“The Art Of Flight” World Tour Hits Denver

Brain Farm Cinema’s “The Art Of FLIGHT” World Tour continues to steamroll its way across the country and made a stop in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011.  One of the crew’s favorite venues, the elegant Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown’s Performing Arts Center is a highlight of the tour. Known in opera circles as “the Ellie,” this world-class acoustical hall is usually reserved for well-to-do patrons in tuxedos and gowns attending some sort of Mozart-related performance. But just as they elevated snowboarders’ social status with 2008’s “That’s It, That’s All,” Travis Rice, director Curt Morgan and the entire Brain Farm team took over this magnificent space once again and filled it with the sights and sounds of shred.

As Travis Rice’s right hand man on the mountain, Vans Team Rider Mark Landvik has been featured in a starring role in the last two Brain Farm productions. With his entertaining personality providing the comic relief in “That’s It, That’s All,” this time around Mark takes a more narrative stance in helping Travis tell the story of “The Art Of FLIGHT”. The film continues the path that Curt Morgan has charted since 2005’s “The Community Project”—a travel-based, documentary style snowboard film that aims to not only show the best snowboarding on some of the farthest reaches of the planet, but also the story behind what it takes to get there. The films have always been a departure from the traditional rider-jump-trick format that most every other snowboard “video” has followed since the beginning of the genre, and with “The Art of FLIGHT’s” multi-million dollar budget and lengthy production schedule, this time it’s bigger and better than ever.

Videograss World Tour In NYC

With all the hype and hoopla surrounding the grand scale “The Art Of FLIGHT” Premiere in New York City last week, Videograss decided to keep it a little more homegrown with a low key snowboard movie showing in NYC’s historic Lower East Side. The free, no-expensive-ticket-needed affair was held at The Draft Bar on Ludlow St., and came complete with a $1000 bar tab courtesy of Videograss and Vans. The Big City’s snowboard fanatics came out in force to check out Videograss’ new movies, “Retrospect” and “Shoot The Moon” while swilling back some brews and hanging out with fellow shredders. Vans team riders Darrell Mathes and Hana Beaman were on hand to welcome the rowdy crowd and VG filmer Gary Milton hosted friends and family alike. The movies were great, the drinks were cold and everyone who showed up had a great time celebrating the start of the season. Check out the photos from the night and check out vgsnow.com to find out when the tour hits your city.

Videograss blonde fan club.

The Art Of FLIGHT World Premiere in NYC

Yes, it finally happened. After two years of traveling the world documenting the best riders in the world with the best cameras and crew on the planet, Brain Farm Cinema has delivered their masterpiece, “The Art Of FLIGHT”. A culmination of efforts between Red Bull Media House, Quiksilver and Brain Farm, TAOF showcases the incredibly talented snowboarding of Travis Rice, Vans team rider Mark Landvik, and many other guest stars as they trek to mountains across the globe in search of the perfect shred. In fitting style, TOAF premiered in New York City at the legendary Beacon Theater on Wednesday, September 7th, to a capacity crowd that was raucous with excitement. With almost everyone in the action sports industry attending, the eyes of our world were on Travis and filmmaker Curt Morgan to see how they could possibly top the irreproachable “That’s It, That’s All”. Well, with an even bigger budget, more riders and the experience of their previous endeavors, Travis and Curt have created a film that will once again set the standard for every action sports movie, no matter what the discipline, to follow for years to come. Check out our exclusive photos from the grand event and the wild celebration that followed on our flickr page, and click the links below for exhaustive coverage from the media surrounding the film:

Snowboarder Magazine

Transworld Snowboarding

espn.com

“The Art Of FLIGHT” Autograph Session

“The Art Of FLIGHT” has almost finally landed and snowboarding is officially in the air in New York City. With cooler fall temperatures, gray skies overhead and an incessant downpour of rain, it feels like it’s time to ride. Tomorrow night, “The Art Of FLIGHT” is poised to redefine sports cinematography once again, as they show the entire world what real snowboarding is all about. Last night the TAOF crew got together for an autograph session and to launch the Asymbol Gallery Limited Edition Photo Collection. Travis Rice, filmmaker Curt Morgan and the entire team was at Paragon Sports in Manhattan to sign autographs, meet fans and celebrate the historic event.

Müller, Blauvelt and Landvik — three BIG Mountain slayers.