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On March 7 & 8, 2008, Boise State University's Outdoor Program will be hosting another fantastic selection of international and local films. The selected films will highlight the spirit of adventure that is driving the cutting edge of adventure sports. 2008 will mark our ninth annual Sawtooth Mountain Film Festival. The annual sell out event is designed to both promote the Outdoor Program's services and Idaho's bountiful recreational resources.
Boise, Idaho is a progressive, healthy lifestyle community with excellent access to 4-season recreation sites. The film festival is designed to expose the community to a wide variety of adventure sports. The multi-sport format draws a broad demographic of outdoor enthusiasts and typically spans ages from eight to eighty. The event unites the climbing, biking, skiing, boarding, and kayaking communities by bringing everyone together to celebrate the outdoors and to share the enthusiasm and passion we all feel when we are doing what we love.
This year we have also added a daytime rail jam event to complement the films and bring out more participants. We will be bringing the mountain down to the university with 5 semi-trucks filled with snow. The rails, jumps, and party atmosphere are expected to bring out 75 competitors and about 2,000 spectators.
The independent film festival was designed and developed to generate funding for the Boise State University - Student Outdoor Leadership Development Program. The net proceeds from the event are used to provide quarterly expedition based leadership training opportunities for about 25 student candidates per year. Graduates from the program give back to the university and Boise community by cumulatively teaching about 150 educational and/or technical skill programs per year. Former students from the program have gone on to influence and shape the outdoor industry as field instructor, guides, educators, and owners of recreational businesses.
Sawtooth Mountain Film Festival - Day 1
Location: Boise State Special Events Center
Doors Open: 6:30PM
Show Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: $6.00 in Advance / $8.00 at the Door
Festival College Rail Jam - Day 2
Date: Saturday March 8, 2008
Location: Boise State Intramural Field
Event Starts: 1:00 PM
Event Ends: 5:00 PM
Cost: Free
Sawtooth Mountain Film Festival - Day 2
Date: Saturday March 8, 2008
Location: Boise State Special Events Center
Doors Open: 6:30PM
Show Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: $6.00 in Advance / $8.00 at the Door
Tickets can be purchased at the Outdoor Program.
Call for more info 208-426-1946.
Friday night, March 7, 2008
Yellow Boat – Whitewater
Banff National Park 2007 - 4:30 min
Directed and Produced by: Andrew Hardingham
Sport: Kayaking
Description: At one hundred feet high, Johnson Falls in Banff National Park is one of the highest waterfalls ever descended in a kayak. The story of one young man paddling head on into the maw of his biggest goal.
Raising Idaho
Idaho 2007 - 8:00 min
Directed and Produced by: John Abernathy
Sport: Snowboarding
Description: In the beginning... Idaho riders pushed the limits of snowbaording and have not yet ceased to continue leading the way.
Ride it Out
Fairfield, Idaho 2007 - 10:00 min
Directed and Produced by: J Clive Jordan
Sport: Snow Kiting
Description: Is winter fun under threat from global warming? Ride It Out! It's not about the biggest badest machine or some ski in or ski out condo, it's about the power of the wind, big air, and miles of untracked powder!
Patagonia
South America 2007 - 31:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Alastair Lee
Sport: Mountaineering
Description: Andy Kirkpatrick is a pioneer of winter climbing in Patagonia with many hair-raising ascents to his name. This hilarious film documents his latest Patagonia horrow show; an attempt at the first winter ascent of Torre Eiger with felow alpinist Ian Parnell.
Yeah Dude
South America 2007 - 9:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Poor Boyz Productions
Sport: Skiing
Description: Ingredients: sick lines, big mountains, and no filler.
Pacific Horizons
Pacific Northwest 2007 - 8:00 min Directed and Produced by: Reel Water Productions
Sport: Sea Kayaking
Description: Pacific Horizons inspires all paddlers to keep exploring. From the deck of a kayak, this film uses the Pacific Northwest as a dynamic canvas to explore the people, places, and wildlife living along the coastline.
Feeding The Dragon 2
Idaho 2007 - 10:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Sean Glaccum
Sport: Rafting
Description: Idaho big water brings on big hits and sometimes we are bottom side up.
Alaska – Human Powered
Alaska 2007 - 14:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Noah Howell
Sport: Telemark Skiing
Description: A group of Telemark skiers from the Wasatch head to Alaska for some big committing ski lines.
Saturday night, March 8, 2008
Life on a Line
California 2006 - 4:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Jutta Reichardt
Sport: Slack Line
Description: One athlete's search for balance and how walking the straight and narrow is catching on.
Sink or Swim
Boise, Idaho 2007 - 10:00 min Directed and Produced by: Colin Clark
Sport: Skateboarding
Description: Custom edit from the pending release of Sink or Swim. Film highlights the Prestige Skateshop team riders and friends as they travel and skate across the North West. The skateboard footage is complimented by stunning tricks, cinematography, city scapes and lifestyle scenes.
Kayaking Hades: Conservation and exploration at the edge of the world
Papau New Guinea 2008 - 15:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Trip Jennings
Sport: Kayak
Description: This film follows the Epicocity crew on their recent exploration of the Pandi River in Papua New Guinea as they paddle from the source to the sea in a hotspot for biodiversity that is slated for logging within the next year.
The Windsurf Movie
Hawaii 2007 - 30:00 min
Directed and Produced by: John Decesare & Jace Panebianco
Sport: Windsurf
Description: The story of windsurfing from the riders perspective filmed during a three year 16 MM and Hi-Def visual odyssey
Neither TatHigh nor TatLow
British Columbia 2007 - 3:00 min
Directed and Produced by: The Range Life
Sport: Kayaking
Description: A group of Norwest friends find British Columbia's Tatlow Creek at the perfect water level.
Never Stop
Jackson Hole 2007 - 5:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Teton Gravity Research
Sport: Skiing
Description: Against all odds, Marc Andre Belliveau is back on the slopes getting faces shots and steep lines after becoming a parapelegic from a near fatal skiing accident.
Young Blood
British Columbia 2007 - 6:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Bryan Smith
Sport: Climbing
Description: Matt Maddaloni pushes the limits of free climbing as he attempts Young Blood, 5.13A
Alsek
Alaska 2007 - 17:00 min
Directed and Produced by: Scott Rolander
Sport: Multi-Sport - Rafting/Climbing/Skiing
Description: Documentary of a journey down the Alsek River. Film highlights include climbing and skiing Mt. Blackadar, portage across Tweedsmuir glacier, and ending at the gulf of Alaska after nearly 200 miles of floating throught one of the wildest river coordiors in the world.
Rippin the Rubys
Ruby Mountains, Nevada 2007 - 5:00 min Directed and Produced by: Tough Guy Productions
Sport: Telemark Skiing
Description: The Ruby Mountains of Nevada prove that the addiction never dies and that friends and family are always abandoned when the snow flies.
Rethink & Reform
Western United States 2007 - 5:00 min Directed and Produced by: HiRide Productions
Sport: Multi-Sport: Conservation Focus
Description: The places that we love are often not safe from development...become engaged and protect your sacred places.
2008 BOISE STATE CAMPUS RAIL JAM
Date: Saturday afternoon March 8, 2008
Time: 1:00PM-5:00PM
Location: Boise State University Events Field
Cost: Free
Contact: 208-426-2628
The Student Programs Board and the Outdoor Program are bringing winter down from the mountain and onto campus.
The college event is part of a 12 campus tour that will feature professional and amateur riders competing to be the ultimate king and queens of grinding and sliding on rails and jumps.
5 semi-truck loads of snow will be donated by Bogus Basin and dumped on campus for the ultimate urban rail riding competition.
There will be 75 riders from Boise State, local shops, and regional resorts ripping it up throughout the afternoon until the crowd moves inside to see the Sawtooth Mountain Film Festival.
This a free event for the community to come see the best local riders rip it up.
