No wonder the cinematography and visual effects are phenomenal.

STANCE doesn’t have the level of testosterone that most boarder flicks do.  Not because it isn’t a diesel film but because it’s comprised of all ladies!  It involves beautiful aerials, fine shots, curvy mountains, and sexy music, which is everything I’ve ever wanted in a snowboard film.

“By combining forces with the industry’s best brands and riders our aim is not only to create the most innovative female snowboarding film to date, but to start a larger initiative to push snowboarding’s creative and cinematic boundaries.  With Jmills Ent as an avenue for professional athletes and media artists to express themselves to their full potential, new ground can be covered.  STANCE will be a platform that shredders, core and recreational alike, are excited to take part in.  You know your STANCE — now come take a look at ours.”

With Stan Evans producing and Jeremy Miller directing, no wonder the cinematography and visual effects are phenomenal.  The hues and perspectives were legitimately out of this world.  Mad props to all the smooth ladies featured in STANCE, including Gretchen Bleiler, Hana Beaman, Jamie Anderson, Kimmy Fasani, Lisa Filzmoser, Jenny Jones, Torah Bright, Raewyn Reid, Molly Aguirre, and Gabi Viteri.

I suggest checking out the 32 minute full feature far below.  If you don’t have time, then the trailer is right here:

Don’t forget to admire:
13:05 where Molly Aguirre jumps a fence into backside 90° spin to a tree bonk to finish full 360°.
18:22 where Torah Bright does a cab 540° for her fresh sesh in the pipe.

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My favorite scene is at 7:46, where your first angle is watching through construction tubes as Kimmy Fasani’s legs walk past the opposite end.  The next shot is the same angle, but of Kimmy hitting the kicker to jump onto the tube you’re looking through.  Then you see her 50-50 it and dismount with a backside 180.

What do you think of the snowfall overlay effect, my snowboarder amigo?

Generations is a film about the consequences of climate change and shows you what you can do to make a difference.

At first I was angered by the overly simplistic and obvious suggestions provided by the subjects in Generations: A Skiers’ and Snowboarders’ Perspective on Climate Change.  If you are reading this blog, on the internet, with a computer that you own or use because you are part of the affluent portion of the world, then you know global climate change is occurring.  You therefore must know a handful of lifestyle modifications that can affect change, which were also proposed in Generations.  After sitting here and wanting to berate The North Face, Teton Gravity Research, Protect Our Winters, and Clif Bar for their minimal approach to inciting action for climate stabilization, I urged myself to step back to analyze the focus and purpose of this short film.

Generations was narrated by Greg Stump, and the featured athletes were JeremyJones, Ingrid Backstrom, Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Seth Morrison, Dash Longe, Dylan Hood, and Erik Roner.

TGR gives a nice little intro to their film on the Generations mini-site.  They state that “within the span of a lifetime, one can observe the planet’s changing climate.  Skiers, snowboarders, farmers and climatologists across the world are experiencing the effects of climate change.  Ski areas in the Northeast United States are witnessing shorter winters.  California’s farmlands are experiencing water shortages.  Europe’s glaciers are receding at alarming rates.  Generations is a film about the consequences of climate change and shows you what you can do to make a difference.”  Check it out and let me know what you think!

Sitting and pondering the positives after 17 minutes of information that people who have the funds to ski and snowboard should already know, I found myself thinking of human nature.  In being selfish creatures, while at the same time needing and feeding the establishment that we live day to day, humans will only evolve if the way in which we redefine ourselves is for our own good. 

It’s plain and simple. For those of us who love to glide on powder, here’s the moral of the Generations story: if you don’t affect change within your own lives, thinking and acting differently, then soon enough you won’t be able to ski or ride snow unless you spend thousands of dollars per run, and you eventually will not be able to afford store-bought food.  Any food from markets or restos.  And I don’t think you know how to grow and harvest your own grain, or how to start a fire to sanitize the rabbit you just caught, skinned, and gutted.

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That last one probably seemed exaggerated, but extremes make people react.  So react to my words and save the world!

What is your contribution to healing planet earth, my snowboarder amigo?

Change is in the air.

Check out the Thirtytwo Team featuring: JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Markku Koski, Marie-France Roy, Chris Bradshaw, Jon Kooley, Nima Jalali, Scott Stevens, Joe Sexton, Chris Grenier, Johnny Miller, Stale Sandbech, Tyler Flanagan and Ben Bilocq.

Here’s their edit from the happenings of this season so far:

Don’t forget to admire:
0:52 where Chris Grenier rides up a set of stairs to the jump onto the outside railing and backside Boardslide down.
1:25 where Scott Stevens does a mighty One-Footed Boardslide.
1:53 where Chris Bradshaw launches of a little trailer to Boardslide a covered one to hop into a 50-50 atop the van.

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My favorite shot is a simple one, but majestic nonetheless.  At 1:56 Simon Chamberlain comes through trees where it feels like his tail will clip the camera, but gracefully launches off the hill into a frontside 180° Backflip, and the cam follows him into the air and down the mountain.

What’s your favorite segment, my snowboarder amigo?

Be able to admire the alternate boarding styles and creativity found in other countries.

On tour for screenings of their film Homies 2: Locked Outside, Homies crew of French heavy hitters are taking over the European Union.  Even if you don’t live in the EU you can still experience their flow here at TheSnowBoardScene.

“On November 6th 2009, the Homies crew left to Manchester for their only UK premiere and on snow demo at the Chill FactorE.

Pierre Rué, Nico Droz, Paul Lambersens, Aymeric Tonin, and Arthur Girault had a blast up there for their first session of the season with local Advita riders John Weatherley and Ross Needham.”

Check my post about the Chill FactorE, and here’s the Homies crew’s indoor sesh:

This is their teaser for Homies 2: Locked Outside:

And for a full length feature by SnowWorld, if you have the hour to kill and want to be healthily jealous in the process, here’s the first Homies film:

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Now, you may wonder why the first crew I presented on TheSnowBoardScene was a European one.  Good question.  I think it is necessary for international relations and world peace.  Or if you can’t connect that, then you have to be able to admire the alternate boarding styles and creativity found in other countries.

Can you tell the difference between styles in Europeans and Americans, my snowboarder amigo?

A backflip into an upside down darkslide?  Car and rider off the same jump simultaneously?

YouTube is known for spreading videos to the darkest corners of our social networks. That’s the reason why the following seven clips are my selection of most viewed by the snowboard community.  They are radical.  Except for the last one.  But it has over 5.5 million views, so being the most viewed I had to display it here on TheSnowBoardScene.

The view count, rounded up to the nearest thousand, that is listed next to each title was the truth as of 1PM on November 16th, 2009.

1 – Backflip Darkslide (508,000 views)

It’s like the monkey bars on the jungle gym, except less dangerous…

2 – Unbelievable Snowboard Accident (572,000 views)

Do you think that actually happened?

3 – Luckiest Snowboarder Ever (1,055,000 views)

Did the boarder see the groomer before launching?

4 – Shaun White 11 Years Old (1,801,000 views)

Nothing to say in words, just feeling jealousy for an 11 y/o prodigy.

5 – Pingu Snowboarding (2,029,000 views)

I love stop motion animation and claymation!  And it reminds me of ClayFighter for SNES and N64, with a new version supposedly coming out for Wii in 2010.  I doubt it, but wouldn’t it be grand to pulverize Bad Mr. Frosty again?

6 – Ken Block’s Snowboard/Rally (3,335,000 views)

Although nothing compares to this beast, I used to have an ‘03 Subaru WRX I loved to whip around.  Snowboarding and rallying may be the best combination EVER!

7 – Painkiller (5,566,000 views)

The chump who put up this extensively long video does not allow embedding, so to view it you have to go to YouTube.  Find him and complain.  Unfortunately, it’s nothing interesting enough to merit over 5.5 million views.  So why that many views?  The lodge scene at 4:45 (just jump to it…) where he displays such love for his board and shows off his beautiful red hair and unnecessary padding?  Peace to you as well, kind sir.  What is the world coming to?

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So tell all your friends that they’ve got to check out the coolest snowboard video you’ve ever seen in your life.  Or if you can’t decide which one you would have loved to star in, then just ponder, “what would I think and feel if I executed a backflip into an upside down darkslide?  Car and rider off the same jump simultaneously?”

Which video is YOUR top pick, my snowboarder amigo?