On Your Marks

Pre-ski in your armchairs before you hit the slopes.

Comments (0) By Susan Froyd Thursday, Sep 17 2009

If you ski, you know the drill: The minute the days begin to grow shorter and a chill begins to frost the evenings, you can think of nothing else, even if you’re rational enough to understand that it takes a while for snow to accumulate on the hills. That’s why ski films were invented: to keep you entertained — and inspired! — until the powder’s thick and gorgeous. Schuss into the ski-film season tonight, when the mogul moguls at Matchstick Productions premiere their 2009 HD thriller, In Deep: The Skiing Experience — which features a list too long to repeat of some of the world’s best skiers, all filmed on location on slopes across the nation and around the world — at the Boulder Theater. That said, this year’s MSP cinema on the slopes promises to be awesome: “We had great weather, great snow, and we were able to ski everything we wanted to, which usually never happens,” notes Canadian skier Eric Hjorliefson, who appears in the film.

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Not just a screening, the event is also a party, with drawings, giveaways and a Saucer Boy costume contest, in memory of the late MSP skier Shane McConkey; doors open at 6 and 8:30 p.m. for screenings at 7 and 9:30. Purchase tickets, $15, at www.bouldertheater.com or call 303-786-7030. In Deep will also be shown at the Gothic Theatre on September 24; call 303-788-0984 for details.
Sat., Sept. 19, 7 & 9:30 p.m., 2009