Ski porn! The Westword guide to this season's biggest ski & snowboard video premiere parties

A winter storm of ski and snowboard video premiere parties will pummel Denver and Boulder over the next two months, as local theaters roll out the white carpet for VIPs (Very Important Pros), local/national/international filmmakers and snow-dancing revelers. We've put together the most comprehensive guide we could muster -- with...

By Colin Bane

August 29, 2012

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A winter storm of ski and snowboard video premiere parties will pummel Denver and Boulder over the next two months, as local theaters roll out the white carpet for VIPs (Very Important Pros), local/national/international filmmakers and snow-dancing revelers.

We've put together the most comprehensive guide we could muster -- with trailers galore, to whet your stoke -- and will be adding info as new events pop up on our Ski Porn Doppler Radar. (If you have info on any, post it in the comments section below.)

Which of these flicks are you most looking forward to seeing? The first is going off tonight...

Wednesday, August 29: Videograss Presents The Darkside and Enlighten @ Summit Music Hall w/ The Bangshow's Birds of a Shitfeather. Tickets: $10.

The Darkside Early Teaser from VIDEOGRASS on Vimeo.

Enlighten Early Teaser from VIDEOGRASS on Vimeo.

BIRDS OF A SHITFEATHER teaser from The Bangshow on Vimeo.

Wednesday, September 5: Givin Presents Too w/ Yes. Snowboards' It's a Movie Too and musical guests Winter Woods & DJ Buncha Grief @ Summit Music Hall. Tickets: $10.

Givin Presents "too" The Official Teaser!!! from Aaron Hooper on Vimeo.

YES. It's a Movie Too. The Trailer from YES. Snowboard TV on Vimeo.

Saturday, September 8: Denver-based Level 1 Productions presents Sunny @ City Hall. Tickets: $15 advance/$18 day of show.

Sunny Official Trailer from Level 1 on Vimeo.

Wednesday, September 12: Think Thank presents Mind the Video Man w/ Aunti Radd's MotherFalconShip @ Summit Music Hall. Tickets: $10.

MOTHER FALCON SHIP: THE TEASER! from aunti. on Vimeo.

Saturday, September 15: Denver-based So Gnar presents The Good, the Bad, and the Gnarly w/ The Helgason Brothers' Sexual Snowboarding @ Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom w/ Shredded Beats musical guests Deltron 3030 (featuring Del The Funky Homosapien, Kid Koala, Dan The Automater & Full Live Band), Paul Basic, Air Dubai, The ReMINDers and special guests. Tickets: $20-$35.

Sexual snowboarding from www.helgasons.com / 7-9-13 on Vimeo.

Wednesday, September 19: Absinthe presents Resonance w/ Role Model's One Mo' Gain @ Summit Music Hall. Tickets: $10.

ONE MO' GAIN a Role Model production Fall Teaser from Role Model Productions on Vimeo.

Thursday, September 20: Crested Butte-based Matchstick Productions presents Superheroes of Stoke @ Gothic Theatre. Tickets: $16-$18.

Superheroes of Stoke Trailer from MSP Films on Vimeo.

Thursday, September 20: Burton Snowboards presents 13 @ Ogden Theatre. Tickets: TBA.

Burton / 13 / Trailer from Popular on Vimeo.

Saturday, September 22: Crested Butte-based Two Plank Productions presents Because @ Marquis Theater. Tickets: TBA.

"BECAUSE" Trailer by Two Plank Productions - twoplank.com from Two Plank on Vimeo.

Wednesday, September 26: Poor Boyz Productions & Red Bull Media House present We: A Collection of Individuals @ Boulder Theater. Tickets: $12.50 advance, $15 day of show.

Wednesday, September 26: Standard Films presents 2112 w/ Chainsaw Productions' Shaun Palmer: The Miserable Champion and People Films' Pretty Wise @ Summit Music Hall. Tickets: $10.

Shaun Palmer "The Miserable Champion" Official Movie Trailer from Chainsaw Productions on Vimeo.

Thursday, September 27: Teton Gravity Research presents The Dream Factory @ Oriental Theater. Tickets: TBA (also screening Friday, September 28 @ Boulder Theater. Tickets: TBA.)

The Dream Factory Official Trailer - TGR Teton Gravity Research 2012 Ski Movie from Teton Gravity Research on Vimeo.

Thursday, September 27 through Sunday, September 30: The Meeting Snowsports Film Festival in Aspen @ Wheeler Opera House, The Belly Up, other venues. Full schedule and tickets TBA, but bet on catching most of the films on this list at The Meeting if you miss the Denver premieres. Definitely worth the trip.

Saturday, September 29: Denver-based Never Summer Industries presents Days of Chunder w/ CandyGrind's What Matters @ Summit Music Hall. Tickets: $10.

Days of Chunder, Never Summer Industries, 2013 Teaser from Never Summer on Vimeo.

CandyGrind WHAT MATTERS Teaser 2012 from CandyGrind on Vimeo.

Thursday, October 4 through Saturday, October 6: Adventure Film Festival @ Boulder Theater and select venues. Film schedule TBA. Tickets: $34 early bird full festival pass.

Thursday, October 11: TGR "Jeremy Jones' Further" @ Oriental Theater. Tickets: TBA (also screening Friday, October 12 @ Boulder Theater. Tickets: TBA.

Saturday, November 3: PowderWhore Productions presents Choose Your Adventure @ Oriental Theater. Tickets: $12 advance, $15 day of show; benefit for Friends of Berthoud Pass.

Wednesday, November 17 through Sunday November 11: Warren Miller Entertainment presents Flow State @ Boulder Theater. Tickets: TBA. (also screening November 15-18 at Paramount Theatre. Tickets: TBA).

Flow State Official Trailer from Warren Miller Entertainment on Vimeo.

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