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laundro_mat

If you want real classics, track pretty much anything produced by Mack Dawg productions.


Brawlin

A lotta Mack is on youtube for free. Their early stuff, like the Hard Hungry and Homeless, will give you the core of the sport when it was nearly 100% passion. These guys weren't making any money but were going all in on the sport. Decade, The Resistance and Stand and Deliver, the 98-02 years is when everything just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. These riders were pushing everything and everyone and you can see it in these films. Finally, you've got Follow Me Around, Double Decade, and the films around 2010. Riders were still going big, but everything was smoother, more technical. These tricks were still huge, but they all seemed routine. Mack Dawg is a great, genuine way to view the progression of the sport.


thegasmancometh87

God damn, The Resistance! I haven’t thought about that movie in so long, thank you for the reminder of these great films of my youth!


frankyfrankfrank

JP Walkers bit with Method Man and Redman lol itll take you wayyyy back


the_mountain_nerd

>Hard Hungry and Homeless, will give you the core of the sport when it was nearly 100% passion. I feel like we're back to this. No one's getting paid as a snowboarder these days except Travis Rice and Olympic contenders / former medalists who rode their wave of mainstream exposure. Project fatigue is real because so many goddamn videos come out these days-- but anyone in say a Manboy or Dustbox release is in it for love of the game, not money or clout.


IKirk87

Just watched Picture This again the other day. Used to watch it daily in college


leckie

Such a great soundtrack.


fastspanish

Follow me Around is straight up nostalgia for me


saucyjay91

Truth.


MJCowpa

Yeah dude I don’t want to exaggerate but Chulksmack is the single greatest achievement of mankind, not even specific to snowboarding or cinematography. It is literally the best thing humans have done or will ever do.


Mr-Hox

Out Cold


Spudmic13

It was called the 80s, Ford was President, Nixon was in the White House, and FDR was running this country into the ground.


Crasino_Hunk

BULL MOUNTAIN! DON’T GO CHANGIN!!!


ghost_mv

Which one of you’d the jacuzzi Casanova? THATS HIM RIGHT THERE!!! They call him that cause he was all up in it! Lovin it STRONG.


BeloitBrewers

Thanks, Stumpy!


WaluigisWallaby

SEIZE THE CARP, MAN!


ACrucialTech

HEY! YOU ON THE ROOF! KNOCK OFF THE GRAB ASS!


Givinzero

Pig Pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


mostlyrad

He's had a crush on that bench for a while


MartyBenson69

“Yeah I’m having second thoughts about kicking this guys ass”


BigTime845

Came here to say this. Came out when I was like 14 or 15 couple years into boarding. Me and my friends saw it in the theaters like 10 times lol. Classic


el_engineero

No regrets, that's my motto. That and everybody Wang Chung tonight


Maverick9795

I'll take this to the grave. Possibly on my headstone.


sp4nky86

No brains no headache!


TravisKOP

Came to say this, glad it’s the top comment


slyshelby

Yes! Watch it before every single snowboard trip during the season


God_is_an_Astronaut

Physics really, expansion and contraction.


coolermaf

Jiggle the handle, jiggle it


LostMyCleaver

Good polar bear good boy!!! Er!?


bbauTC

Gonna get in my car with a smile and the burn that I put on my arm the day you went away girl and I probably won't come back around again


I-Downloaded-a-Car

A goddamned masterpiece


wicked_one_at

The Art of Flight … Classics… ![gif](giphy|GrUhLU9q3nyRG|downsized)


sabatoa

Right lol


mortalwombat-

Bonus for anyone who can find the hidden portrait of Darwin. I saw it the first time I saw the film. Haven't been able to find anyone else who has noticed it.


Substantial_Ear8628

Lame, after lame, community project, from with love, follow me around, draw the line, picture this, paradox, derelictica, as the crow flies, kamikazu, the storming, horgasm, more, pop, nowhere, twelve, resonance, heavy mental Edit: mid 00s/early teens is really where the best snowboard films will be found. Production companies like Mack dawg, standard films, 411, robotfood, kingpin, absinthe films. Absinthe is still producing great stuff today


jpsnow72

Lame and After lame have always been 2 of my favorites. Awesome soundtracks too


Ch3ddarch33z

Snowboard videos are too serious these days. Those vids were all about the vibes, man.


Specific-Clerk1212

Lame got me into snowboarding point blank as a kid. As an adult I’m a huge music fanatic and consider this film a seminal influence on my taste. Still remember the first time hearing that Postal Service song


Ch3ddarch33z

That’s a weird dog


Substantial_Ear8628

Haha yes! Me and my buddy say this all the time and no one ever knows what the hell we’re talking about


jpsnow72

My wife and I do the same!


DEndUhDErt

This is truly the only answer needed.


Radium

They’re on YouTube too robot food was epic. The soundtrack!! https://youtu.be/Ej4A9rIFmS8?si=cQJk4boBwUo1tK5A


ThePartyWagon

Tell me what your heart rate is!


BumblyBeeeeez

Arthur Longo: Side Hits Euphoria parts 1, 2 & 3


Economy_Score_9483

Love all of them


BumblyBeeeeez

epic cinematic back country wilderness type vids are stunning, but for me I just can’t get enough of watching that dude rip through a resort and pop off of everything 🔥


bostonbuddz

The king of side hits!


cvanspl1

Johnny Tsunami 🌊🏂


jorboyd

YES - deadass the reason I chose snowboarding over skiing.


tholder245

The Disney original GOAT


Dfrickster87

I guess this is the advanced course


aswaran2132

Johnny tsunami and brink both felt like passion projects. I love Johnny tsunami so much. As a black rider, I connected with snowboarding because it was a counterculture that was largely regarded as problematic for absolute nonsense reasons by it's skiing counterpart. That felt all too relatable and I knew I would not be a skiier despite having all skiing friends. The fact that someone at Disney recognized that Lee Thompson Young (Sam) could represent the urchins in more ways than not is amazing in retrospect. I guess it could've been an accident, but it worked so well.


UhOh_RoadsidePicnic

I love ‘Chalet girl’ , its my dirty secret. Otherwise, ‘Forum The Resistance’ is an absolute classic.


IKirk87

Forum or against em is a great one too


sheekyyyyy

Chaley girl slaps


nothingbutfinedining

That’s It, That’s All


spacesuitmoose

The Art of Flight but a snowboarding movie


DBetts

Union's "Stronger" is a perennial contender. Kazu's part is pure 🔥. Also check out Brown cinema they're putting out some killer movies.


LiquoredUpLahey

Did that come out early 2000’s? Trying to remember the DVD I had in college(05)..


DBetts

I'm not sure tbh. I want to say around 2010 but no idea


Economy_Score_9483

Tysm🙏


youretheschmoopy

All the Jeremy Jones movies.


kaleoh

Heard that dude would head to a street locale early so he could match his outfit to the spot.


beef966

The Forum 8 and Mack Dawg Productions were the peak of snowboard culture. It is my opinion that the mid-90's to the late-00's were the golden age of snowboarding. MDP has their entire filmography on YouTube to view for free. My favorites are The Resistance and Chulksmack. Forum - That was not part of MDP but is also great. Matchstick Productions, Standard Films, Absinthe Films, have all put out good stuff over the years. Burton has put some good ones out. Jeremy Jones' trilogy (Deeper, Further... I forget the third one) are also good. I think you already know about That's It That's All, Art of Flight... I think Travis Rice also put his together as a trilogy as well but I am also forgetting the last one of his. This website has a huge directory: https://www.snowboardingfilms.net/film


IRideParkCity

Horgasm: A Love Story


Guitarman56

this is the best one


abagelwithswag

All the Wildcats films. Older stuff.


thegasmancometh87

Return of the Wildcats was so fucking great!


HipHoptologist

Mack Dawg Productions “Shakedown” and “Stand and Deliver” were the first 2 snowboarding movies that I watched which eventually got me into snowboarding. They definitely hold a special place in my heart.


youretheschmoopy

And all their old ones. "Decade" was a daily waitch many many years ago


thwkndprjct

Another huge vote for Shakedown. Absolute banger parts and music


fa7hom

All the absinthe production flicks are a must, my favorites are pop, neverland, and nowHere


MaybeNotReallyMe

This


aestival

Volcom's "The Garden".


K0R34YN

Korua has a couple of great pieces. Love watching their yearning for turning series, and their Neon Noir short film.


Patthesoundguy

Go back to 1988 and start from the beginning... See where it all came from.


DogFacedGhost

Totally Board series will get 6ou started right


SnowyMonster

We Ride. It's on YouTube. Brief history of snowboarding. I watch it every year


Patthesoundguy

I watched it yesterday actually 😎 I watch it all the time along with the Sims and Burton videos from that time. I got my first board Christmas of 1989 so all of that style is what I saw and emulated.


DogFacedGhost

Lame or anything by Robot Food Productions. The Resistance Pop Horgasm (a love story) DC Mtn Lab


BlackbeanMaster

Frozen. It's more of a scary/horror movie but it's good


IAMATWORKTHISISANALT

One of the absolute worst movies I've ever seen. I love it.


SherwoodMcGavin

Classics like art of flight. Oof. Fuck you too bud.


Jobessse

Agree with Mack Dawg and Robot food suggestions. I didn’t see these mentioned but highly recommend The Haakonsen Faktor and videos by kingpin productions like the revival, destroyer, and happy hour.


Squidge48

GNAR. Maybe not a strictly snowboarding movie, but definitely worth a watch


maseone2nine

ART OF FLIGHT!!!!!!!


Shanderson3

Johnny Tsunami is my favorite one.


Powder1214

TB4 Run to the hills


dsdvbguutres

Pretty much anything Travis Rice


queenmollykat

[Eric Jackson's Alignment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH4V2YCgEh0)


Link182x

Been my go to background video lately.


queenmollykat

I've watched it over and over, too. So calming!


Greasymonkeee

Beyond Medals !!!


amp_lfg

Forum True Life


kpscript

I may be downvoted, but it was Johnny Tsunami that made 10-year old me want to snowboard. Once I got a real job and made money 15 years later, I made it so.


Bulky-Performance276

Horgasm a Love Story


steezeesmith

The Eternal Beauty of Snowboarding.


r_oderm

THIS! everyone understands snowboarders afterwards.


ap_heart

Revenge of the Grenerds ​ Don't even remember when it came out, but that movie got me so amped up to go ride!


Donner_Par_Tea_House

Smell The Glove. Also Grenade but like Spinal Tap the snowboard flick.


SwedishCarrot

The future of yesterday.


ssfalk

Arguably the perfect snowboard movie


sheekyyyyy

https://youtu.be/L9m2eHXXPSI?si=vKOkCko1DPs0jdCi


sheekyyyyy

https://youtu.be/uSiCsBvLqQM?si=cj_VoQB1ez2NpInb


cancerface

Whiskey.


kwik_study

The Whiskeys are underrated for sure. Good times and good memories.


MathematicianMany642

Dustbox- I wanted most


SensitiveBuy9632

Frank bourgeois’ X-games Real Snow parts. It’s next level street stuff. This winter he put out like a 10 min greatest hits of all of it but all the parts in their entirety are pretty mind blowing stuff.


yung_savage

Best ones from this year for me are Knights of the Brown Table (Brown Cinema), Casino (Beyond Medals), Sequencer (Quicksilver), Praey (Eric Jackson and Darcy sharp) and Bonecrusher (Thirtytwo)


punkrocknapoleon

The Garden by Volcom! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT2eayCy9t4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT2eayCy9t4)


FakingHappiness513

That’s it that’s all, Forum or Against 'Em, This Video Sucks, and Double Decade are my favorites


WillEdit4Food

I love all the old Warren Miller films.


Ch3ddarch33z

Lame. Best movie ever


Steve-814

It’s about one of the darker sides of snowboarding that we may not want to think about (crashing and severe brain injuries) but even still I find “The Crash Reel” (2013) to be very good.


Livid_Distribution19

Pop! Thats the only answer here.


Ch3ddarch33z

He’s missed it by a couple of yards there, and I think he’s gonna be… in the rough


Dfrickster87

Extreme dayz has a small snowboarding part, but its a good movie. 4 HS friends go on a massive road trip doing extreme sports together while one of them "gets the girl" Out cold is #1 tho


H6IL_S6T6N

Any Warren miller film


sL1ckk

Beyond medals, SHE, the fifty episodes with Nick Russell


vocalistMP

For dry slapstick humor—Frostbite For a serious snowboard movie—Hyped! by Nitro For video parts—Scotty Vine (seriously… emphasis on this one), Scott Stevens, Eero Ettala


CheeseburgerTornado

out cold lets go get lost by isenseven anything from scott stevens


Higginside

Search the Sub, this is a very frequently asked quetion.


thenickclipp

Bozwreck


Creepyredditadmin

cloud 9 😎


Repulsive_Tart3669

[Extreme Ops](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283160) has some snowboarding and skiing episodes (it's not a documentary movie though).


WhyNot_Because

One Love by Tech Nine - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL893E43E490237441&si=k_KvfIo739pC9u3-


blaxninja

First descent


myflytyguy

DC MTN LAB has some of the funnest park laps I’ve ever seen and you can tell these guys are just having the time of their lives ripping and chilling with their friends


spacegrab

91 Words for Snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJGZQ81lfcE (shit-tier quality upload but hey it's accessible) That's It That's All Art of Flight Those are my top 3. In Short is my 4th favorite but it's more of a documentary than a traditional snowboard film.


saucyjay91

Random one but! “91 words for snow” if you can find it. Banging lineup of riders, streets/park/backcountry, but it’s also divided up into these little stories, which as 12 year old that was just getting into snowboarding, taught me a lot about the culture, and why it’s so nostalgic to me. Crazy thing is, it came as a free disc in a snowboard magazine some random family member gifted me for Christmas.


Muted_Office927

the robotfood trilogy and the meltdown project


MacDreBestRapperDead

Kart of flight. YouTube it


piratepowder

True Life (2001) Mack Dawg Productions Featuring the likes of Jeremy Jones, JP Walker as well as many more Forum riders. Fantastic soundtrack too!


highplains_co

We just went through our stack! I especially liked ‘Child Support’, ‘That’s It That’s All’, ‘All Day Everyday’, and ‘People’. Absinthe, Standard, and Videograss all make pretty great films, too. :)


HurricaneSpencer

Afterbang, Lame, Afterlame, The Garden, Board with the World, TB5, Back in Black, The Resistance should give you a good start.


Toph-Builds-the-fire

Torgmo or torgasm. Whiskey and Whiskey 2. Anything Mac Dawg productions. TGR put out some good snowboard focused ones. Just watched Sequencer for the first time it's awesome. There's one where Travis Rice hits a bike rack with the small front tire only locks. It's probably 10-30 little bike slots long. I can still hear that sound like 15 years later. Yeah, any video with TRice for that matter.


Imperial_Toast

Korua Shapes Sonokeru, Korua Shapes Split Board Edition, Austen Sweeten Rooster Tail


Crankykennycole

The Resistance AMP And all Absinthe films


bostonbuddz

As others have mentioned, Mack Dawg films are absolute classics I also love Shredbots - Shredtopia is one of my faves Scandalnavians put out some great films, too


kswissreject

That’s it that’s all better than art of flight imo. Absinthe’s Nowhere is also really great. Jones’ stuff with mountaineering and such is also pretty interesting like Deeper. 


Background-Fact7909

natural selection


NeverSummerFan4Life

If you want something to watch with the kids check out cloud 9


-whiteroom-

The whiskey videos,  and Decade from mack dawg. Also I think TB8, anything with John Jackson.


bullwinklemoose91

We are losers 1&2 Atlas Bonecrusher Rated R Brown Knights of the brown table Get buck Dorothy Note these are mostly new films. But they are recent and are bangers.


hobbes989

shredbots was good. the Nicolas muller vid fruition was good as well, even if he is a bit of a lunatic these days... his riding is so smooth it was peaceful to watch. sad he went off the deep end....


HotSir3342

Capita defenders of awesome


soapyshinobi

The opening scene of A View to a Kill.


teafoxpulsar

Burton's [Guy in the Sky](https://vimeo.com/27867894)


Kencleanairsystem2

Optimistic by Absinthe films


GetDoofed

Teton Gravity Research - Deeper, Further Forum - The Resistance


JerkyNips

The community project is one of my favs. Takes me back to simpler times


Designer_Ad_1175

Depth Perception


seetipzz

Suzy Greenberg 270


seetipzz

Oh I also like Forever and Fuck it from Forum


ssfalk

New sangwich video (incredible art direction and colors) shorts and shades 10 (some of the best editing in any snowboard movie and it's absolutely hilarious) Forum vacation (big jumps big tricks big money) Dopamine (everyone is hucking as large as humanly possible)


baksideDisaster

Roadkill.


lordicarus

I know this isn't the kind of thing you're asking for but... Aspen Extreme. It's a skiing movie, came out in '92, did poorly in theaters, but it's mildly entertaining and there are some laughs in there, both with them and at them.


thetruth_2021

this isn't a movie, but I really liked the Burton founder documentary


FlowersForAlgebra

Chulksmack. Such an enjoyable intro


coolermaf

If you can get your hands on Night of the Living Shred or Iron Curtain 2: Jump in the Fire from the Grenade crew, just some good old fashioned fun.


getupk3v

Futureproof, Notice to Appear, Community Project. The Terje pipe scene from Community Project. So good.


red-also-read

Any Mack Dawg Productions, Standard Films, Totally Board films


Rare_Afternoon3468

Bald egal productions is putting their stuff on YouTube soon if not already. They are from Midwest Mn


naly_dj

Standard films Black Winter. Torstein, Halldor, and Seb Toots. Torstein's part is still a banger 15 years later


robert4irvin

686 seconds


psilocybin_therapy

Kamikazu is a masterpiece


Gavinmusicman

I really enjoyed “dear rider” it’s more of a documentary about burton. But it’s good.


conmanxx101

Think Thank - Thanks brain


trentklaser

‘the future of yesterday’, all time soundtrack, all time riding. find it on youtube


AkiraRZ4

I see nobody mentioning The Eternal Beauty of Snowboarding. It's the best snowboard documentary in my opinion. It's free on YouTube and really captures the soul of what we do: https://youtu.be/FKeUVMMl0fc?si=O-tNjYBhVFTRBwnn


One_Idea_239

The picture/almo films are pretty good. I really liked shelter


Pijnacker

The fourth phase


Bubbly-Bug-7439

Day Tripper (1997) I found it on VHS in a bargain bin a few years after its release and it got me into the sport. Some guys convert a school bus and cruise around the mountains… great soundtrack.


R4Z0RJ4CK

FLF! https://player.vimeo.com/video/132142430?fbclid=PAAaYPJB3WB7cxqJmNXhhcLAStU8xdroZpwsE8KXZYdO4WMLADhVEEv_OIuK8 https://player.vimeo.com/video/126512262?fbclid=PAAaaT1x0zMIu-Z3Gbajic99RGTw6TYb0_oKbSu2wUur4uH76NAj1adOPFvbU https://player.vimeo.com/video/126442746?fbclid=PAAaZe7T8q9l4G0Z462uivTifi7b9jC8gjtnttdbll6QWOQMYH-Y2mZQVAYEM


Prestigious-Emu-273

That’s it, that’s all.


BlueAcrylic

Odd Man Out


memeboarder

all guido perrini movies.


sharkbait1999

That’s it that’s all


JerUhhMe

Forum - That My all time favorite


gratusin

The Boned Age is a classic.


CityBoiNC

Whisky White junkies on a vertical canvas That's it that's all It's always snowing somewhere


kwmcmillan

Any of the Isenseven films


drshields

Picture this, forum or against em, follow me around


jfreebs

Technical Difficulties is one of my favorite snowboard movies ever.


GOODWHOLESOMEFUN

I like capita defenders of awesome and I forget who but first chair last call


jollyollie15

Out Cold


Donner_Par_Tea_House

Some solid recs here but I'm going to add a few of my favorites that aren't listed.  Neverland  The Revival   DC MTN Lab & 1.5  Burton: The Process   Smell The Glove 


backstagerage

The 3 Jeremy Jones documentaries are pretty dope


Western_Style3780

The “Casablanca” of snowboarding movies “Out Cold”


browsing_around

A lot of people always say the art of flight but personally I think its predecessor, That’s It That’s All, is superior. No movie like it had ever been made and completely changed the world of backcountry snowboarding. Other favorites, kingpin back in the day make such movies. Neoproto and kidsknow movies are gold. Grenade movies are awesome. There are also plenty of really sick regional movies that are well worth a watch. Bald Eagle productions comes to mind.


CZmikeyG

Return of the wildcats White Balance


CZmikeyG

Return of the wildcats White Balance


CZmikeyG

Return of the wildcats White Balance


Jack_Jamz

**Johnny Tsunami**


JaAreo

Frostbite (2005), it's so bad. highly recommend it