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Plot Summary
SnoCountry Mountain Reports and Red Sky Pictures have partnered to produce a feature film documentary about the history, culture and lifestyle of snowboarding. Snow Blind covers the birth of snowboarding, the evolution that turned it into an Olympic sport and the passionate participants, thrill seekers and competitors that make it the most extreme of counter-cultures. This diverse film portrays eight unique stories, including the triumphs of a 90-year old snowboard legend, the struggles of adaptive, handicapped riders, and the danger of the backcountry. It also documents the everyday enthusiast, the top pros in the world, the most extreme riders, the marketers, manufacturers, and the passion behind all of them.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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20%- Reviews Counted: 5
- Fresh: 1
- Rotten: 4
- Average Rating: 4.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Snow Blind calls itself a documentary, but it never stops feeling like the in-house channel on a ski-lodge television.
Rotten: It's understandable that Scott wants to highlight snowboarding's diversity, but perhaps a winter-sports documentary shouldn't try to cover the waterfront.
Rotten: Christopher J. Scott's film chronicling the rise of one of the world's fastest-growing sport is best geared to fans, presenting those of us with merely a casual interest with far too much information and repetitive footage of snowboarders in action.
Rotten: Though some of the action cinematography is stunning, and practicing snowboarders will love the sense of camaraderie established, it's not riveting entertainment for the rest of us.
Customer Reviews
Good History and Peek at Snowboarding in North America
I was looking for a good movie about snowboarding NOT a movie about crazy snowboarders and amazing places to grab the best POW or Air. You want that, I recommend The Art of Flight or a bunch of other movies on iTunes.
SnowBlind was a nice mix of what is Snowboarding. Not everyone is a pro snowboarder, sometimes people just want to get a good idea of what "Snowboarding" is. Skier interested in snowboarding? Skateboarder not sure if you want to try it or not?
If you are looking for a movie you can show your 4 year old to explain what you do when you snowboard. Or you want a flix to prove to your snowboarding buddies that it is not a sport limited to 14-20 years olds this is the movie to show.
It offers a question to the interviewees of the move:
In one word, what is snowboarding?
If you think you can answer it or want to know what the boarders in the documentary said, rent it or buy it.
Not sure if I would own this, but it was worth the rental.
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