Authors: Lauren Ashley Paul
X-Dance Review: Resonance
Illy riders, awesome tricks and killer locations all wrapped into one is Absinthe’s latest film release, Resonance. … read more
X-Dance Review: Ready To Fly
Kicking off the 13th Annual X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival was the full-length ski jumping feature, Ready to Fly. The film follows world champion Lindsey Vonn and her US teammates through their controversial journey to get women’s ski jumping accepted as an official Olympic sport. … read more
X-Dance Review: Gauchos Del Mar
Gauchos Del Mar: Surfing the American Pacific is a subtitled film involving two Argentine brothers who travel the coast of their native continent to just surf. … read more
X-Dance Review: White Silk Road
Long ago, Allan decided that any trip he was going to take that surrounded snowboarding would be “an epic adventure,” so he packed his gear, grabbed his brother Clint Allan and good friend, Nick Gregory, and journeyed to the skeptical countryside of Afghanistan. … read more
X-Dance Review: Tempting Fear
In his short film, Tempting Fear, Fransson narrates and journals his intense and deeply personal connection between his soul and the sport of extreme skiing. … read more
X-Dance Review: The Kyrgyzstan Project
The Kyrgyzstan Project is a short film about Colorado climbers Eric Decaria, John Dickey and Matt Segal who travel to the Ak Su Valley in central Asia for a thrilling ascent up the 5.12 granite “Russian Tower.” … read more
The Snow is Always Greener: Ramp Sports’ Revolution
Based in Park City, RAMP Sports is rapidly making its way to the top of the winter sports industry with quality, handmade and environmentally friendly hard goods. Mike Kilchenstein is a pioneer. RAMP’s owner, founder and president, and green economist, Kilchenstein spent 35 years of his career prior to starting RAMP Sports manufacturing skis for Rossignol. … read more