New 2022 Must-Watch Snowboard and Ski Videos Will Get You Stoked
Learning to Drown and There's No Place Like Home are two of the best backcountry films of the season
It’s that time of year when production companies and brands start to drop mid-winter videos featuring epic backcountry adventures. There are the two best snowboard/ski videos that we’ve come across so far in 2022.
Learning to Drown
Learning to Drown follows the life and career of professional snowboarder Jess Kimura as she unapologetically shatters stereotypes with her own brand of unwavering determination and go-for-broke mentality. After the tragic death of Jess’s partner at the height of her career, she spiraled into a cycle of self destruction, grief and despair. Compounded by head injuries and mental health issues, the circumstances seemed insurmountable. Jess’s only way out was within — as she faces her deepest fears, she reminds us that not all wounds are meant to heal.
“Jess Kimura is not afraid of falling. This beautiful film showcases her long journey of persistence and determination as she takes on one challenge after the other to become one of the most influential snowboarders of her time. Jess openly shares her deepest fear and suffering and reminds us of the importance of being our best selves, in this inspiring lifetime story of a hero.” — Bachar Khattar, jury member of Banff Film Festival
There’s No Place Like Home
Sam Smoothy has never skied less in his entire life. Living in New Zealand has its perks, but during the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, international travel was completely off the table. Fresh off a string of injuries, Smoothy was frothing to get back out on snow, but a lackluster start to the southern hemisphere winter combined with a travel ban forced him to get creative. Always keen for an adventure, Smoothy decided to turn his sights close to home and take advantage of some of the world’s wildest mountains that lay just past his doorstep. Teaming up with a crew of local friends, he sharpened his ski mountaineering skills over the course of several trips into the high peaks of the New Zealand Alps. What should have been an exploratory trip with Griffin Post and Caite Zeliff soon turned into a series of adventures that he will never forget – culminating in his second-ever descent of one of the proudest ski mountaineering lines on the planet.
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