From his adolescence racing in the Northeast to his recent days as a big-mountain freerider on the steep spines of Alaska, Jeremy Jones is an ever-evolving pioneer of snowboarding. He’s also a high-profile climate change activist who walks the talk by forgoing helicopter rides in favor of splitboarding. Higher — the third chapter in Teton Gravity Reseach’s incredible Deeper, Further, Higher trilogy — takes viewers from the Tetons to the Himalayas in search of remote, never-before-ridden lines with no room for error. With decades of work preparing him for this third installment, Jones realizes life isn’t about standing on a summit: The rewards are the journey and the people you meet along the way. …And yes, there’s insanely epic snowboarding.
Accompanying Short Films:
Afterglow (lightsuit segment) – Directed by Michael Brown & Nick Waggoner
Hailed as one of the most cinematically profound ski films ever made, Afterglow is a testament to the Sweetgrass legacy of creating bold, uncompromising, creative imagery. Filmed at night in B.C. and Alaska’s backcountry with powerful lights and ski suits studded with LED lights.
Sun Dog – Directed by Ben Sturgulewski
Man’s best friend has never been truer than in this endearing, intimate portrait of skier Santiago Guzman and his loyal canine companion Conga. Living deep in the mountains of Patagonia, the pair spends idyllic days scouting big lines on the steep Argentine mountains together from their base in a backcountry hut known as Refugio Frey. The snapshots of their life together are brief and beautiful: Conga’s coat ruffling in the wind as she chases a ball of snow, a spindrift cresting over a ridgeline as the duo get ready to descend, Conga bounding after Guzman in an effort that is both graceful and goofy. The heart can’t help but swell in this short portrait of fidelity, love and snow.
