Warren Miller Entertainment, the most respected name in action sports cinematography, presents the most extreme, the most insane, most adrenaline-fueled back-country skiing you've ever seen. Prizes will be given away during the intermission! Cosponsored with the Cornell Ski and Snowboard Club.
Film details from the Warren Miller website:
OPENING MONTAGE
The stage is set in the traditional Warren Miller fashion: a montage with adrenaline-pumping shots of world class athletes charging through deep snow and carving turns on unthinkably steep terrain. World Champion mogul skier and film narrator, Jeremy Bloom, now training with the Philadelphia Eagles, explains exactly why "skiing is no longer cooler than football."
GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Athletes: Chris Eby, Charlotte Moats, Jaime Pierre, Martin Winkler
Equipment: skis, snowcats, snowmobiles
The true OFF THE GRID experience is demonstrated as world-class skiers head to British Columbia's Kicking Horse ski area, which is a town that "you probably wouldn't bother stopping in, unless you drove a cargo train, a logging truck or fat skis." After exploring the area the athletes travel deep into the backcountry to Chatter Creek Lodge. Over 80 km to the nearest road and nearly a two hour snowmobile ride, the lodge feels completely off the grid. The skiers take advantage of the natural playground by piecing together pillow drops into unthinkable lines and even skipping the lines altogether to plunge deep into the backcountry powder.
US FREESKIING OPEN, VAIL, COLORADO
Athletes: Peter Olenick, Simon Dumont, Sammy Carlson, Andreas Hatveit, TJ Schiller, John Spriggs, Jon Olson
Equipment: skis
The bar for freestyle skiing is raised once again during this year's Freeskiing Open. From slopestyle to halfpipe and big air, this segment is packed with some incredibly daring and talented jibbers who prove that there are no limits to what is possible in the air. High flyer TJ Schiller claims "gnarly stuff is going down tonight," after landing the first ever switch 1440 (entering jump backwards and rotating four times) in competition to secure his second straight Big Air title in the event.
2006, color, 1 hour 30 minutes, USA