Float is an all-women's snowboard film. The project is a rider driven and produced film that will focus upon the level of women's riding today as well as documenting the lifestyle and environment surrounding their snowboarding.
A clip from the girls snowboard film 'Last Winter'. In this section we see Lisa Filzmoser, Erin Valverde and Sandy Gecek work in bad conditions in Niseko, Japan.
'A documentary about the birth of the now'. The original trailer that was used to help get investors and interest for the documentary film DogTown and Z-Boys.
Check out the trailer for Oakley Uniquely - buy the latest issue of Cooler for a FREE cover-mounted copy of the DVD!
The first women's only surf, skate, snow and wake film, Uniquely is a beautifully shot HD masterpiece directed by John Roderick of Float fame, with motion graphics by Chris Hewitt. Shot with RED, an advanced new camera technology developed by Oakley, the riding is cutting edge too. Featuring the talents of Marie-France Roy, Chanelle Sladics, Anne-Flore Marxer, Gretchen Bleiler, Angeli Vanlaanen, Elena Hight, Amber Wing, Lauren Perkins, Lynz Adams Hawkins, Claudia Goncalves, Karina Petroni, and many more on some of the finest slopes and waves around the globe.
Jamie Anderson wins the slopestyle contest at the Roxy Chicken Jam 2008 to secure herself the 07/08 TTR World Title. Check out all the highlights from Mammoth, California as the ladies go to battle in the last stop on the TTR World Snowboard Tour.
ChunkyKnit films present DropStitch, an all-girl snowboard movie filmed in Iceland. Featuring Lesley McKenna, Tina Birbaum, Lisa Filzmoser, Lisa Wiik, Cuca Aranda and others!
Running with full momentum off her Slopestyle title win the day before, 07/08 Swatch TTR World Tour Champion Jamie Anderson surprised everyone with an epic first run in the Halfpipe finals to take home her first Halfpipe Title ever at the 5-Star Burton New Zealand Open 2008.
Shotgun! is the first Finnish all-female snowboard film ever - starring the native Hot Girls crew. Featuring fantastic footage of the girls ripping it up across Europe to get you stoked for the snow. Produced by Noora Vihervaara; Filmed by Olli Koivula and Edited by Osku Petteri.
Our roving reporter takes a peek behind-the-scenes at the Metro Ski and Snowboard Show at London's Olympia. Featuring chats with fashion show MC Christian Stevenson, top Brit snowboarder Jenny Jones, the lovely ladies at Les Ettes and top tips from Laura Hill on buying a board.
Skier Mille Windfelt joins the team along with Russia Roxy girl Alyona Alyokhina. There isn’t much fresh snow but the girls get creative and make the most of the interesting terrain.
Five go fixed in Berlin. Check out the results...
For more Berlin fixed gear loveliness, check out the full story in issue 17 of Cooler, on sale 26th January.
Pam Rittelmeyer's documentary has delved deep into the skateboarding archives to bring you a visual history of women's skateboarding. Check out the retro footage of female pro skaters from the 60s, 70s and 80s and get inspired. The movie, entitled 'Backspinning Quarters in the Candy Machine' is as yet unfinished, so if you know anyone with deep pockets, give them a nudge - we can't wait to see the full 90-minute version.
From 23-26 October, Battersea will be transformed into a mini alpine resort; featuring the biggest real snow jump ever made in the UK! The music line-up is equally as massive, with headliners including Cypress Hill, The Enemy and The Automatic. Grab your tickets from londonfreeze.com, or watch all the action live from your sofa at Mpora.TV!
Girls Cable Wakeboard Tour of the UK with Steph Caller, Chloe Jones, Liu Batchelor, Tor Young, Kath Moore, Sarah Kingdom, Alexis Twigden, Amy Garner and many more...
Until she was 13, Margot didn't know whether she wanted to turn professional in snowboarding or surfing. Although she decided to follow the snow path, surfing is still a huge influence in her life. Check out this profile on a girl who is just as happy on a surfboard as a snowboard.
With the ethos that 'Better fitness equals better surfing', Scott Adams (a fromer triathlete and personal trainer) and Todd Walsh (a former California beach lifeguard) have devised the Surf Stronger Video series, starring two-time runner-up World Champion surfer, Serena Brooke. Surf Stronger is a surf-specific workout that will help you improve strength, endurance and stability in your core to improve your performance in the waves.
Burton presents 'It's Always Snowing Somewhere' - a double DVD snowboarding movie. The winter never ends as the team travels from the southern to northern hemisphere laying waste to parks, pipes, pow, big mountain lines, and jibs; Alaska to Argentina. Starring: Shaun White, Terje Haakonsen, Gigi Rüf, JP Solberg, Heikki Sorsa, Nicolas Müller, Tadashi Fuse, Jeremy Jones, DCP, Kevin Pearce, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Mikkel Bang, Peetu Piiroinen, and many more...
Whet your appetite for the winter with this clip from Glacier Park, Roxy Park and DC Central Park. Pirate Movie Productions member, Bjoern Hartweger, and other pro riders introduce the three parks on the Kitzsteinhorn.
Back in June, Nikita Snowboard Clip Contest winner Kasia Kwiecien won a trip of a lifetime shredding in Iceland, courtesy of Nikita. Watch the highlights here! To be in with a chance to win this year's comp - get your entry in now...
Stuck for where to book your trip to the slopes this season? Then take a look at this awesome footage of skiing and snowboarding in Murmansk, Russia, and get inspired for a trip to the Soviet.
Jamie Anderson wins the slopestyle event to secure the TTR World Title ahead of Kelly Clark and 06/07 TTR champ Torah Bright. Mammoth Lakes, California played host to this epic women's event, the last tour stop on the TTR World Snowboard Tour.
From rider-born Runway Films, See What I See, the follow up to 2007's La La Land, is a unique piece of snowboard cinema, which showcases the most progressive women's riding on the planet. Filmed in HD and Super 8, the influential crew charge across the globe, from gnarly backcountry steeps to behemoth park booters, and stylish powder slashes to ridiculously technical rails. This is the best ladies shred flick ever.
An EU-funded documentary, Scrapbook follows the Finnish scene across the globe, including the world's finest such as Antti Autti, Markku Koski, Peetu Piiroinen and Shotgun star Meri Peltonen.
La Famiglia's latest snowboard flick features some superb shredding from the likes of Liza Filzmoser and a crew of Austrian guys who head to Lake Tahoe, California, for street rails, sunshine and epic snow.
Standard Films comes up trumps with another jaw-dropping display of shredding from some of the world's finest riders. Priscilla Levac proves her legendary backcountry and freestyle skills, alongside huge hitters Chas Guldemond, Matthieu Crepel and Torstein Horgmo.
Marie-France Roy's riding was phenomenal in 2007's Any Means. So, expect Rome's follow up, No Correct Way, to be even more intense. With Bjorn Leines, Marius Otterstrad and LNP.
Annie Boulanger shreds some incredible powder with the ground-breaking Absinthe crew, from Alaska to Avoriaz, next to Nicolas Mueller, Gigi Ruff, Wolfgang Nyelt and Kevin Pearce.
Climbing anywhere is a tricky and tiring task. Add solid ice into the equation and you've got yourself a totally new challenge. Only the extremely hardy need apply...
Two lifts, a mosque and not much else... In the final part from the Roxy photo shoot in Turkey, the team heads to a secret resort in southern Turkey. With two lifts and two pistes it doesn’t look hopeful but it turns out to be the grand finale of the trip...
Cooler cover girl Anne-Flore Marxer showcases her finest snowboarding skills in La La Land, the fantastic all-girl snowboard movie by Float Films and Runway Films.
Watch Rachel Atherton ride to victory in the final round of the UCI Downhill World Cup at Schladming. Not only did she put in a perfect performance, but she also painted her nails for the occasion. Our kinda girl.
The highlights of a weekend with London’s surf break specialists Big Friday. Watch the gaggle of city girls to head down to the coast and hit the waves, with some yoga, pampering and the odd cocktail thrown in for good measure.
Too much snow in Kartalkaya... Part 2 of behind the scenes on a Roxy photo shoot in Turkey. With almost too much snow for the terrain, the Roxy girls get creative using anything possible to get the shots.
Behind the scenes on a Roxy photo shoot in Istanbul, Turkey featuring Kjersti Buaas, Tania Detomas, Margot Rozies, Basa Stevulova and Lisa Wiik. In this first part, the girls are discovering Istanbul.
The second installment of this snowboarding, skiing, surfing and skateboarding film featuring a bunch of Europe's best boardsports ladies doing what they do best.
SnoWhite is a snowboarding, skiing, surfing and skateboarding film featuring a bunch of gutsy Euro chicks doing what they do best. Among the cast is Anne Flore-Marxer, Caroline Beliard and Margot Rozies. Sit back and watch the first part now, and we'll put part two online tomorrow.
The first in the new season of podcasts from Roxy! Kjersti Buaas has had enough of nice girl Torah Bright and sets out to fight her to the death. Featuring cameo appearances from many of the top female snowboarders!
From August 28 to September 1, the world's top 17 female surfers will be in France for the year's 4th stop (of 8) on the ASP Women's World tour. The contest is the girls' only event in Europe for 2008 and one of the year's most popular stops.
The 2008 Roxy Jam Cardiff will take place September 19th - 21st at Cardiff Reef in San Diego, CA. Top female surfers from around the world will be competing for a tidy prize purse and some much-coveted ranking points.
The Roxy Jam Honolulu is now on at Queens Beach, Honolulu. This 3-star Association of Surfing Professionals contest, now in its second year, is the only ASP sanctioned longboarding event scheduled for Hawaii in 2008 and will bring together more than 80 world class female longboarders from around the globe. Keep your eyes peeled for last year's champion Julie Whitegon, 2007 Women's World Longboarding Champ Jen Smith and Roxy team-riders Kassia Meador, Julie Cox, Kelia Moniz, Kula Barbieto and Crystal Dzigas.
For two days on the Dutch coast, 24 blind and visually impaired children took to the ocean and were taught how to surf as part of The Out of Bounds program within The O’Neill Surf Academy. Watch the highlights of the amazing day here.
Check out Kelly Dunn shredding sidewalks, skateparks and pretty much anything else that crosses her path. Read our exclusive interview with Kelly here!
Screenings of this graffiti documentary are scheduled on four continents over the next couple of months, so catch it on the big screen while you can. Check out the schedule here.
'Bomb It' seeks to tell the backstory of graffiti from a truly global perspective. And in doing so, it gives a personal voice to those oft forgotten people behind the tags that adorn so many of the planet's public spaces.
The Red Bull Air Race World Series will see the world’s best pilots back in the UK and racing just metres above the River Thames on 2nd and 3rd August 2008.
Take a break from your day to watch the video for Goldfrapp's new single 'Caravan Girl'. The perfect soundtrack to riding the Arbor Bamboo Bug. Produced by Emmett Malloy and Arbor USA friends at Jack Johnson’s Brushfire records.
World-class surfers Patrick Shane Dorian, Matt George and Matty Liu star in 'In God's Hands' - a dramatic adventure featuring some of the most spectacular surfing footage ever filmed. From Madagascar and Bali to Hawaii and Mexico, director and co-writer Zalman King takes us on an action-filled tour of the most exotic and dangerous surf spots on the planet, and shows why only a select few are good enough to ride the big ones...
The Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour kicks off down under next week! Dedicated snowboarders are trekking down south for the first stop of the 08/09 season, the 5-Star Burton New Zealand Open, kicking off on July 29th 2008.
