If you like fluffy deep snow runs from white sugared peaks just as much as park action, garnished with a few rails, you will also like the new film from Standart Films. The images are filmed in HD quality and are at least as varied as the accompanying music.
At the beginning, Sammy Luebke's part gets the pulse racing with steep powder descents, while the main part is peppered with tricks on rails, gaps, backcountry kickers and the odd pillowline. The riders Halldor Helgason, Ryan Tiene, Leanne Pelosi, Lonnie Kauk and Kazu Kokubo let off steam here, and the women Raewyn Reid, Erin Comstock, Leanne Pelosi, Hana Beaman and Kimmy Fasani also show off their skills, and thanks to the fairly neat and varied editing, "The Storming" doesn't get boring until the end: Here, all powder addicts finally get their money's worth thanks to the part by Xavier de le Rue. Provided, of course, that they have survived the deep snow drought of the middle section by then. Filming took place in, among other places: Norway, Iceland, Valdez, Quebec City, Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe and British Columbia backcountry. Music selection is good and uses the usual styles.
Conclusion
Everything that should be in an entertaining snowboard movie. The line runs right through everything that is fun with a board. Powder, cliff drops, park, pipe, rails, backcountry kickers, etc.
If you're only fixated on one style, "The Storming" won't quite satisfy you.
It would have been nice to see a few more runs on untouched slopes. But you can probably never get enough of that anyway!
Film length: 41 minutes
Bonus: 1. "The Standart Snowboard Show - Montreal" another 20-minute movie in its own right with a bit more commentary from the riders. 2. the trailer for the movie 3. a tracking shot with Torstein Horgmo
Price: 30,99 Euro
Movie review by: Christoph "Stoffel" Seyferle