Being Olympic season it’s very important to start telling the stories that will become headlines should a athlete win a medal. Here is Gretchen Bleiler’s pre-Olympic story: Vision. It lays out all the drama surrounding Bleiler’s brave return to competitive snowboarding after a serious eye injury.
Remember this story, because should Gretchen make it to the Sochi Games, you’ll be hearing it before each and every run she makes.
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Salomon Snowboards says it best when talking about Annie Boulanger’s riding:
With a calculated and calm demeanor, she broke away from the contest scene in the early days of her career and shifted focus to riding backcountry–an area of snowboarding largely dominated by men. Using Alaskan faces and BC cliff bands as her proving ground, Annie has crossed gender lines and today has become one of the most respected female riders out there.
We just watched this edit, and we agree.
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From the looks of this edit Len Jorgensen had a pretty good season. Hopefully, this year is going to be just as good. . . hey, mambo!
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Filmmaker Matt Devino is biting off a pretty big hunk of snowboard philosophy with the feature length self-funded documentary he’s been working on. It’s called “Definition: Snowboarding” Here’s how he describes the project:
Snowboarding will be an in-depth look at all of the genres of Snowboarding through the eyes of Pro Riders and non-pros alike. I aim to create film that both the general public and the hardcore snowboarder will enjoy, and to share all of the amazing aspects of riding instead of the homogenized X-Games/halfpipe riding most people are familiar with. Ultimately I want to inspire new people to go snowboarding for the first time, and reinvigorate current riders to get out there and enjoy their boards more often.
So what is snowboarding exactly? Our answer would make a pretty short film: it’s fun. There. One word. Discussion is over. Luckily, Matt is going to take it a little deeper (or in Nick Visconti’s case way, way deeper). If you’d like to help Matt this project done, click here and help him out.
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With no real winter storm falls so far this winter and most resorts getting a late start, this Alaska snow sure does look inviting. Especially with Elias Elhardt and Gigi Rüf in the drivers seats.
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Years ago, (seems like a lifetime now) I rolled in late-night to a bar called Whiskey Creek in Mammoth Lakes, California. It was a weeknight and the place was half empty, but the other half was all local: goggle tanned ski instructors, lift ops on their last dollar, off duty cat drivers, and bored, alcoholic wives of the idle rich scattered around the room. The band had just finished playing and I made the mistake of rolling up to the bar next to an older guy who had already been there too long. He turned, one hand on an old fashioned, looked me straight in the eye and before I could say hey, said, “I’m working out a way to put anyone in “the zone” any time they want.”
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Ashbury Eyewear kicks down a pleasant reminder that you don’t need a Red Epic (or even a GoPro Hero 3+) to get some good, fun, snowboarding down in an edit. Here Jake Kuzyk, Mike Hakker, Darrell Mathes, Luke MacMaster, Adam Morales, Sean Black, and Ryan Townley slide it up at Southern California’s Bear Mountain all captured with a tiny little point and shoot Canon Elph. What else do you need?
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We’re going to watch Dave Bachinsky then go out at skate. Because we find him that inspiring. Is it the trucks?
[Link: Venture]
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This little Eric Leon edit from Arbor Snowboards will get your heart racing for a little heavy metal shred action. If it doesn’t, might as well just give it up.
[Link: Arbor Snowboards]
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The finished films always seem to make snowboarding look smoother and easier than it really is. Here are a few reminders from Kalle Ohlson, Sami Luhtanen and the Pirate TV crew. Just watching it hurts.
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