Let It Ride
posted by on October 10 at 10:11 AM
In preparation for the beginning of snowboarding season Central Cinema is showing a new documentary, Let It Ride, which won the X-Dance Film Award for Best Action Sport Film and Best Soundtrack (you know the soundtrack is the most important thing in a Snowboard film, right?) at this years X-Dance festival. X-Dance is an all action sport film festival that runs concurrently with Sundance in Utah each year.
Let It Ride is about snowboard maverick and champion, Craig Kelly, who came to symbolize “the freedom, grace, and independent spirit that attract people to snowboarding in the first place.” He died along with six others in an avalanche January 20th, 2003.
The film is narrated by Metallica singer James Hetfield and the soundtrack includes Pearl Jam, Metallica, the Doors, Johnny Cash and Edgar Winter among others.
It plays tonight through Sunday at 8:45pm. Advance tickets can be found at Brown Paper Tickets.
Expect to hear some rockin’ music, see some incredible riding, enjoy the beautiful cinematography, and check out some great old snowboard fashion and hair (Always a hoot!).
Check out the trailer below.
That looks... so sweet. I can't believe I didn't catch that at X-Dance.
Can't wait to see this. I was unplugged for years, and didn't know Craig Kelly had died until two years after the fact. I was heartbroken.
For years, snowboarding was all I lived and breathed. Kelly was a virtual mentor to me, and to all my friends. And Mt. Baker in the 90s was paradise! I miss those days.
Bittersweet.
Looks boring as hell.
I wish James Hetfield had been buried in that avalanche instead of Craig Kelly.
Narrated by James Hetfield?
I wish it was him narrating a Save Darfur doc and not some snowboarder shit. That would totally pwn.
@Fnarf: I wish James Hetfield would have died after the black album.
It should've been James, not me.
It should've been Joe Elliot's face not my arm.
I've got a ton of Craig Kelly vids on BBS
http://broadbandsports.com/taxonomy/term/1151
Is Terry Miller a staff member? Or Terry of Dan and Terry.
Either way, we still don't care about snow sports
Dan, your bf is not smart enough for slog access.
WTF?
It's the upcoming skiing season!
I can't wait to see this...sounds awesome!
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