Freeskiing Museum

Author: Eric Iberg

  • Global Storming

    Watch the full movie HERE!

    Release date: Fall 1999

    Produced by: Matchstick Productions

    Directed by: Steve Winter, Murray Weis

    Skiers: Chris Davenport, Dean Cummings, Shane Szocs, Candide Thovex, Philou Poirier, Richie Schley, Shane McConkey, Wendy Fisher, Brad Holmes, Aaron McGovern, Gordy Peifer, Jamie Burge, Mike Douglas, Evan Raps, Shawn Nesbitt, JT Holmes, Seth Morrison, Vincent Dorion, Julien Regnier, JP Auclair

    Global Storming is an extreme snow skiing film featuring the best athletes in the sport today.

    Travel with these world-class skiers as they take on the slopes in exotic locations, including Norway, Switzerland, France, Alaska and British Columbia. Mind-blowing action by these amazing athletes has been captured by some of the best cinematographers in extreme sports. This film is set to the freshest new music.

  • Sick Sense

    Watch the full movie HERE!

    Release date: Fall 1998

    Produced by: Matchstick Productions

    Directed by: Steve Winter, Murray Weis

    Skiers: Seth Morrison, Dean Cummings, Wendy Fisher, Chris Davenport, Shane McConkey, Jeremy Nobis, Gordy Peifer, Shane Szocs, JP Auclair, Brant Moles, JF Cusson, JT Holmes, Alison Gannett, Adam Comey, Kim Reichelm, Dominique Perret, Saucer Boy

    Follow an All Star cast of shredders as they circle the world in search of the sickest and most epic arenas. Sick Sense will make your jaw drop!

  • Pura Vida

    Watch the fill movie HERE!

    Release date: Fall 1997

    Produced by: Matchstick Productions

    Directed by: Steve Winter, Murray Weis

    Skiers: Dean Cummings, Kent Kreitler, Wendy Fisher, Chris Davenport, Shane McConkey, Brant Moles, Scott Newsome, Richie Schley, Seth Morrison, Adam Comey

    Pura Vida, Spanish for the pure life, is a 16mm film documenting the lifestyle of skiers and snowboarders who search the globe living for deep snow and big mountains.

    Shot on location at: Chamonix France, Whistler Blackcomb BC, The Great State of Alaska, and Crested Butte, CO.

  • Fetish

    Watch the full movie HERE!

    Release date: Fall 1996

    Produced by: Matchstick Productions

    Directed by: Steve Winter

    Skiers: Dean Conway, Dean Cummings, Shane McConkey, Seth Morrison, Todd Swim, Kent Kreitler, Aaron Rain, Jamie Simon

    At the back of every obsessive skier’s mind lies the ski fetish.

    Fetish is a 16mm exploration of the Alps, the Chugach Range of Alaska and the deep snow of Island Lake Lodge in Fernie BC. Fetish also includes segments on motocross and kayaking. Satisfy your obsession and watch this tape.

  • The Tribe

    Watch the full movie HERE!

    Release date: Fall 1995

    Produced by: Matchstick Productions

    Directed by: Steve Winter

    Skiers: Dean Conway, Kent Kreitler, Seth Morrison, Mark Peterson, Dean Cummings, Diane Peterson, Shane McConkey, Matt Goodwill, Brian Savard, Frank Gambalie, Tony Hawk

    The Tribe is a ski movie about seven skiers and two snowboarders.

    Follow them as they search the globe for deep powder, epic features, and good times. The Tribe also features Frank Gambalie BASE jumping, and a Tony Hawk skate session in southern California.

  • The Hedonist

    You can watch the full movie HERE!

    Release date: Fall 1994

    Produced by: Matchstick Productions

    Directed by: Steve Winter, Murry Weis

    Skiers: Dean Cummings, Dean Conway, Seth Morrison, Doug Coombs, Noah Salasnek, Dave Hatchett, Daniel Franck, Victoria Jealouse, Mark Peterson, Dave Bluestein, Dan Gilchrist, Gordy Peifer, Bill Erickson, Allen Riley, Scot Schmidt, Jon Treman, Jeff Engerbretson, Tom Davis, Kim Reichelm, Sebastien Bourquin, and Kristen Lignel

    Ancient Greek philosophers taught that the meaning of life was found in the gratification of desires. 1994

    The Hedonist is a ski and snowboard epic based on the hedonistic urges of hardcore skiers. Guaranteed to Stoke the Fire.

  • Soul Sessions & Epic Impressions

    You can watch the whole movie HERE!

    Release date: Fall 1993

    Produced by: Matchstick Productions

    Directed by: Steve Winter, Murry Weis

    Skiers: Mike Gottino, Seth Morrison, Dave Bryson, Noah Salasnek, John Treman, Dave Bluestein, Kristen Lignel, Mark Peterson, Lizzy Day, Jeff Engerbretson, Griff Davis, Dean Cummings

    Soul Sessions was the first full length feature film that Matchstick produced. 1993

    Soul Sessions & Epic Impressions features a solid group of early nineties rippers chasing powder. Powder Magazine said. “an infectious, exuberant film that speaks to true skier”, while Ski Magazine called Soul Sessions, “the most hip, exciting, energy packed ski film we’ve seen in a long, long time.”

  • Wasteland

    Release date: Fall 2024

    Produced by: Level 1 Productions

    Directed by: Owen Dahlberg, Andrew Mildenberger

    Skiers: Jonah Williams, Jake Mageau, Harald Hellstrom, Anni Karava, Parker White, Lucas Wachs, Oscar Weary, Taylor Brooke Lundquist, Chris Logan, Dakota Connol

    WASTELAND: a featurette film. With new faces and old friends, both in front of the lens and behind it. Celebrating 25 years of Level 1, but focused only on the future.

  • Romance

    Release date: Fall 2019

    Produced by: Level 1 Productions

    Directed by: Josh Berman

    Skiers: Lucas Stål Madison, Laurent De Martin, Sämi Ortlieb, Chris Logan, Parker White, Keegan Kilbride, KC Deane, Wiley Miller, Will Wesson, Noah Albaladejo, Tanner Rainville, Khai Krepela, Will Berman, Lucas Wachs, Duncan Adams, McRae Williams, Emile Bergeron, Phil Casabon, Tom Wallisch, Mike Hornbeck, Thayne Rich, Remco Kayser, Ahmet Dadali, Ben Smith, Ethan Swadburg, LJ Strenio, Colby Stevenson, Krypto Skier aka Eirik Moberg

    In 1999 the old sport of skiing had just been given new life, and Level 1 was conceived to document its progress into the future. With twenty years in the rearview mirror it still stands true- new things never get old. Romance, the final chapter of annual films by Level 1, captures a modern-day Golden Age in skiing. Featuring a generation of talent that came of age in the best time to ever do it. Tweaking the formula, tweaking the grab, and in it for nothing but the love.

  • Zig Zag

    Release date: Fall 2018

    Produced by: Level 1 Productions

    Directed by: Josh Berman, Freedle Coty

    Skiers: Parker White, Laurent De Martin, Sämi Ortlieb, Chris Logan, Will Berman, Keegan Kilbride, Will Wesson, Thayne Rich, Peyben Hägglund, KC Deane, LJ Strenio, Khai Krepela, Kim Boberg, Oliver Karlberg, Tanner Rainville, Duncan Adams, Ahmet Dadali, McRae Williams

    Zigzag.

    1. a pattern created using alternating course.
    2. another word for skiing.

    Following nearly two decades of ski movie pedigree, Level 1 documents a lifestyle of contradiction. Timeless ephemera. Love and money. Natural and synthetic. Powder and slush. Stagnant and innovative. Untracked and well-travelled. Consistent but not predictable. Swerving left, right and diagonal, yet never asleep at the wheel.