Best ski movies ever?

Claim is the best hands down. Espically just the Shane Mcconkey part!

SaucerboyshaneClaim is the best hands down. Espically just the Shane Mcconkey part!

I've gotta say, his part in claim was great, it was funny but the skiing could have been better

I'm not saying almost ablaze is the greatest but I just watched it again recently and I forgot how great of a flick it was.

Best SNOW movie ever is the 1817 movie. I’d rather watch that than any other snow movie

1. Mcconkey
2. In Deep
3. Few Words
4. GNAR
5. Claim

Royalty
Teddybear Crisis
Session 1242
Idea
Refresh

supervention is a bit of a banger

My favourites from each major company (that I've watched)

Being There and Side by Side for Field Productions

Refresh and Eye Trip for Level 1

Everyday is a Saturday and the Grand Bizarre for PBP

Network and Weight for Stept

BE Inspired for Inspired

My absolute favourite is Pretty Good by Rage Films

Dishonourable mention goes to Revolver for PBP for embodying everything wrong with action sports films at the time. Dubstep, too much slow-mo and inflated length.

HolteHere's the thing - Warren Miller Entertainment basically tried to destroy Level 1 after Warren Miller appeared in Level 1's movie "Refresh". It was a big ordeal that ranged from mass mail complaints to Tom Wallisch picketing outside a WME premiere. It's still a sore subject, and WME is not a popular name.

That was absolute bullshit. I think Warren himself offered to pay some of Level 1's legal fees, although don't quote me on that.

wpskiDid you guys see numinous yet? I don't think it's a best movie ever, but it was my favorite this year

Numinous was insane. Kye Peterson put together the best segment of anyone in skiing for sure. I love Sammy Carlson in To Be, but there is no way that segment deserved best performance at the Powder awards over Kye.

A few others I will mention.

Something About McConkey
All.I.Can
The Way I See It.
Under The Influence
One For The Road
Few Words
1999
Uprising
Further
Ski Movie 3
Seven Sunny Days
Attack of La Nina
Immersion


There are a bunch of others I could throw in there. I will say that 1999 was big for me, because that was the first winter I lived in Squaw. It was a pretty epic winter, and they document it very well. I still love to watch 1999. Despite what Gaffney says in the beginning of the movie, the big mountain skiing still holds up, that stuff is still high performance today. That movie really captured what it was like to live in Squaw that winter. I really like movies with inbounds footage, it would be nice if there was more of that. I'm now an ex-ski bum with a real job who skis Mammoth 40 days a year, but when I want to remember that magical time I pop in 1999. Interestingly, I stayed in Tahoe for half a decade and never got another snow year quite as good as 98/99, it was pretty epic. I never had a bad season, but that first one was the best. Immersion also has some great Squaw footage. One of the things I liked about MSP's movie this year was the Squaw footage.

Keynote skier by Phil Casabon is one i watch on repeat