FILMS
Gary's four best ski films are now digitized!
If you were skiing in the 80-90s you may have been lucky enough to see a screening of Gary's 16mm films projected the old-fashioned way at a film festival or aprés ski pub slideshow. But since then the reels were hiding in random ski bags under beds at Gary's house. In 2021 we dug them out and thanks to a successful crowd-funding campaign, we handed them over to film-scanning professional (and skier) Kristoffer at the Solna Fotocenter Lab in Stockholm. The sound was also remastered by sound pro (and skier of course) Sam in Los Angeles. The films are now digitized and fully remastered, crisper than ever.
The films are available for streaming with rental or purchase below.
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Image above: A scene from the film Life's a Beach in the Alps, 1985.
I’d Rather be Skiing Than Happy with You (1991)
Vitamin Ski (1983)
Ski Tangle Tango (1986)
Life’s a Beach in the Alps (1985)
I'd Rather Be Skiing Than Happy With You (1991)
Captain Powder, played by David Moe (founder of Powder Magazine) is on a mission to defend winter during the "cold war", fighting the forces of summer. He gets sidetracked by women and a failed attempt at family life, to realize that he'd rather be skiing. "I'd rather be skiing than happy with you" features Glen Plake, John Egan, Scott Kauf (2x mogul champion), John Falkiner, Lamb Chop Dag (sheep speed record holder), 80's speedskiers, and other assorted maniacs. Filmed on 16mm in France, Norway, Switzerland, Colorado, and New Mexico. Original score from Sweden and licensed Russian music.
Vitamin Ski (1983)
The story of an orange that goes skiing back when powder fields lasted for days, and skinny skis required talent. Filmed in Chamonix, France, and Verbier Switzerland in the skibum era of the early 1980s, Vitamin Ski is nostalgic medicine with a dose of psychedelic soundscapes. Filmed on 16mm. All original music.
Ski Tangle Tango (1986)
We used to think that kids ran away from home to join the circus, in reality, they went to the Alps and became skibums. Come get tangled up in tricks and experiments of the 80's on 2-meter+ skis, early snowboards, monoskis, and politically incorrect costumes. Filmed on 16mm in Chamonix, France, and Verbier, Switzerland. All original music.
Life's a Beach in the Alps (1985)
Life was indeed a beach for skibums who made it to the Alps in the 70s and 80s. Meet Skiitso (the two-headed-three-legged skier from Powder Planet), the Crud-Brothers, French monoskiing legends, and many more eccentric personalities. Warning: it has been determined that skiing for a camera is dangerous to your health. Filmed on 16mm in Chamonix, France, Verbier, Switzerland. All original music.
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