Major Motion Picture to be Filmed at Lake Tahoe in 2014 = “Shark Movie” Yep, sharks murdering and eating people in Lake Tahoe, California. That’s what Hollywood thinks will scare people. And it will. After I saw Jaws as a kid, I was scared of swimming in pools. Supposedly, there will be some major Hollywood names rolling around in Lake Tahoe this year. “Names you recognize and you see.” – Jeffery Spilman, producer with Reno Tahoe Studio, told KOLO-TV One of the reasons the film is being shot in Tahoe is due to Nevada’s new 19% tax break for filmmakers shooting movie in the state of Nevada. “The […] SnowBrains | October 7, 2013 1 Comment
NEW Trailer for Sherpa Cinema’s “Into The Mind” is Sick These guys are good. Sherpa Cinema’s just released Trailer #2 for their latest Movie “Into the Mind” that just had its world premier last week. In this edition, they’re trying to tell us that skiing has consequences. Big consequences. And it does. What Sherpa Cinema’s is doing with ski movies is changing the industry. Now, they’re […] Movie Trailer SnowBrains | September 30, 2013 3 Comments
Pep Fujas in Alaska on Foot in Sweetgrass Productions’ “Valhalla” Vallhalla has already had it’s premier this fall and the word is out: It’s good. Here is some proof with Pep Fujas charging around Alaska without a helicopter for the first time. After years of exploring Alaska’s mountains with helicopters, skier Pep Fujas sets out on foot, out of a remote basecamp, to explore the Tordrillo Mountains. Despite bitter […] SnowBrains | September 19, 2013 2 Comments
Burton Snowboards Presents: BACKCOUNTRY | 20 Minutes of Goodness Burton brings you 20 minutes of backcountry shredding. This is part one of a four part series that should be fun. Exotic locales, the best snowboarders, and good snow. A simple formula that works. Burton’s four-part web series, [SNOWBOARDING] kicks off with the release of the first episode, BACKCOUNTRY. This episode takes you deep […] Backcountry SnowBrains | September 17, 2013 1 Comment
Wrangelled – Alaska Ski Mountaineering Movie The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska is bigger than Switzerland and has 3 mountain ranges: the Chugach, […] Miles Clark | September 17, 2013 5 Comments
“Beyond the Edge” | Story of the 1953 First Ever Summit of Mount Everest In the beginning of the year 1953 the score on Mount Everest was 13 deaths, 0 summits. It was still very unknown if the summit of Mount Everest could be achieved. New Zealand bee-keeper Edmund Hillary and very experienced Sherpa Tenzig Norgay changed all that on May 29th, 1953. Against all odds and against ridiculous climactic conditions, they safe reached the summit of 29,028-foot Mount Everest. This movie is a re-dramatization of the Edmund and Tenzig’s first ascent of Everest. It premiers on October 24th, 2013 in New Zealand […] Movie Trailer SnowBrains | September 11, 2013 1 Comment
“Wreckallections” | Your Pillow Skiing Fix for the Day This is your ski porn fix for the day. From 2:20 to 3:05 in this video, there’s nothing but stellar deep pillow skiing. The rest of the movie is mostly urban and jibby and good. But it’s those 45 seconds of pillows that really got us going. We want pillows – now. Mike Hornbeck spent his entire 2012/13 season filming his own short movie with the intent to release online for free by season’s […] SnowBrains | September 10, 2013 2 Comments
Burning Man Uncovered… | “Spark” a Burning Man Story Spark is a new documentary about Burning Man that is currently screening in select theaters in the U.S. Here’s a synopsis offered by Spark Pictures Production: “Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy […] Sara K | September 4, 2013 2 Comments
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