Hannah Teter, Henry Rollins, Nick Peralta

"First Descent" chronicles the rebellious, inspiring and sometimes controversial rise of snowboarding as seen through the eyes of the snowboarders setting the standards and breaking the boundaries of ...( read more  read more... )this worldwide phenomenon. The film spotlights a handful of snowboarding's early pioneers (including Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen) and some of the ultra-sponsored superstar phenoms at snowboarding's current cutting edge (Shaun White and Hannah Teter) and literally takes them to the edge -- the snow blanketed mountains of Alaska -- where these five icons face some of the most challenging and hard-core natural terrain on the planet. The five come for different reasons -- Perata and Farmer to see if they still have what it takes, Haakonsen to add another credit to his Big Mountain resumé and White and Teter to undertake their first Big Mountain ride ever -- and yet all seek to challenge themselves to accomplish the best snowboarding feat of their lives down peaks of powder no rider has ever descended.

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DVD Release Date: February 21, 2006

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  • July 29, 2009
    If you are in to any board sports you'll like this documentary. Gives a good look on the history of snowboarding and the effects the new generation of riders will have on the sport's future. Not to mention a super fun soundtrack.
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • October 17, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • April 18, 2008
    one of my favorites...all about snowboarding i luv it
  • August 17, 2007
    Will have to watch this one. Not necassarily good or bad. Will see. Want to watch!
  • August 10, 2007
    entartaining for those who like snowboarding and good music
  • July 15, 2007
    I absolutely love this movie.
    It's a great way of expressing all the shit that the pioneers, (Jake Burton, Sims, etc... had to go through to make riding what it is today.

    everybody should see it.
  • July 6, 2007
    it needed more snowboarding footage but it was still gnarly

Critic Reviews


December 1, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

First Descent is boring, repetitive and maddening about a subject you'd think would be fairly interesting. full review

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  • carlsamtoboso
    June 18, 2007
    Hi I'm carl. I cant understand your language but I like the way you are. talented artist
  • macaya1991
    October 12, 2006
    Esta peli es genial!!!!!!!!


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    Adiós

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