It's hard to imagine what mountain biking would be without the influence of freeriding on the sport. Our favourite web edits, our local mountain bike parks, our baggy shorts and pretty much everything else we consider as part of "normal" mountain bike culture has been influenced by freeriding in one way or another. Yet, it's not often we think about how it all came to be.
Until now.
Skateboarding has "Dogtown & Z-Boys". Surfing has "Riding Giants". Freestyle Motocross has "Unchained". And now, 20 years in the making, freeride mountain biking is set to have a film about its origin story and what that meant to mountain biking.
"The Moment" is a feature length documentary about the birth of freeride mountain biking that features the mountain bikers and filmmakers who rose up, challenged the status quo, and turned the sport of cycling on its head. Directed by former pro mountain biker-turned-filmmaker Darcy Hennessey Turenne, this film is a comprehensive look at how the sport began, told by the characters who lived it first hand.
Featuring
Wade Simmons
Richie Schley
Brett Tippie
Chris Lawrence
Dave Swetland
Dan Cowan
Todd "Digger" Fiander
Christian Begin
Bjorn Enga
Mitchell Scott
Elladee Brown
Leslie Anthony
Eric Berger
John Gibson
Sterling Lorence
Greg Stump
Bryson Marton
Thomas Vanderham
Anthony Smith
Craig Olsson
Graham Agassiz
Dik Cox
Dave Reddick
& More...
With over a year and a half of full-time work being put into the making of the film, it is almost complete. However, the production is still looking for support to complete the film and be able to share the history of the sport with the mountain bike community, and the world beyond. A
Kickstarter page has been set up with prizes ranging from movie t-shirts, to digital downloads of the film, to heli biking trips, to bike frames, to rides with Wade Simmons. We can't wait to share this film with you!
thisisthemomentmovie.comPreviously:
Behind the Scenes with The Moment Movie
anyways, amazing project!!!
My only issue is that I wanted to pre-order the movie with a poster and stickers, but that option doesn't exist in the rewards and Kickstarter won't let me donate twice and select two rewards. Just a thought you might want to look at packaging the movie with some of the other rewards as I think a lot of people want the movie+ .. but just my 2 cents, supporting wholeheartedly either way!
Thanks for the feedback!
Me.
So please contribute. Thx.
They're offering amazing awards.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hellodarcy/the-moment-1
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