Documentary Archives

Shaun White Documentary Coming to HBO

Shaun White, the snowboarding legend who revolutionized the halfpipe competition, is set to be the subject of a new HBO documentary. Having retired from competitive snowboarding following his 5th Winter Olympic appearance in 2022, the syndicated network is set to document his remarkable career in the near future. While many details regarding the documentary have yet to be revealed, we […]

Olympics

Matt Scribner | April 17, 2023

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[VIDEO] HBO Drops Official Trailer for Tony Hawk Documentary: Until the Wheels Fall Off

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SnowBrains | March 10, 2022

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The Weight of Gold: A Documentary Exploring The Mental Health Challenges Of Olympic Athletes

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Sebastian Opazo | July 24, 2020

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‘Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season’ Documentary Nominated for 2 Emmy Awards

Olympic champion and winningest female alpine ski racer of all time Lindsey Vonn’s HBO documentary, Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season, has been nominated for two sports Emmy awards. Related: TGR and HBO Announce Feature-Length Documentary: ‘Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season’ Known as the most decorated female alpine skier of all time, Lindsey intimately recounts her final season in this feature-length documentary, with a […]

Industry News

SnowBrains | April 7, 2020

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The RECCO Story | How A Tragic Accident Changed The Whole Snow Rescue Industry

When I was a kid I would always wonder what that small, almost unnoticeable object hiding between the layers of my ski jacket was. I could also notice it was in my parents’ ski jacket, in some gloves and even helmets and boots. All I could tell at that time was the name on it, RECCO®. I never really understood […]

Avalanche

Micho | December 6, 2019

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Rock Climbing Documentary ‘Free Solo’ Won 7 Emmys on Saturday Night

Rock-climbing documentary Free Solo won seven Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles on Saturday night. The documentary, directed by husband and wife team Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, gives a unique insight into rock climber Alex Honnold’s mindblowing quest to perform a free solo (no harness or safety ropes) ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA. The […]

Climbing

CragBrains | September 16, 2019

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VIDEO: Mount Bohemia TV is a Cool Documentary About a Unique Michigan Ski Resort

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SnowBrains | March 22, 2019

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VIDEO: Heartwarming Documentary of 70-Year Old Couple who Skin Up A-Basin, CO Every Morning

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Steven Agar | May 11, 2018

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Abandoned (movie) Skiing The Remains of Old Colorado Ski Hills

New documentary seeks to explore the remains of Geneva Basin Ski Area. According to Colorado Ski History, it was originally named Indianhead after the English family who developed Indianhead ski area in Michigan. It first opened in the early 1960s, but had financial issues due to the underdeveloped state of the access road on Guanella Pass. It exchanged hands of […]

CR Johnson Movie Review

Recently, 4FRNT skis released the documentary highlighting the career and life of CR Johnson. In the wake of the many annual ski movie releases the CR documentary stood out to me for a large variety of reasons. The video brought to light first and foremost how great a person CR was and secondly how amazing a skier he was. I feel this is important due to the fact that no matter how progressive or outstanding a skier is, in the end it’s the person […]

Ryan Mulcahy | January 3, 2014

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C.R. Johnson Documentary Trailer from 4FRNT Skis

We hadn’t ever heard that this documentary was being created and we are very pleasantly surprised. It makes perfect sense. C.R. Johnson was a skiing legend by the time he was 14 years old. Later in life, he nearly died in from a traumatic brain injury in 2005, then came back to rip hard on skis again. Tragically, C.R. died at […]

Chasing Ice: Review of The Award Winning Documentary

“The smoking gun on climate change.” – Robert F Kennedy Jr. “The Climate Change debate is over.” – Greg Reitman, Huffington Post Trailer Segment from the film of largest calving event ever caught on tape. Chasing Ice is an astonishing documentary that aims to prove Climate Change’s existence through a riveting visual experience. It captures the evidence of glacial change […]