Absinthe’s Snowboard Movie Twel2ve: Review
I’m a big fan of Absinthe snowboard movies: Futureproof and More are among my favourite shred films. Consequently the bar is high when I watch one of their new productions. Unfortunately, this one didn’t hit the spot for me. Find out why… Twel2ve by Absinthe Gigi Ruf opens the film. He’s got some sweet lines [...]
The Art of Flight: Review (and Soundtrack)
Have you seen it yet? If not, read this review. Looking for the soundtrack? It’s at the bottom. Here’s the review… The riding is sick First up, the snowboarding. With riders like Travis Rice, Nicholas Muller, Jake Blauvelt, and John Jackson, to name some of them, you’d expect the level of riding to be high. [...]
Would a Snowboard Movie Like This be Popular?
Imagine a snowboard movie with no kickers, rails or boxes. I’m not just talking about the snowboard park – no street rails or backcountry booters either. Just riding. Natural stuff. Would that be popular? Would that interest you? OK – so that’s a pretty ambiguous scenario. What exactly am I excluding? What counts as a [...]
Mid-Week Eye Candy: Guide Books, Girls and Bling
This season, Steve Dowle from the WSG has had a monthly feature in Whitelines. Every issue he picks out five top destinations for a given country, and in the style of The World Snowboard Guide, the resorts are rated for the park, pistes, powder and parties. Resort reviews are always interesting to me – it’s [...]
Absinthe Films, Nowhere Review
Absinthe’s Nowhere: I’ve enjoyed this movie, as you come to expect with Absinthe, it’s full of top notch shredding and some brilliant sections. But I havne’t been wowed by it. To me, Absinthe have shown better productions in the past. Read on for some of the particulars… Standout parts Wolfgang opens things up with what [...]
Absinthe’s Nowhere Movie Plus Flipside Episodes
A recent Friday Fix from Whitelines had a link to one of Absinthe’s Flipside episodes, which I’ve embedded below. In the past I’ve mentioned how much I like the Flipside series’ that they produce – you get a greater insight into the riders, and some of what goes into making a snowboard movie. I also [...]
Videos…
It’s not new, it’s not for this season, but I really want to watch the Bikecar movie. Travis Parker is probably my favourite snowboarder – I really like his approach to being a pro snowboarder That, and it just looks really fun. Here are a couple of intros/trailers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngMScBBymE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USSC6L6ZrTw And, Snowboard Addiction have just [...]
Update: Missing Out On Jeremy Jones’ Deeper, Online vs. In Store? And Physiotherapy
Deeper There’s a premiere of Jeremy Jones’ Deeper, tomorrow night in Amsterdam. If you don’t know, Deeper is a film put together by Jeremy Jones and Teton Gravity Research. It’s not only Jones shredding it in – there are a bunch of other big freeriders, like Travis Rice and Johan Olofsson. From what I’ve heard [...]
