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"Choose Your Adventure" from Powderwhore Productions lives up to the company's telemark roots and then some. Freeheeler Jake Sakson front-flips and hucks cliffs, leading a diverse cast of splitboarders and alpine speedsters seeking tall peaks, skinny chutes, and more from Alaska to France to Chile.
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Voleurz offers a mixed bag of crazy nuts in the best way possible in its 2012 release, available for free online November 19. It's got a little of everything: Snowblades, snow racers, skiers shredding powder, snowboarders grinding rails. For more on Voleurz, a clothing company based in British Columbia, look for Mountain's Early Winter issue. (Swami says: Subscribe now.) Full film available for free November 19 at voleurz.com.
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More heart pounding thrills to get you excited for ski season. "Because" is the fifth film from Two Plank Productions, created with a crew of 22 professional freeskiers to bring us spectacular footage from steep terrain in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest. September; twoplank.com
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The 2012 film from Matchstick Productions, "Superheroes of Stoke," is a celebration of progression and the people that shaped skiing over the company's 20 years of filmmaking. Jaw-dropping footage from the athletes of skiing's future complements retrospectives both funny and heartbreaking. September 15; skimovie.com
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"The Eighty Six" is Stept Productions 10th cinematic effort. The crew spent last year sneaking around filming and skiing in cities like Denver, Boulder, Duluth, and Fargo to give you a different look at getting down stairs and spinning off roof-tops. DVD shipping now; steptproductions.com
Jeremy Jones' Further nixes the typical handrails, tall tees, and crazy snowboard movie antics. It's focus is on exploring new lines in the Japanese Alps, Norway, Austria, Alaska and California's Sierra Mountains. Watch emotions flare in the unforgiving terrain. September 7; tetongravity.com
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The athletes in Poor Boyz Production's 2012 release love to ski, ride snowmobiles, goof around, and shred pow. And it's better when they're together. WE: A Collection of Individuals is all about the crew instead of the individuals. Watch to the end for a gnarly crash reel. September 7; poorboyz.com
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Think you know everything about the late, great Shane McConkey? Think again. Red Bull Media House and Matchstick Productions present McConkey, a definitive look at McConkey's life, adventures, and relationships. Winter 2013; mcconkeymovie.com
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No feature film this year, but the Sweetgrass Productions crew is deep in the British Columbia backcountry for a two-year project. Get your fix of artistic footage with a 12-part series "On The Road." Check out the newest episode above, and see more here. sweetgrass-productions.com
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Sunny from Level 1 documents the thrills and spills of irreverant athletes, from unreal urban features to the cinematic beauty of big mountains. The trailer captures the upbeat disposition and creativity of a young generation of freestyle skiers. September 8; level1productions.com
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Teton Gravity Research's new film The Dream Factory hones in on Alaska, a place where miners, fisherman, and now big mountain skiers and snowboarders travel to turn dreams into reality. September 15; tetongravity.com
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What do you get when you combine one of the most creative skiers in the world with Quicksilver and Process Films? A feature-length ski film called Few Words that will have you mesmerized the whole time. Watch Candide Thovex cinematically slaying it in this trailer. October 2012; quiksilver.com
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The ski life—good and bad snow, travel, hijinks—as experienced by 4FRNT's athlete team, including Eric Hjorleifson and Wiley Miller, in Dang! Filmed in Utah, Austria, British Columbia, and more. September; 4frnt.com
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Warren Miller Entertainment's 63rd ski film, Flow State, tries to convey a different state of mind: That moment when a skier or rider is firing on all synapses and time seems to stand still. warrenmiller.com
Want more? Check out these films from across the pond to see how the European freeskiing scene is looking.
"JOB In Space" from Junkies on a Budget
"Turbulent Flow" from Chaoz Productions
