TGR’s Favorite Independent Films
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These days, TGR productions are logistically complex and high-budget, but it wasn't always that way. Back in the day, it was just the Jones boys, a camera, and some friends willing to ski or snowboard crazy lines. With that in mind, we're always stoked to see small, independent ski films break onto the scene. Check out some of our favorites from the past year:
Jochen Mesle, Max Kroneck, and Philipp Becker are three German skiers and adventurers who wanted to do something a little different. After completing several expeditions across the world, both on bikes and skis, they decided to combine their passions on daunting adventure close to home: an expedition across the Alps, riding their bikes to access huge ski objectives and covering ground all under their own power.
We’ve made the comparison between Chamonix and big wave surfing before – as in, Chamonix is to winter sports as Pe’ahi/Jaws is to surfing – but Victor De Le Rue takes that comparison to an entirely new level in his latest film Frozen Mind.
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While Alex Honnold might get the fame for his free solos, this crew of young Coloradans pursues their own form of climbing: buildering. Taking full advantage of the urban playground right outside their door, these climbers put up challenging routes where most people look every day but would never think to climb.
What do you get when you combine the deepest pow, the sendiest, goofiest best friends and some snowmobiles? The Blondes tearing it up, obviously. Here they are with their latest season edit and we simply can’t get enough of them.
Freeriders are the lone wolves of the bike industry. Unlike downhill racing, which has incremental steps for competing at the World Cup, there isn’t a clear path to success for freeriding. Instead, it’s a choose-your-own-adventure format. But in many ways, this blank canvas is a blessing in disguise
