Watch Now: 2006’s Teddybear Crisis (Full Movie)!

In so many ways, 2006 was a pivotal year in freeskiing's history. Tanner Hall and Simon Dumont-two of the sport's most powerful personalities to date-were just starting to get a rivalry going in the halfpipe that would be a focal point of the Winter X Games year after year. Both were in the midst of the strongest part of their careers, with Tanner recovering from two broken ankles suffered during a session on Utah's legendary Chad's Gap-he stomped a mind-bending switch cork 900 at 53 mph-to win X Games gold. Monochromatic matching outfits were all the rage, with Jon Olson leading the charge with the most egregious color combos. Giant gaps of all kinds were the rage, often dominated by bona fide Transformer/stunt jumper Mike Wilson. A huge roster of future legends, from slopestyle dominator TJ Schiller to our own Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, were just getting started.

During the winter of 2006, all these guys skied in front of the lens of Kris Ostness-a legend in his own right. His Line Ostness Dragons were one of the first full-length twin-tip skis in history, and he helped pioneer the push into giant backcountry gap jumps in his home turf of Utah; he built up the 120-foot Chad's Gap for the very first time with Chad Zurinskas himself. Kris took to ski filmmaking with a similarly pioneering vision-a taste for cerebral-feeling films that left a mark on anyone who saw them. Teddybear Crisis, the film he made with Henrik Rostrup and Howie Arnstad, remains to this day one of the most memorable films about the freeski movement ever made. Whether it was the countless Utah canyon gaps, Mike Wilson's groundbreaking double over the Snowbird halfpipe gap, the super-creative intros and awesome soundtrack, or simply the way the trio decided to film each segment with barely a tripod for equipment, it's a pretty special thing that this entire film is available for free online. We highly suggest you give it a full watch, then thank Howie Arnstad for putting it on the internet!