Crest Pictures Film ‘FreeRider‘, starring the PNW’s own Kyle Miller, has it’s US premiere (ignore the fact it was shown at the Snorting Elk a few weeks back…) tonight at The Mountaineers Program Center in Seattle. The short documentary will be followed by ‘Wyoming Triumph’ by KGB Productions. Admission is $10, includes a raffle ticket, and the whole event is a benefit for the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
Check out the trailers for both below and go support the NWAC if your Friday is currently free.
Your coffee is done, now you’re dragging ass headed into lunch. Here’s a little somethin’ somethin’ to help get you through the rest of the day.
Aaron was always the driving force behind this project. When it seemed like things weren’t gonna work out he always found a way to make it happen. He loved a challenge! I spent this last winter traveling around to many of his favorite places, meeting up with friends, and making some new ones along the way. I feel so lucky to have been able to share such great times with such an amazing person.
When Aaron passed away in Chile this last July it was hard to even think about the movie, let alone sit down and edit hours of his footage from the winter. It wasn’t until Blake Paul sent me an email highlighting the fact that one of Aaron’s goals all season was to get everyone down to Chile and film a segment for the movie that I came to realize something that should have been so obvious. We had to head South and finish what he had started. Although we were physically missing the one person who really should have been on that trip I feel like he was actually with us more than ever. We’ll miss you A-ROB!
-Sam Tuor
For the best quality download the original Quicktime on the lower right of this page.
There will be a “limited” number of DVD’s available through KidsKNOW distribution and some snowboard shops in the near future. It’ll be packed full of Bonus material including Volcom’s “Road Tested-B.C. Action Adventures” episodes. All proceeds will go to The Aaron Robinson Plant A Seed Project.
“Snowboarding is much more than just banger after banger; It’s a journey, it’s euphoria, it’s pain, it’s excitement, it’s fear, it’s meeting new people, it’s sending it, it’s SNOWBOARDING.”
The fine folks at Sweetgrass Productions put together this little Monday AM eye caffeine hit.
There is an undeniable magic in alpenglow, the final seconds of a day’s light that give mountains impossible texture and life before falling into shadow. Stephan Drake, Forrest Shearer and Johan Jonsson go in search of big lines in Haines, Alaska.
This beats the ground McTwist aka the Twist Top by miles. I’m not sure why this guy didn’t turn his split back into snowboard mode but whatever, this is untoppable.
I’ve been digging old riding clips lately – something about the roughness around the edges of the riding, the bright 80s colors on the clothes and the ‘innocence’ of a new sport still finding it’s identity. The old boards always remind me of being 5th grade and killing summer days fondling them on the rack at Hackenbushes, our local, hellaciously overpriced (pre-internet price equalization) bike/skate/snowboard shop.
Anyways, the vid. Some shots from Bachelor and Meadows. It’s unclear from the video if all of the parking at Meadows was full by 8:30AM in those days or not or if the lift lines looked like the below photo 24/7.
twitter homey (twomey? the word tweeps makes me want to kick a puppy and steal a kid’s lunch money) James Daugherty went out and made lemonade out of most people’s lemons last night and got it done in my old hood in Seattle last nite. This is snowboarding distilled down (see what I did there?) to everything it should be – just you and your crew out having fun! The vid makes me miss the good ol’ days of bouncing instead of breaking… He’s still working on getting his site going so just hit him up on aol at keyword urban sesh…just kidding, get at him on the twitters so you can share witty banter 140 characters at a time.
Heard it’s a feces show up there today, my girlfriend’s flight got canceled this AM, don’t be like this guy if you go out driving today. In lieu of driving I recommend you practice your skinning to Pazzo’s and kick it with a calzone and a beer and while away the hours.
SAY WUT?