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Shralp video podcast number 101 is available now
This episode features Gigi Rüf perform what appears to be a frontside 1010 Tuck Knee at the Gap Session, clips from a new series of Canadian avalanche education films and a teaser from the new Rome Snowboards team movie No Correct Way.
Check it out at www.shralp.com
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Snow may be thin on the ground in Europe but this hasn’t stopped the Shralp crew putting out their 100th video podcast.
This episode features Nicholas Muller congratulating the crew on their landmark show, a piece on the new indoor snowpark in Qiaobo, Beijing, China, a 1080 clinic with Anti Autti and teasers for 2008/9 movies Pony Tale by Actionhorse Films and Back in Town by Vanillenoir.
Check it out at www.shralp.com
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Pony Tale is the first movie from a new Swedish production company. There are some notible riders involved - Hampus Mosesson and Jakob Wilhelmson - are two of the guys behind the movie which will be available as a free download in September 2008. Riders appearing in the film include Markku Koski, Stian Solberg, Knut Eliassen, Eero Ettala, Fredu Sirvio and Eiki Helgason. Loving the 80s teaser soundtrack...
More info at www.actionhorsefilms.com
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Runway Films has just released the teaser for their upcoming film See What I See. The action takes place in all over north America - including the historical streets of Quebec City, the glaciers of British Columbia and the terrain parks of the USA.
There's a vast and illustrious cast of riders including Natasza Zurek, Anne Flore Marxer, Desiree Melancon, Erin Comstock, Cheryl Maas, Gretchen Bleiler, Kimmy Fasani , Meghann O'Brien, Leanne Pelosi, Kjersti Buaas, Robin Van Gynn, Jamie Anderson, Izumi Amaike, Janna Meyen, Jacqui Berg, Marie France Roy, Victoria Jealouse, Coleen Quigley and Chanelle Sladics.
Full details at www.runwaysfilms.com
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Forum Snowboards have made a high-definition film - Forum or Against em - of their team for 2008/9. It's their fifth team film featuring urban exploits, backcountry trips and off the hill footage.
Featured riders are Peter Line, Joni Malmi, Eddie Wall, John Jackson, Pat Moore, Jake Blauvelt, Stevie Bell, Travis Kennedy, Jake Welch, Nic Sauve, and Daniel Ek with production and editing by Jeremy Pettit, Nathan Yant, Kurt Heine, and Mike Bishop.
More info at www.forumsnowboards.com
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The trailers for next season’s snowboard movies are coming thick and fast so over the next few months we’ll tell you who’s doing what in our ‘Screen Break’ series of blog posts.
First up is Burton’s 2008/9 movie project. It’s Always Snowing Somewhere is a two-dics double feature looking at both the northern and southern hemispheres.
The film, released in August, features Burton’s top riders including Shaun White, Terje Haakonsen, Gigi Rüf, JP Solberg, Heikki Sorsa, Nicolas Müller, Tadashi Fuse, Frederik Kalbermatten, Jeremy Jones, Jussi Oksanen, Tadashi Fuse, DCP, Mads Jonsson, Trevor Andrew, Keegan Valaika, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Mikkel Bang, Mikey Rencz, Peetu Piiroinen, and the Smalls Team.
Check out the trailer below and visit www.burton.com for more details
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Shaun White hit the streets and shops of Munich in Germany recently - and him and his crew tried out some traditional German clothing. Check it out...
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http://rockymountainsherpas.com/ftp/FineLine_Teaser1.mov
As the trailer says it's "for young people by young people" and the cinematography in trailer looks amazing. Much of the footage wouldn't be out of place in a standard snowboard film.
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Nikita have announced the winner of their Snowboard Clip Contest.
Girls were asked to send in short clips to be in with a chance of wining a trip to Iceland to meet and shred with the Nikita crew.
The winner was 18-year-old Kasia Kwiecien from Poland who submitted the three clips below.
There were 68 clips in total from girls in 19 different countries and some special prizes were also awarded to some other entrants. See those clips on the Nikita website by clicking here and see Kasia’s riding vids below:
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Check out this film from Mpora about a backcountry trip to Wyoming featuring Jenny Jones, Lesley McKenna, Andrea Binning and Lisa Filzmoser.
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A short film features Gretchen Bleiler giving some pointers on how to get your spins dialed in the pipe...
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The last couple of years are missing but there's some fun retro stuff...
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It's the last one of the season - Roxy winter podcast number 25 is now live. This one asks the Roxy girls some difficult questions - would they rather go to space or jail and who would play them in a film of their lives? Check out the film below and then watch out for more movies in September.
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From Jan 30 to February 5, 17 pro snowboarders went to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming to get back to basics. The Quiksiver Natural Selection is the brainchild of local rider Travis Rice. It gives riders the chance to demonstrate their ability to tackle natural obstacles.
who has introduced a new concept to snowboarding competition, which offers the lucky competitors the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to tackle natural obstacles.
Check out the action from Freecaster.tv with commentary from Willie McMillon and Todd Richards.
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The 23rd winter Roxy video podcast is now live. This episode introduces a new Spanish Roxy team member Suaray Fernandez on her first Roxy photoshoot in Norway:
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)There are only four Roxy winter podcasts left to go this season (but more on the way next year - hurrah!). Episode 21 is now live, featuring a trip to Park City, Utah in which the girls take over the terrain park. Check it out...
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| Josh Landan and Tara Dakides talk about the film after the screening |
Sunday night Against the Grain, a documentary about Tara Dakides' life, had it's world premiere at the X-Dance film festival in Salt Lake City. Josh Landan, an award winning filmmaker, takes us back to Tara's early years as an accomplished gymnast, through her troubled adolescence, and into her years of snowboarding dominance.
Todd Richards, Pat Bridges, Chanelle Sladics, and Sal Masakela are just a few of the people interviewed during the film. The film is narrated by Pink.
Against the Grain revealed some of Tara's history that will shock most people, especially ones that think they already know about her life. We don't want to give it away but Tara's overcome much more than just a broken home to get wehere she is.
Tara says in the film, "Punk rock and skateboarding was my release and outlet."
In the question and answer session after the film, Tara admitted that she has never told anyone much of what's in the film. I spoke to Tara after the show and she told me how nervous she was about people seeing the film.
Against the Grain will be coming out next fall, but is playing in several more film festivals before it's official release.
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The latest winter Roxy podcast is now live. Number 20 is part two of a day in the life of Frech freestyler Margot Rozies:
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Check out this video of 29 flatland tricks and learn to step it up on the snow.
I just need to slow it down so I can see exactly what they're doing!
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The 18th winter Roxy podcast is now live. This is part two of the team's trip to Norway for a photoshoot. Kjerst Buaas gets some time behind the camera after injuring herself and Tania Detomas hits the big kicker. Watch it below:
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Snowbroader.eu have spotted that Terje Haakonsen is on the shortlist for Norway's Citizen of the Year competition in the Afternposten newspaper.
You can cast your vote for the snowboarding legend online on their website. It's in Norwegian but it's pretty easy to figure out what to do. Terje is currently in third position in the poll so get voting!
Click here to cast your vote.
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So I saw this posted on Shred Betties the other day, Rip TV has launched a new girls video section featuring more than just snowboarding, definitely worth a look. It has the Roxy podcasts, as well as plenty of other teasers etc. Some interesting content may turn up throughout the season.
Check it out here Rip.TV
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The 14th winter Roxy podacast is now live. This episode features Roxy rider Basa Stevulova explaining how to do a rock n roll on the wall ride in Park City, Utah.
Watch it below:
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The 13th winter Roxy podcast is now live. This episode follows on from last week's film about a bad day on the hill. This one focusses on a good day on the mountain for the Roxy ladies. Check it out:
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The twelfth weekly Roxy podcast is now live. This one is a fun sketch about a bad day on the mountain for the girls. Plenty of slam footage and slapstick jokes. Check it out below or on the Roxy website - www.roxy.com/podcast
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Switch is a new Norwegian movie on general release with a plotline that’s more than a little familiar. Think the Karate Kid on a snowboard.
It’s summed up on the Internet Movie Database like this:
Mikkel (15) lives a good life with his mother in Oslo. Here he has heaps of friends and spends most of his day on a skateboard. When his mum gets a new job, Mikkel has to move to a small village and start all over. In this village skateboard no longer matters and snowboard is the new big thing. To be accepted by the new kids, Mikkel has to go into training. On top of that he falls in love with the girlfriend of the villages best snowboarder.
Check out the trailer here (in Norwegian): www.switchfilm.no
If anyone has seen it – let us know!
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I love how YouTube throws up links to things you didn't know even existed. There I was, watching another random snow teaser when I spotted a clip for Brighta - an all girl-snowboard movie. It turns out it's a film for this season by a crew of Japanese riders. Their site is www.brighta.jp Will try and get in touch with them to find out more about them and their movie. In the meantime, here's the trailer:
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The November issues of Onboard magazine which comes with a copy of the new all-girl snowboard movie Float is in the shops now. We’ve seen it in WH Smith in the UK but you should be able to pick it up from larger newsagents and snowboard shops all over Europe.
Get your copy now as they’re bound to be snapped up soon.
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The UK Analog and Burton crew ended their autumn film tour with a cinema session and party in deepest darkest Greenwich on Thursday night. The Analog movie was pretty cool - lots of jibbing and mucking about in Japanese resorts and some cool tunes from Trevor Andrew.
Visit the Analog site to watch the film - www.analogclothing.com/Team/Snow/TroubleInJapan.aspx
And check out Trevor Andrew's music too - it's pretty good - www.myspace.com/trevorandrew222
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The 10th winter Roxy podcast is now live. This one follows team members at the European Open in Laax earlier this year. Lesley McKenna and Lisa Wiik takes us through the halfpipe semifinals.
Check it out below or download it onto your iPod at iTunes.
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Better be quick if you want to come to this one.
There will be screenings of the new Analog and Burton movies in Greenwich on Thursday November 8 in conjunction with Revolutionz snowboard shop.
The screenings of Trouble in Japan and Thanks In Advance take place from 7pm at the Picture House Cinema in Greenwich. After that there will be a party at the Admiral Hardy bar in Market Square from 9pm with music and giveaways with the Analog and Burton team riders.
There are only 115 tickets available for the screenings and to get some you must email Jason@revolutionz.co.uk and he will confirm if you are in. You also have to collect your tickets from the Revolutionz store in Greenwich in advance.
If you don’t manage to get tickets in time, you’re still welcome to join the gang at the afterparty. See you there!
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There's a two part video interview with Tara Dakides on Snowboarder magazine's website in which she talks about her latest venture O-Matic snowboards.
Another exciting thing she mentions is a documentary about her life. Against The Grain is currently touring the film festivals and we'll let you know when you'll be able to see it.
Use the links below to watch the interview. Not entirely sure why she's wearing sunglasses indoors though....
http://snowboardermag.com/videos/flash/tara-dakides-interview-part1/
http://snowboardermag.com/videos/flash/tara-dakides-interview-part2/
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The ninth winter Roxy video podcast is now live. This episode takes a behind-the-scenes of the new Roxy movie Labour of Love which is released in November. Check it out...
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The latest Shralp video podcast – number 80 in fact – is available to download or view now at www.shralp.com
This episode features park action from the season opening sessions at Hintertux and Kaunertal, an interview with one of the founders of the Snowbroader.eu blog and footage from the Munich premiere of Blankpaper studio’s new movie In Short.
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Ride have unveiled their season’s team rider movie Cut & Paste. You can watch the movie on their website or download it to your iPod. It features Mikey Leblanc, Darrell Mathes, Priscilla Levac, David Aubry, Nico Droz, JJ Thomas, Marco Feichtner, Juuso Laivisto, Chris Demolski, Justin Hebbel, Hana Beaman, Aki Hiraoka, Hiromi Takahashi and Takashi Nishida.
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What would you choose? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Oh and watch the podcast here:
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The sixth Roxy weekly winter podcast is now live. This episode introduces 13 year old Norwegian Roxy ripper, Silje Norendal who started snowboarding when she was just four years old. Check it out below:
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The fifth Roxy snow podcast is now live. This installment sees Kjersti Buaas building a fun park using props and toys from Walmart and hold an inpromptu team challenge. Check it out below:
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Starting October 1, The Weather Channel will be airing episodes of extreme sports such as heli-snowboarding, ice climbing, skydiving, and freeride mountain biking. Full episodes of the new second season are available online until the season will air on TV on October 1.
Epic Escapes will also offer viewers a chance to win an Epic vacation to one of the locations seen in the program. There will be online sweepstakes offering a chance to win a vacation to Alaska, Hawaii, and Yosemite Park, Cali. You can only enter once daily per person though.
For more information, visit: www.weather.com
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The third episode of Roxy's winter podcasts is now live. This film features the Roxy snow team answering questions including - What will they do when they stop snowboarding? If you could go snowboarding with anyone for the day who would it be?
Full details at www.roxy.com/podcast or watch it below:
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Check it out at www.shralp.com
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The first of 25 weekly podcasts following the snow-travels of the global Roxy snow team is now live. The three-minute film follows Scottish rider Lesley McKenna and French freestyler Margot Rozies on a trip to Kicking Horse in Canada. It's Margot's first trip to Canada and her first experience of BC's big mountain powder.
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While checking out my new fave website Method TV I found these little gems.
The Roxy Snow team has been hard at work. Follow Sarah, Amber, Alexis, Erin, Kjersti and Torah as they drop pillows in Japan, snowmobile into the midnight sun of Sweden, and ride their way through the southern hemisphere. From a producer of Misschief Films bring you this full-length feature flick about the ultimate Labor of Love.
La La Land - Runway Films
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The trailer for the new Pirate Movie Production – Walk The Plank – is online new.
The film is a Euro-fest featuring Gigi Rüf, Anne-Flore Marxer, Eirik Haugo, Marco Feichtner, Dimi Fisenko, Chris Sörman, Hans Ahlund, Danny Larsen, Aleksi Vanninen and loads of others.
Check it out at www.pirate-movie-production.com
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The closer for my week of all things snowboarding was the Australian premier of Lines at the George Cinema, St. Kilda, Melbourne. The movie is the mastermind of Axel Pauporte who was there to say a few words and introduce the move along with the Aussie Billabong team. (No one would have guessed that Billabong were involved…their massive tour bus parked out front was really inconspicuous).
After a few beverages in the bar we took our seats for all 80 minutes of big mountain goodness. Archive footage from many production companies showing the likes of Tom Burt and Mike Ranquet tackle some of the best known big mountain lines, went hand in hand with new footage from Absinthe Films featuring the next generation of riders.
Most of the focus was on a group of riders including Gigi Ruf, Jonaven Moore, Wolle Nyvelt , Travis Rice and our favourite queen of the hill Victoria Jealouse on one of their latest trips to Alaska. One on one interviews some of them illustrated the frustration of bad weather days, alongside an insight into their fears when tackling some of the most extreme Alaskan terrain.
An appearance from Mark Frank Montoya, not a name synonymous with fat pow turns was surprising! You learn something new everyday.
All in all a fantastic movie, showing that laps of the park and city handrails are not the only thing out there and that some of the most talented riders choose to stay as far away from that as possible. Ooh and I almost forgot the excellent soundtrack, including tunes from The Fratellis, The Sounds, The Kooks etc.
For trailers and more info check out www.linesthefilm.com.
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With flip flops and shorts packed away for the winter, my attention was starting to focus on all things snowy. It seems everyone else was too. My email inbox has been inundated with event announcements, film showings and all things snow related.
The first to hit Melbourne was Warren Miller's latest movie, Off the Grid. Warren Miller movies have a bit of a reputation of being a bit ski biased and well I would have to say that there was no difference with this one.
However a couple of token boarders were included - Frederik Kalbermatten and Mads Jonsson had a nice section filmed in Saas Fee and Hemesdal, Norway respectivley.
Despite the lack of snowboarding still pretty interesting to watch. Regardless of whether its skiers or snowboarders it blows you mind what some people are doing. A rediculous and I think record breaking cliff drop by Jaime Pierre in Utah, was pretty unreal to watch. Exploration of Kashmir, India and intense comedy competition snowballing in Japan, broke up the audience pleasing big mountain footage in Alaska that was to be expected.
A pretty decent film, despite the shameless plugging of the films title throughout and the shocking soundtrack.
Maybe I have just been watching too many snowboarding films.
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