Arc’teryx Film Tour Gets Us in the Mood for Winter

Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Arc’tertx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Step forward, Going East.

Here’s the PR blurb.

“Follow along as a group of skier’s embark on a public transit fueled journey through diverse landscapes and cultures as the long rides blur their sense of time and place.”

Here’s the trailer:

Here’s my view:

“It was a travel film as the riders went east from the Alps on public transport via Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and finishing in Turkey.

“It wasn’t full of the rather self-indulgent powder ski shots with a cliched story line, but rather told the adventure as it was.”

Often the snow was way below par.

“You got all the stuff here except powder and this couloir is really shite,” said one of the riders in zero visibility on hard pack ice on a steep couloir.

He then linked a series of jump turns to get down the very steep couloir.

It was impressive skiing.

“The journey to a ski resort is as important as the skiing itself,” said one rider as they finished their journey in central Turkey.

I could only think of my trip to ski in Turkey last winter:

• PlanetSKI is skiing and site seeing in Turkey

Skiing in Turkey. Image © PlanetSKI

City & Ski, Turkey. Image © PlanetSKI

And the numerous rail trips I have taken to reach remote ski areas whether in the Alps, or deep inside the Arctic Circle.

• PlanetSKI reports from the Arctic Circle

And RV trips in Canada:

• The road to Revelstoke and beyond

Or random ski road trips in Idaho:

• Our Idaho road trip moves on

And just in case you are wondering I am doing a little road trip round a few resorts in the Alps for a couple of weeks in December.

Then in January PlanetSKI is being a bit more ambitious – we’re going to be six weeks or so in Japan, on a road and rail trip round the ski resorts on the main island of Honshu and the northern island of Hokkaido.

‘Going East’ what my appetite for the adventures ahead this coming season.

Watch this space.

Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Weazy:

Craig Murray’s skiing might jump off the screen, but it’s the character behind the stunts, jumps, flips, and spins that keeps us watching.

Follow along on a season with Murray as he chases snow, evolves his skiing and makes lasting connections with the community that supports him.

“It was a biopic of the New Zealand freerider Craig Murry, with some epic  footage both in New Zealand and then as he competed as 19-year old rookie on the Freeride World Tour on Verbier’s Bec des Rosses.

After the screening he said “I heave a clear connection with nature and that is where I am at my happiest.”

Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Every Island Has A Name: 

Visage is about what we love about snowboarding and its community: Fun, camaraderie and going where it takes us.

This project emphasizes the sheer enjoyment of exploring, riding, and spending quality time with a group of friends who share a deep passion.

This was a a treat for the eyes balls with superb cinematography that kept the audience in the IMAX entranced and spell-bound.

Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Ephemere:

It is the long reflection of a shy child who has a special relationship with nature and snow, of an adolescent who survives by a miracle and loses his best friend, of a young adult lost in discovering a society that he finds difficult to understand.

Again the riders and director were on hand to be interviewed and take questions.

Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

PlanetSKI was at the inaugural Arc’tyrex Winter Film Tour last autumn and it comes highly recommended by us.

Do check it out next year if you can.

PlanetSKI will be back.

It is firmly in PlanetSKI’s calendar of ‘must-go-to events’ in the autumn as winter approaches.