Hooray for search function working! Reviving this, as I just got mine off ebay recently.
IMO, this is one of the best snowboarding movies made. It may not have as much action, oras many segments, or riders as standard releases. But the people being interviewed, from Tex Davenport to Jake Burton, all help drive this amazing documentary. Slight amount of history, just like First Descent, but more focused on the subject: Craig Kelly. Part of the reason I feel this hits home it it is more of a movie, similar to First Descent, rather than just a huge collection of riders doing their thing.
This movie runs the full gamut: educates you some (depending on how long you've been riding), makes you laugh alot (especially the Landrover part), cheer, and even cry (yes, I did shed a few for the legend).
Soundtrack is amazing. Great mix of genres and songs. All seem to fit seamlessly with their section as well. Hetfield did a good job narrating.
The only drawback I noticed, and I doubt many will, is that some shots were reused in different parts of the movie...never mroe than twice, but they were reused.
If you get one movie this year, I would vote for this one. 9.0/10. Simply great.
-B
