THE MEETING RETURNS TO ASPEN/SNOWMASS! September 24-27, 2009
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Aspen/Snowmass will once again host The Meeting, September 24-27, 2009, the premier gathering of snowsports filmmakers, athletes, sponsors, media and fans. The 2009 event is celebrating its fifth anniversary and continues to be the cornerstone kick-off event for the ski and snowboard industry each season. The latest snow films will be screened while parties and the third annual D&E Fashion Show will surround the films. In addition, private sessions with guest speakers and athletes will allow for spirited discussion on the state of the industry.
"The Meeting is a great way to kick off the winter season. It is one of those special events that only comes along a couple times of year where athletes, filmmakers and industry magnates all get together in one place to share ideas and good times," said Dirk Collins, Teton Gravity Research. "And there is no better place to host an industry film festival than Aspen."
The Meeting will include 12 ski and snowboard films featuring a broad mixture of established production companies, grass roots upstarts, brand-based features and everything in-between. Each movie will be paired up with another movie and screened in one of the three following venues: Wheeler Opera House, Belly Up Aspen and the Sundeck atop Aspen Mountain.
In 2009 The Meeting will feature the following movies: Matchstick Productions – In Deep, Burton – The B, TGR – Re:Session, Forum – Forever, Poor Boyz Productions – Everyday is a Saturday, A Transworld Snowboarding Production – Get Real, Nimbus Independent – Contrast, JMills Ent - Stance, Level 1 – Refresh, People – Nice Try, Empire Attire – Transitions, BrothersFilm - Blood.
All movie showings during The Meeting will be open to the public at various venues around Aspen including the historic Wheeler Opera House, Aspen Sundeck and Belly Up. The film screenings will be surrounded by parties, events and other surprises with the top ski and snowboard pros featured in the films, the filmmakers themselves, and other industry influencers in attendance to discuss trends and entertaining stories behind this year's movies. This year's event will begin on Thursday, Sept. 24 will the NEPSA Video Awards at the Wheeler Opera House.
The Sky Hotel is the host hotel for The Meeting, offering a limited special rate for industry and media attending the event (www.theskyhotel.com). Rooms are available for only $175 per night, Thursday, Sept. 24 – Sunday, Sept 27, while rooms last and if booked by September 9, 2009.
FILM LINE-UP - THE MEETING
SNOWBOARD FILMS:
Burton – The B For the Burton Team, the 2009 season started just like any other- resort and heli laps from New Zealand to North America and Europe, pipe, park, backcountry, and Stash runs, with riders leaving their mark at every stop. The snow-covered streets of Salt Lake, Minneapolis and sleepy European villages were explored. Corks were doubled and rails were combo'd as waves of winter storms cleaned and set a new slate for mission after successful mission. It was another dream season, but something was different this time. Something bigger, and more iconic, something so over the top that the movie had to bear its name. Burton is proud to present The B, a snowboard film featuring the riding of Jeremy Jones, Jussi Oksanen, Nicolas Müller, Frederik Kalbermatten, Keegan Valaika, and Shaun White with appearances by Danny Davis, Terje Haakonsen, Mason Aguirre, Kevin Pearce, Mads Jonsson, Natasza Zurek, Mikey Rencz, Luke Mitrani, Jack Mitrani, Mark Sollars, Charles Reid, Gabi Viteri, Spencer O'Brien, Mikkel Bang, Sani Alibabic, Marko Grilc, Peetu Piiroinen, Kim Rune Hansen, Stephan Maurer, Chris Sörman, Kazu Kokubo, and Kyle Mack. It's all downhill from here.
BrothersFilm - BLOOD BLOOD is a 16mm independent snowboarding film produced by BrothersFilm (Wyatt & Cory Stasinos, Zach & Aaron Hooper) out of Aspen, CO. BLOOD is being combined with last years unreleased film 31 Days In Alaska. This DVD set called the Stimulus Package takes you on snow filled adventures on location in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Alaska. BLOOD follows Aspen local snowboarders Wyatt and Cory Stasinos as they explore for deep untouched pow and build solid friendships with other snow seekers in some of North Americas sketchiest back country. BLOOD will simply leave you wanting to go snowboarding.
Forum Snowboards - Forever Forum Snowboards is proud to present Forever, its 6th team-inspired snowboarding film. With everything you've come to expect from Forum, and more that you haven't, Forever documents the life and times of the Forum Team from 5am backcountry calls to midnight street sessions, and everything in between. Created by the makers of such highly acclaimed films as The Resistance, True Life, Video Gangs, That, and Forum or Against'em, this newest release is the next chapter in Forum's everlasting legacy. Forever Forum ... Forever Snowboarding. Athletes:Peter Line, Joni Malmi, Eddie Wall, Jake Blauvelt, Pat Moore, John Jackson, Stevie Bell, Jake Welch, Nic Sauve, Daniel Ek, Niko Cioffi, Cameron Pierce, Niki Korpela, and Ethan Morgan. Shot on location at: Lake Tahoe, Cooke City, MT, Quebec City, Oslo, Norway, Squaw Valley, Mammoth Mountain, Summit-at-Snoqualmie.
JMills Ent. – Stance Women's products are the fastest growing segment in snowboarding, yet despite the number of female riders you see on the hill, it's easy to lose sight of this fact. Women's riding often seems relegated to the sidewalk next to the highway known as "men's snowboarding." And nowhere is this equation more true than on the filming front. Stance, the new HD project from Jmills Ent, is set for release in Fall '09—and it's set to reexamine women's snowboarding from the inside out. By combining the most innovative and progressive female riders, including Olympic medalist Gretchen Bleiler and the Winter X Games' youngest Gold medalist ever, Jamie Anderson, with the latest advances in cinematography, Stance is already positioned as the one film everyone wants in on. As the brainchild of lensmen Jeremy Miller and Stan Evans, two veterans of the scene from Salt Lake City, Stance comes with a core credibility unrivalled by any female films to date. But it's the scope and ambition of Stance that truly sets it apart from the pack. Featuring athletes: Gretchen Bleiler, Lisa Filzmoser, Hana Beaman, Jenny Jones, Kimmy Fasani, Raewyn Reid, Torah Bright.
People – Nice Try With two highly acclaimed films under their belts, the creators of We're People Too and Down With People are back at it again with the newest release Nice Try, featuring a progressive crew of riders including fresh additions Wille Yli-Luoma, Seth Huot, Robbie Walker, Snowboarder Rookie of the Year Eiki Helgason, and TransWorld Rookie of the Year Lucas Debari. Follow the crew as they creatively destroy urban spots, find the coolest way down the highest peaks, and just send it—see the good times and good tricks as our People get after it or at least give it a Nice Try. Starring Wille Yli-Luoma, Jon Kooley, Seth Huot, Zac Marben, Louie Fountain, Bryan Fox, Eiki Helgason, Robbie Walker, Shaun McKay, Curtis Ciszek, Will Tuddenham, Jonas Carlson, Josh Mills, Ricky Tucker, Max Baillargeon, and Lucas Debari. Filmed in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, California, Washington, Canada, Minnesota, Quebec, Alaska, Michigan
TransWorld Snowboarding – Get Real This raw, new shred film delivers hammering, up-close action with a diverse cast of professional riders shot entirely in crystal-clear HD format. From the peaks of Alaska to the streets of Minneapolis to the silent forests of Japan, Get Real takes viewers on an adventure straight to the core of modern snowboarding. Tag along as the nine-man crew explores both near and far. Driven by adventure and bent on self-expression, the crew is on a non-stop hunt for the goods —whether that's attacking rails in the heart of the American midwest or dropping alpine descents in the Chugach, nothing is off limits. Featuring an incredible soundtrack and snowboarding's most dynamic riders, Get Real cuts straight to the action and leaves you starving for a shred mission of your own. Featuring snowboarders: Scotty Lago, Jed Anderson, Eero Niemela, Patrick McCarthy, Scott Stevens, Kyle Clancy, Mikey Rencz, Sammy Luebke, Chris Grenier, Devun Walsh, Iikka Backstrom, Bjorn Leines and Benji Richie. Shot on location at: Jackson Hole WY, Whistler BC, Interior BC, Calgary AB, Minnesota, Utah, Mt Baker WA, Alaska, Japan, Switzerland
Winter
Burton – The B 
BrothersFilm - BLOOD 
Forum Snowboards - Forever 
JMills Ent. – Stance 
People – Nice Try 
TransWorld Snowboarding – Get Real