This is one of the coolest snowboarding films I’ve ever seen. It’s a cross between your standard snowboarding film and Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

A Stop Animation Snowboard Film

Created By: Paul & Stephen Gemignani
Music By: Grey Storia

One snowboard shredders adventure in an unusual setting.

The Filming Process:
We started with actual sequence photos of Paul riding (taken by his brother Stephen). Then we printed each frame of the sequences on paper and cut out the rider from each one, which we used to re-create the sequences with different backdrops, creating the stop animation effect used in the video – a very SLOW process. It was challenging at times, but it came together in the end. We hope you like the film.

ENJOY!

As a man not to far off from 35 years old … this video really inspired me. Check it out and take action.

Every year we get a little older. How you choose to celebrate is up to you. Take the birthday challenge. Writer Brendan Leonard delivers a dedication to the joys – both big and small – of the climbing life. What are your 35?

Creative by Duct Tape Then Beer
Directed by Nasa Koski, Austin Siadak and Matt Van Biene
Edited by Nasa Koski
Written by Brendan Leonard and Fitz Cahall
Produced by Fitz Cahall
Music – Gregory Alan Isakov – The Stable Song

Our eyes open to the same sun, a blaze with the hope of success and the promise of challenge. Our steps are focused. Delivered. Poised to overcome doubt.

The Muir Project’s collaboration with Project Yosemite to tease Colin Delehanty’s and Sheldon Neill’s second time-lapse video, “Yosemite HD II.”

Oh how many times have I felt like this …

Check out the latest film by Fitz Cahall and Duct Tape Then Beer.

The world is filled with noise. Make room for silence. Arc’teryx runner Adam Campbell stars in a story with no words. Shot on the streets of Vancouver and the high country around Whistler, Silence is the story of every runner, climber and skier who chases passion rather than the modern world’s trappings. Headphones recommended.

You don’t need to avoid the roads if your only ride is a mountain bike.

Let’s get one thing straight, this film is not really about us or our journey. It’s about the people and places that your mountain bike can show you.

Mountain biking is brilliant in its scope and variety; there is no right or wrong way to enjoy it. However, mountain biking, to us, is about adventure and exploration, fun and games, and understanding a little bit more about the world, the people around us, and in the long run, about ourselves.

On February 6, 2013, the Union crew set out from snowy Whistler to seek out some of the rumored snow free trails around BC. Their route took them on a circular journey around the Georgia Strait (or Salish Sea) between Vancouver’s lower mainland and Vancouver Island – where they found clusters of communities that elude the snow line all winter, leaving the ribbons of crafted dirt free for all to ride.

They rode mountain bikes the whole way, towing their kit in trailers for the long road stretches and then dumping them when the riding turned to dirt. Thirteen days and over 800 km later they closed the loop on their ride. Perhaps you already caught some of the story online (the-escape.ca) but in March 2013 Union Production Co. will be releasing a video of the trip. Here is the teaser to the grand presentation.

This video is about bringing the pleasure of the road and the thrill of the trails. We want to reach out to the rider who is told they are getting old but still feels young and who still gets recharged with youthful thrills. We want to reach out to the person working in a cubicle and reunite them with that long lost wanderlust. We want to show everyone that, yes, nothing is easy, but the rewards of seeking soothes all hardship.

More so, although the video’s backdrop is the backroads of British Columbia, we want to remind the world that adventure can be found on your own doorstep, you just need to get off the couch to seek it. Mountain biking shows us all somewhere new and personal, whether that’s at the end of a long road, a piece of remote singletrack, or the woods at the bottom of your own backyard.
This video is about celebrating the world, that as mountain bikers, we ride within. It is also about the communities and individuals that dare imagine, build and provide nourishment so that mountain biking can flourish.

Ice climber Mark Roberts feels lucky to be alive. Once you watch this video (not overly graphic by any means, just hard to watch) you’ll understand why. While climbing in the Snowdonia region of Wales, Mark fell down a chute over 100 feet. Never knocked unconscious and still have the foresight to check his GoPro camera after the fall finally stopped.

It’s been awhile since we showed some love to the mountain bikers. This video should help you forgive us.

At the doors of a mountain bike land, I enjoy each day as a mountain bike narrative. Every ride is a story about stuff, bike, trails and sun. This morning, the snow was on the track. My Hillbilly was waiting for playing. I had to test the new ” marshguard ” before writing about it for VeloVert magazine. My GoPro Hero 3 Black was on the track to share this ” Homemade ” movie. Enjoy !