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FINEST CUT Meathead Films represents deep at the 2013 Powder Awards
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very January, the editors of Powder Magazine gather over 40 industry experts and insiders to vote on the best films, athletes and segments of the past season. At what are considered the Academy Awards of ski filmmaking, the results are rarely surprising. Names like Hall, Hjorleifson, Morrison and Backstrom dominate year in and year out. An avalanche of acronyms dominates the filmmakers podium: TGR, MSP, PBP. It’s fair to say that while the winner might change each year, the song remains the same. This year, the East Coast’s favorite ski film company shook things up.
BY MIKE BERARD
Meathead Films took home top honor for their Jay Peak powder segment, beating heavy hitters like TGR’s Alaska segment, and MSP’s B.C. deepness at Chatter Creek. To most people in the room, an east coast win came as a surprise. To those who know Jay, the win wasn’t as big of a shock.
“TO THOSE SKIING IN ALASKA, B.C., OR JACKSON, BIG POWDER IS PRACTICALLY PRESUMED. BUT SOMETIMES SKIERS, EVEN ON THE EAST COAST, HAPPEN TO UNEXPECTEDLY BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. IN MEATHEAD FILMS’ NO MATTER WHAT, THE RIGHT COASTERS CAPTURE AN ALL-TIME DUMP
Windless bluebird days with 50” of fresh over the previous five days ensured the kind of conditions needed to compete in the cherished Best Powder category. Over the period of February 24-26, a crew including filmer Geoff McDonald, skiers Ben Leoni, Paige Fitzgerald and Stacey Rachdorf skied what many are saying is the deepest, lightest conditions the east has ever seen. “Cold, sun, no wind and three feet of blower powder.” Says Mcdonald “It was ideal conditions for shooting.”
IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRAGICALLY DRY SEASON, AND SET IT TO THE EPIC TUNE OF I BREAK HORSES’ SONG, WINTER BEATS. IT’S A FIVE MINUTE OF REMINDER OF JUST HOW GOOD SKIING CAN BE TO US.”
Get a taste of the East’s deepest winter at jaypeakresort.com/Snow
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