Featured Picture: Courtesy of 4FRNT Skis | Skier: Mallory Duncan
On Film Monday, FREESKIER brings you free motion pictures from the huge world of snowboarding. With a mixture of previous and new, that is the place you could find your weekly dose of freeski historical past, adrenaline and cinema mastery multi function.
For the reason that second it first debuted, “The Blackcountry Journal” has been considered one of our favourite ski movies in current reminiscence. That’s largely as a result of the truth that it has little emphasis on the precise snowboarding. Sure, there are jaw-dropping mountain landscapes featured all through, and sure there are lovely turns exhibited, however the movie actually hits house because of its emphasis on the explanations we ski, not the snowboarding itself.
Right here, we discover a skier making his method by means of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles. Not explicitly talked about within the film however recognized to us because the viewer, that skier is Mallory Duncan. Duncan has been a member of the proficient 4FRNT workforce for a number of seasons, gaining recognition for his prowess within the backcountry. His Instagram feed is populated with pictures from missions to untouched pow fields and excessive peaks, however on this challenge, we get a glimpse at classes he’s discovered by means of one other ardour: jazz.
The challenge is described as, “an expression of artwork, snowboarding, and black tradition.” Whereas the parallels between these three subjects aren’t usually mentioned, Duncan and co-director Patrick Elmore do a wonderful job at guiding us by means of the connections with a surrealist imaginative and prescient. Mixing a plot line right into a ski movie is just not simple, however this workforce did so with absolute perfection. We hope that Duncan and pals have one other challenge like this one up their sleeves.
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A skier contemplates his connection to snowboarding and the mountains. As he hurries by means of the streets of LA, his path takes a flip after bumping right into a jazz musician who helps him uncover the correlation between jazz and snowboarding—an expression of artwork, snowboarding, and black tradition.
Winner ‘Finest Movie’ BANFF Movie Competition – Snow Sports activities
Supported by: 4FRNT Skis, Strafe Outerwear, Folkrm MTN, Oregrown Industries
Dir: Mallory Duncan & Patrick Elmore
DP: Patrick Elmore
EP: Mallory Duncan
Editor: Patrick Elmore
Further cinematography: Neil Provo, Oli Rye, Tyndall Wells, Ian Provo
Authentic Rating: Kaz & Dangerous Turner
Written by: Mallory Duncan
That includes: Chazz & Alex Collins
Snowboarding & Snowboarding by: Mallory Duncan, Ian Provo, Zak Mills, Neil Provo
