Before Shaun White, there was THIS — raw Alaskan peaks and '90s snow punk energy.
This movie is the ultimate combination of freestyle and extreme snowboarding... Witness Dave Hatchett's first descent at Mendenhall Towers in Alaska, and sick freestyle moves by Peter Line and Jim Rippey. Locations: Alaska, Colorado, Norway, Oregon, Lake Tahoe, Utah, Washington, Austria, Cortina Italy
Practical Effects
Zero CGI — just humans hucking themselves off Alaskan spines.
Editing
Mack Dawg's cuts defined snowboard film grammar.
Director
Mack Dawg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mack Dawg Productions basically invented the modern snowboard film; this is peak '90s counterculture before corporate sponsors sanitized the sport.
Dave Hatchett's Mendenhall Towers descent was considered unrideable by locals — he scouted it via bush plane and dropped in with zero test runs.
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