First Descent
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kevin Harrison
Terje Haakonsen
Shawn Farmer
Shaun White
Tom Sims
Nick Perata
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Documentary chronicles the rebellious, inspiring and sometimes controversial rise of snowboarding--as seen through the eyes of the snowboarders setting the standards and breaking the boundaries of this worldwide phenomenon. Film spotlights a handful of snowboarding's early pioneers (including Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata and Terje Haakonsen) and some of the ultra-sponsored superstar phenoms at snowboarding's current cutting edge (Shaun White and Hannah Teter) and literally takes them to the edge--the snow blanketed mountains of Alaska--where these five icons face some of the most challenging and hard-core natural terrain on the planet. Leading up to their first descent, the crew of five share their stories, comparing viewpoints, individual lifestyles, and unedited opinions on the evolution of snowboarding that began as a delinquent child of skiing and now stands as an international cultural movement that has permanently changed the face of winter sports.
Cast
Terje Haakonsen
Shawn Farmer
Shaun White
Tom Sims
Nick Perata
Travis Rice
Chuck Barfoot
Henry Rollins
Jake Barton
Hannah Teter
Crew
Coll Anderson
David Burwick
Christopher Covert
Kemp Curley
Kemp Curley
John D'aquino
Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan
Shawn Farmer
John Galloway
Terje Haakonsen
Tera Hanks
Kevin Harrison
Kevin Harrison
Marc Joubert
John Kaplan
Paula Martone
Chris Moore
Mark Mothersbaugh
Nick Perata
Larry Tanz
Hannah Teter
Jaime Weinstein
Shaun White
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video February 21, 2006
Released in United States Winter December 2, 2005
Released in United States on Video February 21, 2006
Released in United States Winter December 2, 2005
