Upcoming Boston Area Snowboard Film Showings

It's that time of year again: everyone is starting to talk about snowboarding again! There have been some pictures circulating of light snowfall on Stratton,  Killington, and Mount Washington. Hopefully this means we will have early openings at some of the morn northern ski areas because all of us are undoubtedly itching to ride. In the meantime, get your stoke on by watching some snow porn at some of these upcoming showings:

Boston Winter Film Festival Saturday October 13th

Winter Fire at Wachusett Friday November 16th
(showing two TGR films including Further)

Warren Miller's Flow State multiple showings in November

TGR's Further Boston premiere Thursday November 29th


Lots more posts to come so stay tuned...

Killington

Stratton

Vote Pat Moore

Round 2 of the X-Games "Real Snow" contest is pitting NH native Pat Moore against Canadian Louis-Felix Paradis. Please go give our local boy your votes, his part is great:



Real Snow

Voting is open till the 23 so get at it!

Moving Foward

I posted the trailer to this last week, here's the full length vid. It's really powerful, moving stuff and I'm so happy that things turned around for Danny. Watch it and then go check out Danny is the Bomb:

Shit Snowboarders Say

By now you've most likely seen "Shit Skiers Say" and we've all been wondering when someone would follow up with a "Shit Snowboarders Say". Now it's been delivered and it was even filmed at Mount Snow. Droooooppppp!

Holy Awesome!

If you guys haven't seen Scott Stevens part from CAPiTA's Defenders Of Awesome, well, you are about to have your mind blown. Scott (or "Atcha Boi")  is one of my favorite street style riders. He is extremely innovative and creative with his riding and tends to pull in a lot of style from his skateboarding background. He also happens to hail from Westfield, MA so he's repping New England (Awesomely!).




Also, please go vote for his X-Games video part ASAP: X-Games Real Snow
He's up against Halldor Helgason, who's also a great rider, but personally I think Scott is way more creative and deserves his recognition in this sport. Here's his X-Games spot:

Contest season begins! Transworld TransAM Comp

Stop 1 of the Transworld TransAM comp is tomorrow, Saturday January 7th, at Waterville Valley. Last year brought out some sick amateur riders so it's worth checking out just to watch what crazy moves they might throw down. Plus when they get famous you can brag to all your friends about how you saw them compete "back in the day" before they became the next Shaun White. Peep this video of last years comp:



Kids will flip over anything! The top 3 boys and girls will go on to the finals at Bear Mountain and qualifiers there will then be entered in the Ride Shakedown finals at Snoqualmie.

Ladies: Take lessons tailored for you

Shredding Jay with the girls

To my fellow lady shredders: If you're like me you've realized that it's sometimes hard to find other women who can rip down the mountain and it's nice to have some chicks who can keep up or even push your riding further. There's a reason why there are womens' specific boards, boots, bindings, etc.- women ride differently than men. We also learn differently than men. Women are usually more social and perform well in cooperative learning situations.  All of these are good reasons why women's specific lessons or clinics are a great idea.  Take a look at some of these programs going on within the next few months:

Sugarloaf Women's Programs
2 day Women's Turn Clinics offered Jan 22-23 and Mar 4-5. Includes 5 hours of riding, video analysis and equipment demos.

Killington Women's Weekend Program
2 day program offered Jan 14-15 and Mar 17-18. Includes 2 day ticket and 4.5 hours daily coaching.

Mount Snow Girls Day Out
Freestyle focused day of riding and coaching Mar 10. GDO has their own private park set up for the day and lunch is included.

Okemo Women's Alpine Adventures
2, 3 or 5 day including tickets, breakfast and lunch, coaching and video analysis. Check the site for dates.

Stratton Women's Workshops
Workshop includes 2 on snow sessions per day, breakfast and lunch daily and one group dinner. 2 or 3 day programs available. Check site for dates.

Loon Droppin' In Camps
Another park-intensive camp, this 2 day program runs Mar 24-25 and also has guest coaching from pro riders Channelle Sladics and Marie-France Roy.

All of these programs encourage camaraderie, supportive, comfortable and fun learning environments with no pressure. Take some time to ride with some like-minded women and get some coaching from chicks who can relate to your personal needs. I'm hoping to get to at least one of these clinics this season and hopefully someday I'll be able to shred like this lady:



Rome Snowboards: MFR Full Part Re-Edit from KIDS ON SHRED PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.

Snowless winter impacting the whole country

Interesting video clip on the Today Show this morning about the overall lack of snow throughout the country and how that is impacting the industry:

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Best video segment this season goes to a skier?

I'm just as passionate about my snow porn as the next rider and try to catch all the big new releases each season. Last year's stand out hit for me was NowHere by Absinthe films- if you haven't seen it it is definitely a must see as is their film Neverland. The year before That's It That's All was all the rage and certainly got hyped up and rewatched by me a million times over. The cinematography was stellar, soundtrack pumped you up and the riding pushed the limits as only a Travis Rice film can.

Although I am thoroughly impressed with the newest T. Rice masterpiece The Art of Flight, it seems to me that a lot of these films have become more about riding the most extreme, gnarliest places these highly sponsored riders can get to even at the price of style. Deeper (TGR Films) took this to an even further point: showing Jeremy Jones and Xavier De Le Rue clawing their way up steep ice just to barely hop turn down is no longer a snowboarding movie to me. These films are beginning to lack to aspect of attainability I need to see. I want to watch riders doing amazing tricks in really cool locations that make me say "I want to do that! It would be awesome to go there!"

The clip I've linked to brings it back to the basics while still keeping it really interesting- the production is stellar, the shots and angles stylized while not being overly artsy (unlike some films... Solitaire...) and most of all it's just really fun to watch! Take note snowboarders, this skier is doin' it right!


JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) from Sherpas Cinema on Vimeo.