A BETTER BOARD
(5 min, surfing)
Danny Hess is a green carpenter from San Francisco, California, who turned his attention to building hollow wood surfboards a few years ago. His philosophy — in surfboard building and life in general — is to be thoughtful about the resources he uses. Hess Surfboards is a design concept made functional by a true craftsman and respected waterman. This film is a brief glimpse into Danny's original take on building better, more environmentally thoughtful surfboards.
Director: Tyler Manson

A DOZEN MORE TURNS
(USA, 30 min, backcountry skiing)
Based on a true story about five friends, experienced outdoorsmen, who collectively possess significant avalanche training and expertise. The film powerfully depicts how the pursuit of powder skiing and the desire to seek a few extra turns can end tragically.
Director: Amber Seyler

AIN’T GOT NO FRIENDS ON A POWDER DAY
(USA, 5 min, skiing)
This short film draws a parallel between two styles and two approaches, which are otherwise worlds apart. One is a traditional skier and one is a paraplegic skier. The two friends enjoy the same powder until one gets left behind!
Director: Nicolas Falquet & Loris Falquet

BALANCING POINT
(USA, 6 min, film art)
One character in the movie appears to magically create rock sculptures... A meditation and manipulation of gravity and time, this film is beautifully shot in Colorado, at Weller Lake near Aspen, and in Boulder, at a sandstone outcropping.
Director: Danny Brown

BRAINPORT
(USA, 3 min.)
Part of a special presentation in Program VI, this short film features blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and a new device called BrainPort. The technology requires a hard hat carrying a small video camera where visual information from the camera is translated into pulses that reach the tongue. Mr. Weihenmayer says it offers a renewed sensation, "as if the brain were rewiring itself."
Producer: Michael Brown/Serac Films

CHASING DORA
(USA, 55 min, surfing/cultural)
The story of three California surfers who decided to bring to life an epic challenge presented by one of surfing’s most enigmatic characters, Mickey Dora. The challenge takes them halfway around the world where they face some of the largest waves on wooden boards, wearing nothing but wool trunks in 50-degree water.
Directors: Wes Brown & TJ Barrack

DESTINATIONS
(USA, 17 min, fly fishing)
Destinations is an action packed fly fishing short film that features the stories of three different groups of anglers from different parts of the world. The film begins in Slovenia, transitions to the remote Alaskan wilderness, then concludes with fishing for False Albacore in North Carolina.
Director and producer: RA Beattie

THE ENDLESS KNOT
(USA, 52 min, climbing/culture)
In October of 1999 best friends Alex Lowe and Conrad Anker were overcome by an avalanche in the Tibetan Himalaya. Conrad barely survived the avalanche and soon began to suffer from survivor's guilt. In the months following the tragedy, Conrad and Alex's widow, Jennifer, comforted each other and unexpectedly found love.
Director: Michael Brown

EPHEMERE
(Switzerland, 6 min, climbing, biking, kayaking, base jumping)
The challenge: film and edit a five minute film by following five people performing their outdoor sports during five days. Action, humour, lifestyle – the script is totally open. Add to this mix a mysterious woman who can control time.
Directors: Nicolas Falquet and Loris Falquet

FLYING DOWNHILL: SEVEN YEARS WITH BODE (A WORK IN PROGRESS)
(49 min, skiing)
For filmmaker W.C. (Bill) Rogers it was a dream come true. The subject of his epic journey was at the top of his sport. Newsweek AND Time magazines adorned their covers with the irreverent image of Bode Miler as he headed into the 2006 Winter Olympics. But at the end of the games headlines asked: “The worst Olympian ever?” Afterwards Bode kept skiing. When he captured his second overall World Cup trophy in 2008 the question remained, how do we define greatness? This project shadows Bode from his beginnings on 425 acres in the roughly hewn mountains of New Hampshire; to the Junior Olympics where he changes the shape of skiing by jumping onto a pair of recreational skis – the K2-4 – and wins by a mile (more accurately by 2 seconds); and to the present where Bode’s character – intelligence/arrogance, confidence/stubbornness, victory/failure – is at the heart of a proven champion. The film and Bode are fractions from disaster.
Writer, Producer, Director: William C. Rogers

GRAND CANYON CLIMBING
(USA, 12 min, climbing)
This first of its kind film features highlights of a Grand Canyon climbing trip with climbing superstars Tommy Caldwell and Beth Roden from November 2007.
Director: Josh Lowell

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER
(54 min, base jumping)
Journey with three world-renowned base jumpers as they travel 10,000 miles by airplane, river boat and 4x4 truck to confront the mist and mystery of an old cave, an ancient culture, and their own demons. At the center of their dangerous mission: Tian Keng, the Heavenly Pit. Millions of years old, half a mile deep, waiting for eons to test the endurance, skill and courage of the men who dare to parachute into her heart.
Director: Jens Hoffman and Iiro Seppanen and Jeb Corliss

JOY RIDE
(USA, 7 min, body boarding)
Hawaii is the birthplace of both ancient and modern forms of body boarding, one of the world's most exciting ocean sports. This documentary captures the infectious joy of the sport as displayed by influential pioneers such as Tom Morey and Mike Stewart.
Director: Dean Hamer

KIDS WHO RIP
(9 min, kids action)
This is the next generation of superstars. Traveling the country and incorporating hours of surfboarding, skiing, biking, skateboarding, snowboarding and wakeboarding footage, Kids Who Rip features great action, with fun and talented young athletes who range from 6 to 12 years old.
Director: Rod Parmenter

KING LINES
(USA, 50 min, climbing)
In addition to exploring Chris Sharma’s fascinating lifestyle as a nomadic professional climber and global citizen, this film reveals his most outrageous ascents and visionary projects. The beautiful locations in Spain, France, California, Venezuela, Greece, Utah, and Mallorca add to this thrilling adventure.
Directors: Peter Mortimer and Josh Lowell

MOUNTAIN TOWN: THE GRASSHOPPER
(USA, 7 minutes, telemark skiing)
This excerpt from the feature-length film Mountain Town focuses on the charming and humble Aspen, Colorado, telemark phenomenon Nick Devore. Devore’s remarkable life story as a simple, if extraordinary, skier trying to make it all work fills the screen and the imaginations of sliders of all persuasions.
Directors: Brendan Kiernan and Frank Pickell

MUGS STUMP TRIBUTE
(5 min, climbing)
One of America's most visionary climbers, Mugs Stump was best known for his first ascent of the Emperor Face on Mount Robson in the Canadian Rockies and a triptych of brilliant Alaskan climbs — the East Face of the Moose's Tooth, the Moonflower Buttress on Mount Hunter, and a one-day solo of Denali's Cassin Ridge. After his death in a crevasse fall on Denali in 1992, friends established the Mugs Stump Award to help others seek out striking and highly technical objectives in the most remote mountains of the world, climbs that are a celebration of boldness, purity and simplicity. In 2008, to celebrate the 16th year of the Mugs Stump Awards, Joe Iurato created a moving tribute to Mugs' spirit and legacy as a prelude to the announcement of this year's grant recipients.
Producer:Joe Iurato

PATAGONIA WINTER
(30 min, mountaineering)
Andy Kirkpatrick is a pioneer of winter climbing in Patagonia with many hair-raising ascents to his name. This hilarious film documents his latest Patagonian horror show; an attempt at the first winter ascent of Torre Egger with fellow alpinist Ian Parnell.
Director: Alastair Lee

SEASONS
(USA, 60 min, mountain biking)
Seasons follows seven of the world’s top mountain bikers through the course of four seasons in one year.  The film explores what it means to be a full-time rider as told through the lives of downhill racers, slope style competitors, and big mountain free riders.
A film by The Collective

SEW IT UP
(USA, 4 min, climbing)
A short film about a climbing term used when placing a large amount of pro (protection) in a short amount of distance. “Sewing it up” is usually done when you have several crappy placements, really sketched out or you have simply collected too much pro over the years and you are trying to lighten the load before the crux.
Director: Troy Duckels

SKI THE 14ERS
(USA, 40 min, skiing)
Between January 22, 2006 and January 19, 2007, Aspen’s Chris Davenport skied all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks within one year. To accomplish the goal, Davenport and his companions faced every condition from water ice to powder, from bluebird days to subzero temperatures and intense winds.
Director: Ben Galland

SLIDING LIBERIA
(USA, 52 min, surfing)
One part surf film, one part social documentary, Sliding Liberia follows four intrepid surfers as they travel through the war-torn West African nation of Liberia. The great soundtrack complements some of the most poetic surfing footage this side of Big Wednesday.
Directors: Britton Caillouette & Nicholai Lidow

SOLILOCHAIRLIFTQUIST 
(USA, 4 min, skiing)
The time involved riding chair lifts, while skiing a hundred days a year, can lead to many profound realizations. This short film explores the complexities of life as a ski bum from the fresh perspective of actual lift-riding time.
Director: Thomas Faverman

SOURCE
(30 min, kayaking)
Source provides unique insight into the lives of athletes, along with their concerns for and appreciation of the rivers they visit on their global journey. Take a cultural ride across Vietnam, drop into the remote canyons of the high Sierras and Patagonia, explore new heights in freestyle, and witness the descent of the highest waterfall ever paddled.
A film by: Young Gun Productions

TRIAL AND ERROR
(Canada, 8 min, mountain biking, environment)
Mountain biker, Ryan Leech, sets out to ride an incredibly difficult trail in the coastal mountains of British Columbia. With the valley slated for clear-cut logging, Trial and Error combines Ryan’s extraordinary riding with his thoughts about the very special location.
Director: Bjorn Enga