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Trailer season 2018 | An incomplete overview

Drones, drones, drones

by PowderGuide 10/03/2018
PowderGuide and everywhere else is currently teeming with movie tour announcements, trailers, teasers and other snowy video snippets. To give you an overview of this year's movie offerings, we have compiled everything that has flickered across our screens so far.

There is a pleasing amount of screen time for women in both major and minor productions this year. Superstars Elyse Saugstad and Angel Collinson appear in both MSP and TGR, in "Evolution of Dreams" and "A Land Shaped by Women" women tell stories about women and many other productions also have more than just the obligatory token woman this time. That's a good thing!

Other than that, everyone now has a drone and uses it to produce pretty professional-looking home videos of their last ski vacation with their buddies.

MSP: All IN

Story: We have just as many women as men

Protagonists: Angel Collinson, Michelle Parker, Tatum Monod, Elyse Saugstad, Mark Abma, Wiley Miller, Johnny Collinson, and Cody Townsend

Mood: Happy

Quick verdict: Nice. A bit much self-praise?

Avalanches in the trailer: 1

MSP: HOJI - The Movie

Story: We watch Hoji skiing.

Protagonists: Eric Hjorleifson, Chris Rubens, James Heim and more.

Mood: Classic

Quick verdict: Why not? Well-deserved homage to the likeable Mr. Hjorleifson.

Avalanches in the trailer: A bit of sluff surfing now and then

Waren Miller: Face of Winter

Story: A colorful mix of snow sports personalities pay tribute to the recently deceased Warren Miller, with lots of special effects

Protagonists: Many.

Mood: Respectful

Quick verdict: Hard to say. Lots of lifestyle shots, maybe some nice historical images from the life of Warren Miller?

Avalanches in the trailer: 1, maybe just a lot of sluff?

TGR: Far Out

Story: We discover unknown worlds, including Montana, Slovenia and Albania.

Protagonists: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Jeremy Jones, Hadley Hammer, Angel Collinson, Fabian Lentsch, Clayton Vila, Dane Tudor, Sam Smoothy, Cam Riley, Johnny Collinson, Elyse Saugstad, Colter Hinchcliffe, Tim Durtschi, Sean Jordan, Parkin Costain, Robin van Gyn, Griffin Post, Kai Jones, Ian McIntosh, Mark Carter, Nich McNutt

Mood: Heroic

Quick verdict: Beautiful shots, silly story.

Avalanches in the trailer: 1, maybe just a lot of sluff?

TGR: Ode To Muir

Story: Jeremy Jones and the supporting cast explore the California Sierra on a splitboard, read John Muir in a tent and write poems

Protagonists: Jeremy Jones, Elena Hight

Mood: Thoughtful to dramatic

Quick verdict: For optimists: Beautiful! Touring in the wilderness with a tent! For pessimists: Jeremy thinks he's the John Muir of the internet age and philosophizes too much.

Avalanches in the trailer: 0

Level 1 : Zig Zag

Story: According to the description, they didn't fall asleep at the wheel, but they still drive in serpentine lines (??).)

Protagonists: Parker White, Laurent De Martin, Sämi Ortlieb, Chris Logan, Will Berman, Keegan Kilbride, Will Wesson, Thayne Rich, Peyben Hägglund, KC Deane, LJ Strenio, Khai Krepela, Kim Boberg, Oliver Karlberg, Tanner Rainville, Duncan Adams, Ahmet Dadali, McRae Williams, Wiley Miller, and Friends.

Mood: Cheerfully chaotic

Quick verdict: High freestyle content. Vague, pseudo-philosophical lifestyle story

Avalanches in the trailer: 0

Tanner Hall : Here After

Story: Tanner Hall

Protagonists: Tanner Hall

Mood: Tanner Hall

Fast ureil: Tanner Hall

Avalanches in the trailer: 1 + Slufsurfing

M-Line / Servus TV: No Mans Land - Expedition Antarctica

Story: Matthias M. and Matthias H. go on an expedition with skis and kites in Antarctica:

"The mountains in front of me are about 5 to 10 or 15 kilometers away. We don't know exactly." - Matthias M.

"It might not look cool, but it is extremely cool." - Matthias H.

Protagonists: Matthias M., Matthias H.

Mood: Dramaaaaatic

Fast ureil: Well, you know Matthias and Matthias' style by now. Interesting landscape

Avalanches in the trailer: 0

Smaller productions

The Road West Traveled: ABANDONED

Documentary journey to abandoned ski resorts in Colorado. What happens to the employees, operators and locals when a ski resort closes? Including drone footage.

Quick verdict: 8/10 rusty chairlifts

Pierre Dubuy, Morgan Le Faucheur, Mathias Joubert: ZABARDAST - A high altitude travel diary

Freeriding Frenchmen on a pretty spectacular trip in the Karakoram, looks like a mixture of travel diary and remote steep face riding. Drone included, of course. Promising!

Quick verdict: 9.5/10 Oh là làs

FollowFellas: Somewhere

German-speaking crew around Mario Gattinger and Bernhard Braun on the road with camper and drone between Austria and the Balkans, apparently there were plenty of face shots along the way. And Brezovica is always worth a visit, even without a TGR budget!

Quick verdict: 8/10 Balkanroadtrips

Aline Bock, Anne-Flore Marxer: A Land Shaped By Women

The above-mentioned snowboarders visit Iceland and go surfing, snowboarding and talk to interesting female personalities from Iceland. This production also features a drone.

Quick verdict: 7/10 girl power points

Beyond Limits Media : Before It Melts Movie Trailer

A group of American snowboarding buddies film each other. They don't seem to have a drone.

Quick verdict: 5/10 Keeping It Real - Points

??? - Strictly Business

Talented crew in AK (or Canada or something?) with skidoos instead of drones. Also pillows, kickers, a few rails. High potential for a spectacular crash reel

Quick verdict: 7/10 medium bounces

Simon Rainer: GAUMARJOS

Melissa Presslaber, Sabine Schipflinger, Linda Rausch & local guide/buddy on the road in Georgia. Maximum drone use.

Quick verdict: 7/10 Shotski snaps

El Flamingo: Ice & Palms

No car, no lift, no engine - but a drone: Max Kroneck and Jochen Mesle cross the Alps from north to south by bike and skis. Looks beautiful and was already celebrated as a highlight at the film festival opening in St. Anton.

Quick verdict: 9/10 overflowing bike bags

MIDIAFILM: Dedication

Dedication, commitment, and drones, in the Alps and in Norway, with Rohrmoser, Wiemers, Kroneck, Williman, Mesle, Ebenbichler, Lahnsteiner.

Quick verdict: 7/10 drone shots of sponsor car on mountain road

Troublehaus: La Luce Infinita

Arianna Tricomi, the Pommes Jungs, el Makrell and a few other protagonists with check shirts, skateboards and analog cameras on the road in Norway. Foosball, sunsets, chilled group shredding, drone.

Quick verdict: 12/10 special sympathy points for PG employees & friends

Eva Walkner & Jackie Paaso: Evolution of Dreams

FWT veterans Walkner and Paaso ask themselves what to do after all goals have been achieved. The answer apparently has to do with an ascent of the Eiger West Flank (drone!!) and we are delighted that Angelika Kaufmann was there and will hopefully have her say in the film.

Quick verdict: 7/10 Not another knee operation - points

J. Gaume et al: Dynamic anticrack propagation in snow

Gaume and colleagues model dynamic fracture propagation better than was previously possible. This helps to understand avalanche processes at the Nerde level and enables beautiful 3D simulations for computer games. If you can do finite element modeling, you don't need a drone. Here's the paper.

Quick verdict: 10/10 impact factor points

La Chamionarde, Chamonix mountain rescue associations, the municipality of Chamonix, etc: Drone vs hélicoptere

Drones are difficult for helicopter pilots to see, which is bad for everyone involved.

Quick verdict: AAAAaaahhhhhhhh

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