BURSTThe Blizzard of Aahhh’s is a rockumentary style look at the ski world in 1988, at a time when extreme skiing only existed in small pockets around the world. Made by Greg Stump, the movie put big mountain skiing on the map.
The film features Scot Schmidt, Glen Plake and Mike Hattrup in Chamonix, Telluride, Snowbird and Palisades Tahoe. Featuring music by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, Nasty Rox Inc., ACT, Andrew Poppy, Schonherz & Scott, Alpha Blondy and Ted Musgrave.
Plake said this about the film two years ago: “At the same time, I’m really proud of the skiing that we did in the movie. Though I think it got a little bit misinterpreted from the fact that most of the skiing we were doing was actually just raging around on-piste, skiing manky snow. I mean, there were some great shots on the Envers du Plan area, but a lot of it was just mashing moguls. The whole world of freeride came about after, but the reality is we were, like, skiiiiing. I just think what we were doing has been missed a little bit.”
The Blizzard of Aahhh’s is considered by many the best ski movie ever made and arguably the catalyst which began the extreme sports movement. Watch it below.
The Blizzard of Aahhh’s
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