New Flick World Premiere!
Yeah, its a ways off, we know… but the clock is ticking! Join us in Denver, CO for the biggest and best ski film premiere of the Fall season!
Fuzzy Memories
Recently, I developed a few rolls of film from a Kodak disposable “funsaver” camera. What is this you ask? Well it’s a type of point and shoot camera that people (ie your parents) used as a fun and easy way to capture and share moments prior to Instagram. Now, call me a hipster, but I like to take snapshots with these because you never know what you’re gonna get when the 4×6 prints come back from the picture store a month later. Also, I don’t have an iPhone. Here are a few random #nofilter lo-def images from the beginning of the winter 2011/12.
Similar to winters previous, I kicked off the shooting season with Will Wesson (as is tradition). Our quest for snowy urbanous regions brought us on a last-minute road trip with Erik Seo to Flagstaff, Arizona. Driving through the warm, colored desert country of Southwest Utah and Arizona was quite a new experience for us- until, low and behold, snow began to appear.
En-route was Lake Powell and the famous Glen Canyon Dam / Bridge combo.
A shot or two was acquired in the streets of Flagstaff and we scurried home as Christmas was beckoning. Will hovered above some roadside baby themed Navajo street art for a quick photo-op.
Denver, Colorado was also one of the few recipients for December snowfall. You may recognize this alley from Parker White’s fuzzy dreamscape intro in After Dark.
Will Wesson once again, this time above a 10 kinker in the Denver ‘burbs.
The holy grail on Level 1′s Mile High “hit list” for many a year has been this arch. Tim McChesney and Mike Hornbeck were fortunate enough to session it on a beautiful day in the park.
New to the crew Tim “Cheddar” McChesney and a rail to banked transition a la the LA River.
You can take a guy out of Michigan, but you can’t take the Michigan out of a guy. MI’s finest export Mike Hornbeck.
This doesn’t technically count as “this season” but whatever. Wiley Miller lets Taj drive to Montana for a couple of premieres.
Parker White spine stall in the Billings, MT skate park. Would ya just look at it!?
Photos & words by Freedle Coty
Going Big In Denver
Two feet of snow in less then 48 hours and Denver is poised to be going off over the next few days… Parker White nabbed a banger or two on this thing before packing up and heading off to Europe. What is it? Well, it’s big, and pretty scary. And it was stomped. We’ll leave it at that! Will Wesson and Mike Horbeck just got to town to pick up where Parker left off, and McChesney will be showing up tomorrow to join the party. More soon…
PEAK #8 – Denver Big Air
Year #2 of our bonus edit series with Peak Bindings featuring bite size edits chock full of bangers from your favorite Peak athletes including Mike Hornbeck, Phil Casabon, Alex Bellemare, Spencer Milbocker, and others.
In Edit #8 of 10, we recap some of the highlights from the Denver Big Air from January 2011 where the Armada team featuring Alex Bellemare, Spencer Milbocker, and Ben Moxham throw down some fresh dubs for the win! Mike Hornbeck reppin’ for Team Full Tilt stomps the steeziest 9 of the event- not shabby.
Mike Hornbeck POV of Will Wesson
Denver, CO, December 7th 2011.
After Dark @ Downtown Denver
AFTER DARK returns to downtown Denver for an encore performance–and this time, it’s FREE!
Join the battery621 crew for the GRAND OPENING and “Launch of Winter” celebration!
The three-day festival starts Thursday, Oct. 6 and runs through Saturday’s movie premiere extravaganza, including AFTER DARK!
Location: 621 Kalamath St., Denver.
For all the details, hit up facebook.com/battery621!
Lights Out- After Dark World Premiere
The lights went out in Denver, CO this past Friday night as Level 1 pushed play on their 12th annual feature length ski flick for a packed house at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom. Crowds lined up early and wrapped around the block in anticipation of what the ski community has come to look forward to as one of the biggest and best parties of the Fall season, and by all accounts, everyone got what they expected.
In attendance; Parker White, Tom Wallisch, Chris Logan, Ahmet Dadali, Will Wesson, Mike Hornbeck, Wiley Miller, Tanner Rainville, and Adam Delorme, as well as friends, media, and industry VIPs traveling from all across the country to be on hand for the night’s festivities.
After DJ Harvitronix’s opening set, our annual Monster Chug wrapped up the prize giveaway and set up 5 lucky fans with rad prizes from Rossi, Klint, DaleBoot, Skullcandy, Bula, Saga, and Electric- everyone went home with something, even if their chugging technique wasn’t working so well.
Parker White’s opening seg was by all accounts, an “eye trip” and far and away the most well-rounded and all-encompassing part that Level 1 has ever put together, and kicked off 55+ mins of top notch ski action, great music, and all the ingredients that we consider necessary for a successful ski flick. If the volume of screaming yelling and cheering is a good way to gauge crowd reaction, the 1400 people in attendance seemed to agree. Highlights seemingly included Chris Logan and Alex Bellemare’s part following on the heels of Parker’s opener, Hornbeck’s strongest segment in years, Rainville’s POV shots, Will Wesson’s first real feature-length seg with Level 1, Adam Delorme’s best seg yet, and Ahmet Dadali doing what he does best.
Much thanks to all the event sponsors that helped this year’s World Premiere go off! Monster, Rossignol, Freeskier, Skullcandy, Under Armour, Klint, DaleBoot, Powderhuffer.com, Saga, Spy, Scott, Bula, Electric, and Loveland!
Lots of premieres on the horizon! Two days and counting ’til our SLC Level 1/4bi9 blowout. This Friday we wrap up the first night of films at IF3 in Montreal, and the next night are getting after it in Seattle with 4FRNT at Evo!
Stay tuned to the Events Calendar for a full listing of After Dark World Tour dates and locations around the globe!
After Dark World Premiere
The lights go out in Denver, CO on September 9th at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom!
This year we’re taking over both Cervantes main room and The Other Side. Two rooms. Two huge screens. Two stages. Two DJs. One Reggae act. Huge raffle. LOTS of prizes (including skis, outerwear, eyewear, streetwear, etc). Poster signing with your favorite Level 1 athletes. Its guaranteed to be the biggest and best Level 1 World Premiere yet- and that’s sayin’ something! If you were one of the 300+ people that gut stuck in the street after the show sold out last year, buy your tickets early! And if you were one of the people that did make it in the door last year, well, don’t get stuck without a ticket this time around. This event WILL sell out.
8:00 Doors
8:00 – 9:30 Harvitronix + Athlete Autograph Session
10:00 After Dark
11:00 – 2:00 After Party w/ Ecto Cooler and Knocean
Tickets:
$15 in advance – Click HERE! NO extra services charges. Take THAT Ticketmaster!),
$18 at the door
Check out the package deals including After Dark DVD/BluRay pre-orders!
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Fire ‘em over to us at Info@level1productions.com, otherwise we’ll seeya then and there!
The Movie:
If you’re reading this, you probably know what to expect already, but here’s a reminder:
Its not a party without the Music!
Harvitronix opens things up for the pre-show party- hailing from Boulder, CO. Not his first rodeo, Harvitronix has played a few of our premieres before, but promises to make this one his best set yet!
After the movie, things really get goin’. Ecto Cooler is making the trip all the way out from LA to take over the main room and make sure that this year’s after party tops last years. Ecto has been making quite a name for himself over the past year, booking gigs in the Hollywood & Los Angeles area, with occasional trips to the land of sin in Las Vegas. His upbeat style of mixing Euro/Miami House with Electro beats and hot new remixes & mash-ups makes him one of the most exciting club DJs on the West Coast.
Looking for something mellower? Check the smooth vibes from the 6-piece soul reggae band Knocean at The Other Side.
Either way, we’ll be partying til after last call.
Cervantes is located at 2637 Welton Street, Denver, CO USA - (303) 297-1772
See ya then and there!
This year’s event is proudly supported by Monster, Skullcandy, Freeskier, Under Armour, Rossignol, Klint, Volkl, Spy, DaleBoot, Powderhuffer.com, 4Frnt, Moment, Scott USA, and Saga.
Want to bring an After Dark premiere to your home town/school/resort? Send an email to our After Dark Premiere Tour Coordinator, Adam Lowenstein at Adam@level1productions.com for more info.
Not ready to host your own, but want to make sure you don’t miss the After Dark screening nearest you? Stay tuned to the Level 1 Event Calendar for updates!
After Dark @ Denver, CO
AFTER DARK returns to Denver for an encore performance at Regis University!
Location: Science Amphitheater (room 212 of the Pompino Family Science Building), Regis University
Time: doors @ 8:30pm, AFTER DARK @ 9pm.
Price: FREE with Regis student I.D. / $5 for non-students. FREE raffle ticket with every ticket!
“After Dark” World Premiere @ Denver
The lights go out in Denver, CO on September 9th at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom!
This year we’re taking over both Cervantes main room and The Other Side. Two rooms. Two huge screens. Two stages. Two DJs. One Reggae act. Huge raffle. LOTS of prizes (including skis, outerwear, eyewear, streetwear, etc). Poster signing with your favorite Level 1 athletes. Its guaranteed to be the biggest and best Level 1 World Premiere yet- and that’s sayin’ something! If you were one of the 300+ people that gut stuck in the street after the show sold out last year, buy your tickets early! And if you were one of the people that did make it in the door last year, well, don’t get stuck without a ticket this time around. This event WILL sell out.
8:00 Doors
8:00 – 9:30 Harvitronix + Athlete Autograph Session
10:00 After Dark
11:00 – 2:00 After Party w/ Ecto Cooler and Knocean
Tickets:
$15 in advance – Click HERE! NO extra services charges. Take THAT Ticketmaster!),
$18 at the door
Check out the package deals including After Dark DVD/BluRay pre-orders!
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Fire ‘em over to us at Info@level1productions.com, otherwise we’ll seeya then and there!
The Movie:
If you’re reading this, you probably know what to expect already, but here’s a reminder:
Its not a party without the Music!
Harvitronix opens things up for the pre-show party- hailing from Boulder, CO. Not his first rodeo, Harvitronix has played a few of our premieres before, but promises to make this one his best set yet!
After the movie, things really get goin’. Ecto Cooler is making the trip all the way out from LA to take over the main room and make sure that this year’s after party tops last years. Ecto has been making quite a name for himself over the past year, booking gigs in the Hollywood & Los Angeles area, with occasional trips to the land of sin in Las Vegas. His upbeat style of mixing Euro/Miami House with Electro beats and hot new remixes & mash-ups makes him one of the most exciting club DJs on the West Coast.
Looking for something mellower? Check the smooth vibes from the 6-piece soul reggae band Knocean at The Other Side.
Either way, we’ll be partying til after last call.
Cervantes is located at 2637 Welton Street, Denver, CO USA - (303) 297-1772
See ya then and there!
This year’s event is proudly supported by Monster, Skullcandy, Freeskier, Under Armour, Rossignol, Klint, Volkl, Spy, DaleBoot, Powderhuffer.com, 4Frnt, Moment, Scott USA, and Saga.
Want to bring an After Dark premiere to your home town/school/resort? Send an email to our After Dark Premiere Tour Coordinator, Adam Lowenstein at Adam@level1productions.com for more info.
Not ready to host your own, but want to make sure you don’t miss the After Dark screening nearest you? Stay tuned to the Level 1 Event Calendar for updates!
