But anyhoo, this morning I came across Flipside which stands as a making off for Neverland. You might remember that ‘Neverland’ didn’t really do it for me… well as it turns out Flipside is way way WAY better!
Check this episode out! “Stairs massages on the arse don’t feel that good…” Cale Zima definitely knows how to put it.

Flipside IV (the making of Neverland) – episode 4 from Absinthe Films on Vimeo.

The movie had all the right ingredients: great riders doing great riding and tricks,  beautiful cinematography and editing, good music, which was not all electro music by the way, but really good nonetheless (the soundtrack list is at the end of this post).

I thought a snowboard movie premiere in a pub was kind of odd at first, but then I realized that the only sports that pubs ever showcase on their screens are  generally sports I am really not into (soccer, hockey, etc.) so I am not going to complain and hopefully this might start a trend.

Craig Beaulieu (featured in the movie) was there with Push.ca interviewing some people that I didn’t know/recognize so I apologize in advance if these people are really famous and rad!

Photo credit to my friend Sam D’Cruz

At the end of the movie there were some giveaways. Craig Beaulieu and the DJs were throwing jackets, snowboard pants, DVDs, Whistler passes, T shirts… Sam and I tried our luck but we got a little intimidated by all the pushing and screaming. I am especially looking at you, yes you evil little guy who we saw snatching stuff away from people, I really hope you have a mean hangover today!

The movie soundtrack:

Intro: Ya Mama, Fatboy Slim,  (album: Halfway between the gutter and the stars)
Matt Beardmore: My other self, Northern Life (album: Super Black)
Eero Niemela/ Gaetan Chanut: 2112: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx, Rush (album: 2112 Oerture)
Matt Belzile: Oh Mandy, Spinto Band (album: Nice & Nicely Done)
Tadej Valentan: Her Favourite Hymn, Ampersand (album: Fake Mother Fuckerz)
Slovenia: Up & Down I Go, Pretty Light (album: Filling Up the City Skies, Vol. 2)
Chris Rasman: Everybody know me, Chin Injeti
JF Fortin: Thank me with your hands(Panthers Remix), Mstrkrft (album: The Looks)
Matt Belzile: Oh Mandy, Spinto Band (album: Nice & Nicely Done)
Craig Beaulieu / Vera Janssen: Little Bit (CSS Remix), Lykke Li (album: Youth Novels)
Benji Ritchie /Mikey Rencz: City Lights ft. New Royales, Bishop Lamont (album: The Confessional)
Credits: The Reeling, Passion Pit (album: Manners)

It goes without saying that the shredding is sick: massive jumps filmed from every angle you could imagine. The soundtrack matches the images to perfection, even when the songs were not really my cup of tea.

The only bad thing is that it only lasts 30 minutes. No doubt I’ll be watching this movie again!

The movie features Gretchen Bleiler, Hana Beaman, Jamie Anderson, Kimmy Fasani, Lisa Filzmoser, Jenny Jones, Torah Bright, Raewyn Reid, Molly Aguirre, and Gabi Viteri

Seriously watch it, it’s right there, ready for you to click on the play button. Believe me it will blow your mind! And please feel free to let me know what you think…

PS: As you might have noticed there is a link to the pumpkin chocolate brownie recipe (oh what? Here it is again!). I don’t intend to turn this blog into a cooking blog (but, in the other hand, who knows…), but I highly recommend you give it a try. It was goo-ood!

Todd Richards‘ life has been documented in the upcoming “Me, Myself and I” by award winning movie director Josh Landan. Ok I’ll admit it I don’t know much about either of them, but I am determined to do something about it!

“Me, Myself and I” is the life story of Todd Richards, a guy who started snowboarding in infancy and has now 19 years of professional snowboarding under his belt, as well as numerous trophies, features in movies and video games (Coolboarder 2001, ESPN’s Winter X Games Snowboarding and Transworld Snowboarding).

Nixonnow.com says about the movie “This feature length documentary will surely entertain, educate and captivate its audience. Todd created success with his wit, competitive drive, and positive outlook on life- inspiring the hero in all of us.”

It hardly gets any better: an inspiring character with a good sense of humor, a good story line, good music and gnarly tricks.

I’ve watched this trailer about 5 times already and it’s not even been an hour since I came across it!

Alterna is a 10 year old film production company based in Vancouver, founded by Carlo Wein. Push.ca interviewed him last July when they were still editing and yes, the man has a hell of a sweet job!

The film isn’t out yet but the trailer is goo-ood!
They absolutely nailed it with eye-candy shots, excellent editing including 80s pop graphics and, most of all, electro music, which is not used enough in board sports movies!

On top of giving me the urge to hit the mountains, the music brings back memories from summers in Spain where I would spend my nights dancing my head off to music that was exactly that. Woot woot euro-electro!

I can’t wait to see the movie.
Needless to say that Alterna is now in my list of cool companies I would love to work for.

UPDATE: The second track on the trailer is “Her favourite Hymn” by Ampersand

That’s the flyer:

That’s the trailer:

And that’s what they say on the official site:
“The boys from Absinthe, with a little help from their friends and snowboarding family, will criss-cross the US and Canada screening the new project by Justin Hostynek, Patrick Armbruster & company. The SOI tour takes an environmentally responsible approach to bringing the anticipation of winter to art house theaters around the globe. Absinthe will tour North America and Europe to spread awareness of environmental and social issues important to all snowboarders and will donate $2 of every ticket sold to support non-profit social and environmental organizations. Everyone is asked to do their part to reduce our carbon footprint and help the cause by using alternate transport to these events- walk, bike, skate, hop the train or carpool- it matters to us all.”