Aspen Wild Over Ski, Snowboard Movies

August 21st, 2006 at 05:38am Michael Conniff 2

ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)—Aspen Skiing Company raised the curtain on skiing and snowboarding movies for The Meeting presented by Nissan featuring a schedule clogged with action sport films from October 5-8, 2006. The lineup for the second annual event includes producers Poor Boyz Productions, Teton Gravity Research, Mack Dawg Productions, and Volcom Entertainment.  And a full slate of parties is also promised for the four-day confab.

“The Meeting had a perfect mix from the ski and snowboard industries,” said skier Seth Morrison. “It was the first event I have ever been to that was geared toward fun and I look forward to seeing more industry folks this fall. Working together and bringing more people to snow sports makes it better for all of us.”

SkiCo will host the 4th annual NEPSA Video and Art Awards Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at the Wheeler Opera House in downtown Aspen. This multimedia event offers athletes, filmmakers and artists from around the country an opportunity to showcase their talents. Athletes will create their own multimedia presentations using music, video, photography and other mediums. This year a prop will be used in each film—a Magic 8 Ball. A total prize purse of $3,500 will be awarded to the winners.

In its first year in 2005, The Meeting screened War from Poor Boyz Productions, Pop Yer Bottlez! from Poor Boyz Productions, The Bigger Picture, Paradox from Standard Films, The Tangerine Dream from Teton Gravity Research, The Community Project from 1242 Productions & The Community, and Shanghai Six from Level 1 Productions.
Here’s the full 2006 lineup, broken out by snowboarding and skiing films.

SOURCE: Aspen Skiing Company
SNOWBOARD FILMS
Absinthe Films – More
Once again Absinthe Films raises the bar to bring you More. This title marks the beginning of a new era for Absinthe Films as they have broadened their scope to include and properly represent urban riding while still keeping the overall blend fresh and un-repetitive. Three years after first joining forces with the Air Burro Jet-Pack Camera Team, Absinthe Films is ready to unveil a new way of looking at snowboarding with the new “Hover-Track” Jet-Pack camera system bringing you closer to the action than ever before and separating this film from the herd. Plus all of the technical magic, good times, deep pow, travel and massive jumps you have come to expect from Absinthe. All of this set to another unpredictable and fitting soundtrack that will have everyone clamoring for More. Oh yeah.....Rice is back and it's ON.
Starring: Nicolas Muller, Travis Rice, Gigi Ruf, Marc Frank Montoya, Mikey Leblanc, Wolle Nyvelt, Jonaven Moore, EC, Chris Coulter, JP Soldberg, Kurt Wastell, Justin Bennee, Nicolas Droz, Matt Beardmore
Mongo Productions – Who Cares
A newly formed film company based out of Mammoth Lakes, California, made up of a tight crew of riders and filmers with years of professional snowboarding and major snowboard film production experience. Dubbed Who Cares, the 2006 release promises to be a fun look into a year in the life of a crew of riders hell bent on cruising around the globe having fun, all the while capturing some of the most creative and progressive technical freestyle shredding to date. Who Cares will definitely provide an entertaining look at how snowboarding should be as well as prove to be a sure bet for the film you grab to watch before you head to the hill.
Also starring: JJ Thomas, Mason Aguire, Chad Otterstrom, Kyle Clancy, Doran Laybourn, Colin Langlois, Zach Leach, Scotty Arnold
Standard Productions – Draw the Line
Draw The Line, Standard Production’s latest movie, is big mountain freestyle, backcountry kickers, park, powder and the best all around snowboard film.
Starring: John Jackson, Matt Hammer, Fred Kalbermatten, Jeremy Jones, Mark Landvik, Jonas Emery, Mads Jonsson, Eric Jackson, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Juuso Laivisto, Gabe Taylor and Drew Fuller
Mack Dawg Productions - Follow Me Around
Mack Dawg Productions is proud to present its newest film for 2006, Follow Me Around. Follow me around is a movie about snowboarding and the ongoing mission of MDP to document the absolute best snowboarding on the planet. We follow fourteen of the most progressive knuckle draggers around as they take 67 waist deep pow runs in Alaska, hit 50+ foot cliffs as if they were park jumps and take jibbing to a whole new level. From the riding to the filming and editing, Follow Me Around is not to be missed.
Starring: Aaron Biittner, Andreas Wiig, Darrell Mathes, DCP, Eero Ettala, Filippo Kratter, Hampus Mosesson, Heikki Sorsa, Jakob Wilhelmson, Jeremy Jones, Josh Dirksen, Jussi Oksanen, Louie Fountain, Scotty Arnold
Whiteout Films – Wear It Well
From the producers of The BIG Blind and Positron comes the new release Wear It Well. This 16mm snowboard flick showcases the best freestyle and backcountry snowboarding all over the globe, from the streets of Helsinki to the limitless Whistler backcountry. Wear It Well follows top riders Tadashi Fuse, Trevor Andrews, Eero Niemela, Benji Ritchie, Mikey Rencz and others into the backcountry as they try and push each other and the limits of snowboarding. Pillow lines, cliff drops, street rails and backcountry gaps come together to make our best movie yet.
Also starring: Jesse Fox, Kale Stephens, Reno Belisle, Shin Campos, JF Pelchat, and Jaakko Seppela
Volcom Entertainment – Escramble
After two and a half years out in the elements of winter, Volcom is gearing up to release its 5th feature snowboarding film Escramble. Escramble came to life in the spring and summer of 2004. To kick off the movie we started down under in the beautiful country of New Zealand with snowboarding legends Terje Haakonsen and Jamie Lynn along with team captain Bjorn Leines. From there we travel around the earth to such locations as Austria, Bulgaria, Norway, Canada, Alaska, Utah, Montana, and Tahoe documenting the best action of the 2006 season. It is sure to Escramble you brain.
Starring: Bjorn Leines, Wille Yli-Luoma, Seth Huot, Mark Lndvik, Terje Haakonsen, Erik Leines, Shaun White, Chris Demolski, Jamie Lynn, Brian Iguchi, Gigi Ruf and Zac Marben. Music by Valient Thorr
SKI FILMS:
Level One – Long Story Short
Telling a tale of six months of sun, snow, and rain, over a dozen of skiing’s most talented athletes, hundreds of thousands of miles traveled, tens of thousands of vertical feet hiked, hundreds of quarts of 2-stroke snowmobile oil, a dozen speeding tickets and at least as many missed connecting flights, this year’s Level 1 film is indeed a VERY long story, short.
Starring: Alex Balsen, Cedric Tremblay-Fournier, Corey Vanular, Craig Coker, Dan Marion, JD Zicat, JF Houle, John Symms, Liam Downey, Loic Collomb-Patton, Luke Van Valin, Matt Philippi, Steele Spence, Stefan Thomas, Tanner Rainville, Tim Russel & Travis Redd
Tanner Hall and CR Johnson present Show & Prove
Filmed over a six-month period during the winter of 2005-2006, Show and Prove chronicles the lives of professional skiers Tanner Hall and CR Johnson as they each struggle to overcome the greatest challenges of their lives. Follow Tanner across North America and Europe has he pushes himself and the boundaries of the sport to a new level. Witness CR recover from a life-threatening head injury and make a comeback that is nothing short of miraculous. Show and Prove is the true story of friendship and the progression of the sport through heart, commitment and the most cutting-edge skiing to date.
Also starring: Seth Morrison, Tanner Rainville, Kye Petersen, Skogen Sprang, Anthony Boronowski, Corey Vanular, Sean Pettit & Callum Pettit
Teton Gravity Research - Anomaly
Anomaly, TGR’s newest 16mm and HD ski and snowboard release showcases the freakish and abnormal abilities of today’s top athletes as they push the boundary of what is humanly possible. Join these athletes as they forge into a brave new world of riding in locations around the globe.
Starring: Sage Cattabriga–Alosa, Jeremy Jones, Jeremy Nobis, Chris Collins, Seth Morrison, Jamie Pierre, Victoria Jealouse, Candide Thovex, Kye Petersen, , Erik Roner, Marc Andre Belliveau, Micah Black, Mark Carter, Dash Longe, Dylan Hood, Peter Olenick, Antoine Diet, Jamie Pierre, Shroder Baker, Ian McIntosh, Skogen Sprang, Zach Leach and Byran Iguchi
Poor Boyz Productions – Ski Porn
Johnny Decesare, director of last season’s Film of the Year, is proud to present his latest explosive, alpine thriller Ski Porn. Johnny, his crew of top-shelf cinematographers, and the best freeskiers on the planet, tackle the latest challenges that the backcountry and urban skiing has to offer. This year Ski Porn continues the tradition of progressing the sport and blowing minds with its epic visuals and top notch tricks.
Starring: Pep Fulas, Simon Dumont, TJ Schiller, JP Auclair, Sammy Carlson, Andy Mahre, Andreas Hatveit Chris Benchetler, Pete Olenick, Grete Eliassen, Seth Morrison, Kristi Leskinen, Candide Thovex, Julien Regnier, Michelle Parker, Jon Olsson, Vincent Dorion, Jacob Wester and more....

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