a feature film in Breckenridge this spring titled Zombie On Board, according to a story in The Summit Daily.
Described as a “somewhat gruesome comedy,” the film chronicles a group of highly functioning zombie snowboarders who take a small mountain town by storm during Mardi Gras. . . .“When you think of zombie movies you usually get a certain image, but we are going for a more comedic angle,” director Jeff Bollow said. “Our aim is to straddle the line between edgy and funny, and we think we have a pretty solid concept.
Zombie snowboarders? Seems like zombie skiers would be more believable.
[Link: Summit Daily via Angrysnowboarder]
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Women’s Wear Daily did a really nice feature profile on Active Ride Shop in their Independent Spotlight section today.
It was so nice that it didn’t even mention any of the problems we’ve all been hearing about since last fall: no mention of the fact that many manufacturers are no longer shipping product to Active, or the rumor that one company spent last fall physically removing product from the stores. The only nod to the realities of the current business climate was this from Active President Shane Wallace:
It’s tough right now. In our 20 years, this is the most interesting and most difficult environment to move in I’ve seen,” Wallace said, adding that he would wait to up the store count until the economy improves or until Active finds an investment partner to help take the chain national. . . Looking toward the new year, Wallace is cautious, but positive. “We’re playing it very conservative for 2009,” he said, adding that he wouldn’t rule out store closings, if needed. “We’ll do what makes sense for our business.”
Yeah, playing it conservative probably isn’t a bad idea at this point.
[Link: Women’s Wear Daily]
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KISS bassist Gene Simmons is apparently attending the SIA Show with Dussault Apparel founder Jason Dussault to help roll out their new MoneyBag line.
Dussault and Simmons will be showing their latest collaborations of hats and beanies to be released later this year under the MoneyBag(TM) moniker, as well as wallets, belts and luggage. Each item features the Gene Simmons created and designed MoneyBag(TM) logo.
We can’t help but laugh a little, but don’t think we won’t cruise by to see the knight in satan’s service in person, no matter how booty his products sound.
[Link: Money/CNN]
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[Link: Sessions]
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Snowmass ski patrollers are still trying to figure out how and why a 27-year-old snowboarder ended up at the bottom of a “20-foot cliff in a permanently closed area near the Elk Camp lift,” according to a story in the Aspen Daily News.
According to Aspen Skiing Co. spokesman Jeff Hanle, when his friends found him below the cliff, they called 911 and a nearby ski instructor called ski patrol, who treated the man for multiple injuries and brought him to a waiting ambulance and to Aspen Valley Hospital. The man was wearing a helmet. . . The two companions the man was riding with “didn’t see [the accident] happen – that’s what was in their initial report,” said Hanle. “We can’t tell if he skied off [the cliff] accidentally or on purpose, or at all.”
[Link: Aspen Daily News]
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A 39-year-old Amercian man and his 19-year-old son were caught in an avalanche while heli-snowboarding at Alice Mountain on January 8, 2009. According to the Calgary Herald the father was severely injured.
The U.S. citizen was buried for approximately 10 minutes, before rescuers dug him out, RCMP said. . . . His 19-year-old son was caught in the avalanche but remained on the surface, while the two others were able to ski out of the avalanche to safety.
The man is reportedly in stable condition at Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace, B.C.
[Editors’ Note: Sadly the 39-year-old father has died from the injuries he suffered according to a story on BC Local News]
[Link: Calgary Herald]
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God, we love local news coverage of those crazy urban boarders who get all urbany all over the urban landscape to shoot for their boarding videos. This time they were in Spokane, Washington shooting an urban boarding commercial for Nike.
These guys are urban snowboarders they board in cities, down railings, and over alley gaps, jumping from one building to another. . .
Oh yeah. . . shit goin’ down in the hood.
[Link: KXLY.com]
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According to a story on KGW.com the days of trauma between skiers and “scum of the earth” snowboarders is long gone.
On the slopes these days, most skiers and snowboarders give little thought to what is strapped to whose feet. They go about their similar goals of riding powder, caching air, or just reaching the bottom of the slope. . . Skiers and snowboarders even ride together as friends. The image of snowboarders as young, rebellious outcasts is long gone.
Ah, harmony on the hills. Blue birds tweeting everywhere, and yet, most skiers are still tools. How do you explain that?
[Link: KGW.com]
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