DECEMBER 2
SHORT FILMS
4:00 PM
Short Films
INTERSECTION: MICAYLA GATTO
5 mins | Directed by: Lacy Kemp
Professional mountain biker and artist Micayla Gatto recreates in her paintings the sweeping vistas of ridgelines she rides on her bike. Both cornering berms and putting paintbrush to canvas allow Gatto to achieve that magical flow state where she exists completely and happily in the present moment. Intersection takes us inside the vibrant space where artist and athlete collide, as Gatto pedals through her artwork with a splash of color.
INGRAINED
8 mins | Directed by: Jimmy Chin, Wade Dunstan, David Cleeland
Growing up as a ranch kid in tiny Ten Sleep, Wyoming, Mark Carter was raised on small-town realities like fixing a fence, branding cattle and herding steers across the sage-strewn acreage. Not exactly a typical candidate for a professional snowboarder. But once he made his first turns, he had discovered his passion. And he made it a reality. Today, Carter straddles two worlds — traveling the globe in search of epic lines before returning home to help out on the ranch. And he never loses sight of what his father instilled in him as the most important part of life: being a good, honest man.
BREAK ON THROUGH
26 mins | Directed by: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Matty Hong
In the world of climbing, the 5.15 grade is a rarefied realm reserved for only the strongest and most precise sport climbers. Most never achieve it, legends like Alex Honnold won’t go near it and for women, it’s long been out of reach. Until now. Meet Margo Hayes. This petite former-gymnast surprised the world in 2017 when she tackled Spain’s La Rambla — a brutal 5.15 that features giant moves, tiny crimpers and a small chance of success — and sent it, shattering the glass ceiling. Instead of resting on her laurels though, this driven climber immediately set her sights on an even bigger objective.
DROP EVERYTHING: MICHELLE PARKER SEGMENT
4 mins | Directed by: Scott Gaffney
Fast, fearless, steep and deep. That about sums up Michelle Parker as she carves graceful lines into the spines of Alaska.
CLIMBING OUT OF A DISASTER
9 mins | Directed by: Dominic Gill
Bryant Huffman spent his days deep water soloing, sport climbing and bouldering as founder of Climbing Puerto Rico. Then Hurricane Maria dropped a nuclear bomb of water and wind, which destroyed much of the island. With his work as a guide temporarily suspended, Huffman and his climbing buddies put their skills to good use by morphing into emergency arborists. And out of the devastation comes a glimmer of something positive. The hurricane peeled huge chunks of limestone from cliffs, creating scores of new routes. Climbing Out of a Disaster is about shifting your perspective to see the silver lining in calamity.
RJ RIPPER
16 mins | Directed by: Joey Schusler, Aidan Haley, Ben Page
Rajesh Magar has been obsessed with bikes since he was a small child growing up in Kathmandu, Nepal. When the other kids were studying, he’d be dreaming about, designing and drawing bikes. As the son of a construction worker and housemaid, however, a bike wasn’t easy to come by. Undeterred, he built one, a clunky Frankenstein, but a mountain bike nonetheless. He started racing, and his drive and raw talent got noticed, leading to a job as a mountain bike guide and a path to professional racing. Today, Nepal’s National Champion is living proof that it pays to stick to your passion, no matter how implausible it seems.
THE SPACE WITHIN
6 mins | Directed by: Frank Pickell, Ben Sturgulewski
Picking through the tidepools of a deserted tropical beach, a young boy finds a mysterious treasure washed upon the rocks and is swiftly transported to a different world. This one is blanketed in snow, muffled by storms and home to skiers carving through shoulder-deep powder.
FOLLOW THROUGH
22 mins | Directed by: Adam Clark
Haters gonna hate. Especially when you’re Caroline Gleich in the social media age. Her ski mountaineering exploits garner attention, though not all of it positive. Follow Through chronicles the journey of Utah skiing’s poster girl as she attempts an audacious goal: completing all 90 routes of the Chuting Gallery, a collection of the Wasatch Range’s most classic and gnarly lines. In addition to the cruel words of her online tormentors, Gleich is also haunted by the deaths of her half-brother Martin and friend Liz Daley, both lost in avalanches. As she methodically checks off lines over four seasons, Gleich learns when you’re committed to your dream, you don’t need the acceptance or approval of anyone else.
RIDE OF THE DEAD
12 mins | Directed by: Michael Parenteau
In Mexico, November 2 marks Día de los Muertos, a day to honor the dead with festive shrines, offerings of flowers and parades. And while many in Oaxaca flock to cemeteries to spend time with those who have passed, another Día de los Muertos event takes place in the ancient trails that snake through the Oaxacan highlands above. The Trans Sierra Norte is a multi-day enduro mountain bike race that rips through dense woods, burly singletrack and tiny villages, with bikers finishing in Oaxaca City right about the time the fireworks are blasting off.
ROGUE ELEMENTS: CORBET’S COULOIR SEGMENT
4 mins | Directed by: Todd Jones, Steve Jones
A right of passage for any Jackson Hole skier, Corbet’s Couloir is conquered here not on two planks, but two wheels.
