Contradiction and addiction – both blend into one when it comes to the passion snowboarding. Elias pursues the questions which are most important to him. How can you bring Snowboarding in line with a responsible life? How can you deal with the contradictions which come along? How about the ecological footprint?

Jackson Hole’s Kings and Queens of Corbet’s is without a doubt one of the most progressive events in the snow world. Set in the famed Corbet’s Couloir on Jackson’s peak, today’s top snowboarders and skiers send themselves through the air off the iconic drop and into a course of jumps and features below.

TWENTY is the culmination of twenty years of big mountain filming, and raises the question of ‘is it worth it?’ While documenting the evolution of this sport many of the characters have witnessed first hand the power and destruction of the mountain, Guido as well as other central characters struggle to come to terms with the reality and the dangers.

In Frozen Minds, the pro snowboarder Victor de Le Rue is testing the limits of what is possible and challenges himself against unforgiving, ice-covered slopes in Chamonix, France.

“Ikigai” is a portrait of the Japanese snowboarder Shin Biyajima. Created by Travis Rice, this short film is set in the exotic location of mainland Japan and explores the process and motivation behind growing up and riding in the land of the rising sun and bottomless snow.

From Travis:

From underneath the surface to the top of it. Simply for the feeling of snowboarding. In snowboarding and especially in freeriding, no matter where you strap in you’ll find yourself in unique places doing stuff you will never do the same again. Every moment, every turn, every hit – they’re all special. You have to get Closer.