"Aspen Extreme saved my life"
by The word Gaper is overused
Aspen Extreme is more than a movie. As many, many others have found, Aspen Extreme (or AEX) brings wonderful thoughts of life as a ski instructor in the early '90s. Ahhhh, was there no better time to be a skier... I doubt it. The early '90s were the forefront of the freeskiing movement we see today, and no other movie describes the passion and versatility of skiing as AEX.
In 1993, after watching Aspen Extreme for 8 straight hours, I realized that my life was saved! Not that I had been dying or was thinking about ending life, but I realized how much of life I was missing. Aspen Extreme had the power to provoke thought. Dexter Rutecki and TJ Burke were my heroes and to this day still are. I realized that day, after endless hours of 80's music, neon colors, rear entry boots, K2 skis, and timeless Doug Coombs footage, that I needed to live in a van, move away from my barn in Indiana and find a reason to move to Aspen.
Thanks Aspen Extreme, now I live in a van in the parking lot of a grocery store and get free wi-fi from McDonalds! Life is good and Extreme as hell.
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