Couple of days ago I wrote about Christmas presents for skiers and collected seven inspiring climbing movies to watch. Today I continue the same topic by providing you 10+3 awesome ski movies I personally enjoy a lot. So, if you are still looking for last minute Christmas present ideas for skiers, check these ski movies. I bet these are Christmas presents many skiers would like.
First ten ski movies are all mainly for entertainment, while the last three ones are instructional.
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Christmas Presents for Skiers #1 – Steep
Steep ski movie is awesome as I described in my Steep ski movie review article few months ago. I have watched it several times and I never get bored with it. Check out the sales pitch below with which I agree 100%.
Steep is a mesmerizing documentary in the Warren Miller mold about extreme skiing, but with more emphasis on the drive and psychology of the adrenaline-hooked athletes involved. A number of skiers are captured in archival and original footage braving the odds against surviving runs down astonishingly steep, dangerous slopes. Among the subjects is Bill Briggs, who climbed in 1971 to the top of Grand Teton in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and skied down, an unprecedented effort echoed by Europeans who later did the same thing down the French Alps in Chamonix. Doug Coombs, who twice won the World Extreme Skiing Championship, is also profiled and speaks honestly about the possibility of dying for the sake of living life to the fullest as a thrillseeker.
Written and directed by Mark Obenhaus, a producer for several of the late Peter Jennings’ television news specials, Steep is visually gorgeous, and literally breathtaking whenever a skier is seen barely outracing an avalanche nipping at his heels. Steep attempts, somewhat, to get inside the heads of the pros who do this sort of thing, but it is hard for many of the subjects to articulate what they feel. It’s best just to be knocked out by their deeds and let the fantastic visuals in Steep speak for themselves.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #2 – Journey Through the Decades
In his quest to capture the thrills and spills of alpine skiing and kindred adventure sports, Warren Miller has spanned not only the globe, but the decades. This amazing collection of Warren Miller films is a trip down memory slope, preserving for future generations of winter sports fans the breathtaking scenery and astonishing feats of legendary athletes on the snow and in the air. Offers over 7 hours of nonstop action adventure!
Features of Journey Through the Decades are:
- Journey (2003) – The newest Warren Miller film to arrive on DVD.
- Endless Winter (1995) – Travel around the calendar and around the world as skiers and snowboarders enjoy epic snow conditions from Alaska to Argentina and Jackson Hole to Japan.
- Steep & Deep (1985) – A whirlwind search for freedom in the high country of Canada, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and the good ol’ U.S.A.with cliff jumpers, helicopter skiers, ice climbers, slalom experts and more.
- Ski A La Carte (1978) – Warren Miller began shooting ski films in 1949. By the time he made this film in 1978 he had honed the style that now makes him famous. Ski A La Carte is a terrific nostalgia ride.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #3 – Focused: Ski BASE Europe – Part 1
What does it take to capture 10 seconds of epic action sports footage? Rush HD’s Emmy-nominated series Focused follows the world’s top action sport athletes and their film crews on their global quest for the ultimate image. In this episode, professional skiers JT Holmes and Shane McConkey travel through the mountains of France and Switzerland in search of massive cliffs for the ultimate ski BASE jump.
Shane McConkey passed away last spring while attempting a ski base jump. Read more about Shane McConkey’s death and the story of rocker skis invented by Shane himself.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #4 – NOMADS: Heli-ski Haines, Alaska
Haines Alaska, the wild west of heli-skiing, is the perfect location for this group of athletes to push the limits of their sport. X Games gold medalists Reggie Christ and brother Zach dominate skier X then head straight to Haines Alaska to experience the pinnacle of big mountain skiing. The trip is a long overdue reunion with childhood friend and freeskiing icon Kent Kreitler. Down days ensue and Alaskan rookie, Jamie Pierre joins the team. The mountains are awe inspiring and the action is world class.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #5 – Re: Session
The award winning producers at Teton Gravity Research (TGR) present their newest 16mm and HD film, Re: Session (read our very own Re:Session movie review) This project takes viewers beyond the traditional ski and snowboard movie into a revolutionary realm of action sports entertainment. Shot on both film and RED ONE high definition camera technology, Re: Session documents the true wealth of the mountain experience.
Follow the crew as they score in one of Alagna, Italys deepest seasons on record. Check out forbidden powder in Poland, massive wedges in Colorado, new gap jumps in Utah, and seven weeks of epic riding conditions in Alaska. Re: Session brings the most talented athletes in the sport together into one must-see film. The all-star roster includes TGR regulars Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Seth Morrison (check also our recent Seth Morrison interview), Jeremy Jones, Kye Petersen, Ian McIntosh, Dana Flahr, Dylan Hood, Erik Roner, Wiley Miller, and Dash Longe rounded out with the fresh faces of Tanner Hall, Sammy Carlson and Callum Pettit.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #6 – Believe SKI DVD Tanner Hall
Follow Tanner Hall and crew around the world in his latest ski film, Believe. Watch Tanner, Seth Morrison, Kye Petersen, Sean Pettit, Callum Pettit, Anthony Borownowski, Ian Provo, Dan Treadway, CR Johnson and more as they take skiing to a level unlike anything you ve ever seen before.
Believe takes you from sessions in chest deep blower pow at Mt. Baker to a little cat time in Retallack, British Columbia. The journey continues while picking up major speed through Whistler, B.C., then on to a massive roadside session in Japan as the crew mashes the all time dirtiest pillows in Mica and up North to Haines, Alaska as Seth Morrison throws a 150+ double front flip to stop! Believe is the new standard in ski films, don t get left behind.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #7 – Anomaly DVD Extreme Ski Snowboard
This is one of the top-selling ski/snowboard titles of the 2006-2007 season. It is from Teton Gravity Research– they kill it year after year–their films raise the bar and everyone knows it. This DVD is 60 minutes, but there are over 2 HOURS of bonus footage, over 3 hours in all.
Here is their description of it: ANOMALY: A deviation or, departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule. From leading producer Teton Gravity Research comes a film that departs from the common order of skiing and snowboarding. Anomaly showcases the freakish and abnormal abilities of todays top athletes as they push the boundary of what is humanly possible. Join these athletes as they explore a brave new world of riding in locations around the globe.
Anomaly unfolds as Jeremy Jones continues to touch the void in Alaska, Erik Roner completes his disturbing two-year vision, Jamie Pierre survives a world record 25-story free fall, Seth Morrison and Candide prove why they are at the top of the game, and newcomer Ian MacInstosh opens the doors to the future of big mountain riding. Watch the riders adapt to the dynamic mountain terrain in Japan, Morocco, Jackson Hole, Alaska, Aspen, and British Columbia. Athletes: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Jeremy Jones, Jeremy Nobis, Chris Collins, Seth Morrison, Jamie Pierre, Victoria Jealouse, Candide Thovex, Kye Petersen, Ian MacIntosh, Erik Roner, Marc Andre Belliveau, Mark Carter, Skogen Sprang Jonas Emery, Dash Longe, Dylan Hood, Peter Olenick, Travis Rice, Micah Black, Shroder Baker, Karina Hollekim, Zach Leach and Byran Iguchi.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #8 – Greg Stump’s Foursome – Greg Stump Box Set
Greg Stump’s Stump 4Some DVD box set showcases the skiing talent of Scot Schmidt, Glen Plake, and others to the backdrop of awesome powder and steeps and truly fantastic soundtrack featuring the music of acclaimed British producer Trevor Horn. It includes the titles Blizzard of Ahh’s, License to Thrill, Groove Requiem: In the Key of Ski, and P-Tex Lies and Duct Tape.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #9 – Yeah Dude Ski DVD – Yeah-Dude
Yeah Dude Ski DVD, created by Poor Boyz Productions shows skiing on a whole new level. The Poor Boyz crew followed the industries top athletes and withstood some of the harshest conditions to produce a great ski DVD. ‘Yeah Dude’ will bring you mind-blowing events from Japan to suburban city streets. Features Andreas H, Chris Benchetler, J.F. Cusson, John Symms, Julien Regnier, Mike Henituk, Sammy Carlson, Tim Durtschi, Anthony Boronowski, Craig Coker, John Spriggs, JP Auclair, Matt Walker, Peter Olenick, Simon Dumont and Tim Russell.
Christmas Presents for Skiers #10 – There’s Something About McConkey
Ten years ago, young renegade ski racer Shane McConkey quit his collegiate team to pursue a career in the small, unglamorous world of freeskiing. Through the ’90s, McConkey battled the odds and the establishment as he put “fun” back in skiing. With an unprecedented manner of attacking mountains and a committed effort to appear ridiculous, McConkey opened the doors to a new way of thinking and skiing. As attention to his feats and antics blossomed, so did the sport around him. They teamed up the raddest skiers of today with the past decade’s most influential skier and biggest idiot. So sit back for a wacky, whirlwind tour through a man, a mind and a sport. You may never look at skiing the same way again.
There are interviews with McConkey, who comes off as the laidback dude one might expect, as well as interviews with his mother and a few friends (one of whom tells a funny story proving that “there’s something wrong with McConkey”). And a few comic interludes, including McConkey’s attempt to star in a music video, pop up. But the real point to this production is the skiing footage, which is uniformly spectacular. McConkey and others (including Olympic champion Jonny Moseley) go rocketing down absurdly steep mountainsides in footage shot from helicopters, and of course they make it all seem so effortless that you can almost forget how insanely dangerous it is.
Shane McConkey is a legend, and this is one of his best ski movies.
Video below is not a trailer for the movie but a great tribute for the biggest icon of the sport ever.
via homeboyski.com
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