The guys over at Poor Boyz Productions have pulled the trigger on their new film release for this coming season. “Revolver” looks to be an amazing production with loads of action from some of the best skiers on the planet. Here’s some of their official press release, followed by the trailer … enjoy:

STARRING
Simon Dumont, Tim Durtschi, Dane Tudor, Sammy Carlson, Jossi Wells, Charley Ager, JP Auclair, Bene Mayr, Pep Fujas, Andreas Hatveit ,TJ Schiller, Charles Gagnier, Riley Leboe, Matt Walker, Mike Henitiuk, LJ Strenio, Julien Regnier, Josh Stack, Alexis Godbout, John Spriggs, Nick Martini, Brandon Kelly & Leigh Powis.

LOCATIONS
On Location in British Columbia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Quebec, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Norway, Austria, Japan, France, Alberta & more.

Absinthe Films launched the trailer for their new snowboard flick last week. We’re pretty excited to see what the full production looks like, but in the meantime here’s a little something from their press release and then the trailer:

“Movement can give the illusion of progress. And they say that all the world is illusion. So what is the difference between exploring and being lost? In a winter that brought an exceptional amount of challenges to riders all over the world, Absinthe’s newest snowboard film reminds us how much our reality is affected by what we make of it. Whether you are lost … or exactly where you want to be … all depends on how you look at it.”

NowHere trailer by Absinthe Films from Absinthe Films on Vimeo.

NOW/HERE RIDERS: Dan Brisse, Jake Blauvelt, Gigi Rüf, Lucas Debari, Fredi Kalbermatten, Sylvain Bourbousson, Romain deMarchi, DCP, JP Solberg, Annie Boulanger, Marie-France Roy, Bjorn Leines, Taka Nakai, Tadashi Fuse, Jules Reymond, Cale Zima, Blair Habenicht, Terje Haakonsen, Bode Merrill, Wolfgang Nyvelt, Nicolas Müller

Quick update for everyone on our Snowfinder ski guide books for the coming winter season. As we announced a couple of weeks ago, we’re planning a total of 12 ski resort guides for the 2010/11 season covering resorts in France, Austria and the USA. Along with independent resort reviews, piste maps and handy summary descriptions of every run in resort we’ll also be including a special break down of each resort from a well known skier or snowboarder, featuring their favourite runs, apres-ski hangouts and restaurants. We’ve got Ed Leigh covering Val d’Isere, Pat Sharples on Courchevel & Meribel, Scott McMorris doing Avoriaz/Morzine, James Stentiford in Chamonix and James “Woodsy” Woods out in Breckenridge.

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For a little taster, here’s a quick comment from Ed Leigh on Val d’Isere:
“I have visited a lot of resorts in a lot of countries and I still haven’t seen anything that rivals Val d’Isere’s diversity. With one of the highest tree lines in Europe it has fantastic bad weather riding, but it equals this with some fantastic high altitude big mountain riding. All this epic terrain is serviced with one of the fastest and best maintained lift systems in the world.”

We’re also looking at the possibility of converting all our ski guide books over to an ebook format, which will means you’ll be able to access all the info on PC’s, laptops, iPads, iPhones & other smartphones.

Stay tuned here for more information on our ski guide books and for profiles on all the pro riders involved.

New movie from the guys at Matchstick Productions and the way we see it we’d like more … more, more … more, more, more!

According to their press release, “The Way I See It” is a modern take on the extreme sports genre featuring state of the art high definition cinematography and joins the grand tradition of MSP’s long line of award-winning films, including unprecedented six-time “movie of the year” honors. With the winter of 2010 providing record snowfalls and a roster featuring the best skiers in the world, this film leaves audiences inspired and excited for the coming season.

“The Way I See It” was shot on location in Alaska, Japan, British Columbia, Colorado, Switzerland, and many other locations worldwide in high-definition and features the most dominant cast of athletes ever compiled, including Mark Abma, Sean Pettit, Eric Hjorleifson, Henrik Windstedt, Bobby Brown, Colby West, James Heim, Richard Permin, Cody Townsend, Rory Bushfield, Ingrid Backstrom, Gus Kenworthy, Jacob Wester, Russ Henshaw, and others.

“Teton Gravity Research (TGR) present their newest ski film, Light The Wick. Shot using film, HD and 3D technology, Light The Wick is about sparking the flame and watching the world’s best athletes blast off. This year, the TGR crew of athletes and cinematographers were on a mission to capture the most jaw dropping footage to date and give the viewer an experience like no other. This pursuit led the team around the world to uncharted destinations, as well as some of their favorite stomping grounds.”

From the trailer below we reckon they got the draw dropping footage they were after. These guys are taking big mountain skiing beyond extreme. Enjoy the clip and head to TGR’s website for more info.

OK, so it uses a track by dodgy 1980’s Swedish hair band Europe, but you can’t say that this trailer for “Claim” doesn’t totally rock. Oh, and the flick’s not half bad either … enjoy!

Seems like the 09/10 ski season has only just finished, but we’re already planning new Snowfinder ski guide books for next season. We’ll have a total of 12 Snowfinder resort guides covering all the major ski areas in France, along with a couple more in Austria and the USA. We’re also really excited to say that we’ll be getting ski resort reviews from some quality British skiers and snowboarders, including Ed Leigh, Pat Sharples, James Woods and Jamie Nicholls.

We’ll keep you updated on all the progress here, or you can sign up for our newsletter and we’ll let you know when they’re ready.

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