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Jeremy Jones Further Trailer and Interview

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The trailer for Further, the second installment in Jeremy Jones’ Deeper trilogy was recently released. If you haven’t peeped it yet, this is one you don’t want to miss.

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The return of the Nixon Jibfest

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After an eight year hiatus, the Nixon Jibfest is back. Powder & Rails just released the first in a three-part series that explores the history and future of the Jibfest, including interviews with JP Walker, Jeremy Jones, and Chris Gunnarson. Check it out after the break

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Burton “Standing Sideways” premiere goes all out in Denver

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Burton brought the party to Denver’s Ogden Theatre on Thursday night for the global premiere of Standing Sideways. The house was packed with Burton pros and snowboarders from all over Colorado.
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The world tour begins now, with riders touring through Europe before bringing the movie stateside in early October.

If you missed the premiere you can still join the party and grab Standing Sideways on iTunes for $5.99: Burton Snowboards: Standing Sideways

Read the full press release after the break
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The Wilderness Society and Protect Our Winters brings ski and snowboard climate change message to DC

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The Wilderness Society is uniting with Protect Our Winters to lead the discussion on the current and possible long-term effects of climate change on the ski and snowboard industry. The POW coalition includes big names like Jeremy Jones and Gretchen Bleiler and now includes The Wilderness Society is the leading public-lands conservation organization working to protect wilderness and care for our wild places.

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Snow Sports Coalition Visits Washington to Discuss Implications of a Warming Environment

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Generations, a short film about climate change and winter, viewed by Congress

Boulder, CO (Jan. 29, 2010)—Jeremy Jones, eight-time Big Mountain Snowboarder of the Year visited one of the most world renowned hills in the world, this time without a snowboard. On Wednesday, January 27, Jeremy Jones along with a coalition of winter sport filmmakers and industry representatives shared a new perspective on climate change with lawmakers on Capitol Hill: the economic, social and intangible values of winter. (more…)

Jeremy Jones rappelling into a chute. Photo: Deeper

Go Deeper: The Jeremy Jones Interview Pt.2

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In Part 2 of our interview with big-mountain freerider Jeremy Jones, we learn more about his two-year movie project, Deeper, and his recently announced snowboard company, Jones Snowboards. If you wonder what it’s like to film a big vertical descent without helis or snowmobiles, or what his 2011 board line will be like, this interview is just what you’re looking for.

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Jeremy Jones emerges from a powder cloud. Photo from Deeper

Go Deeper: The Jeremy Jones Interview Pt.1

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Jeremy Jones is the reigning king of big mountain snowboarding. He’s appeared in countless snowboard films, devouring lines that would have eaten most riders, and he was on the front line of bringing more freestyle moves into big mountain riding. His convictions about reducing the industry’s environmental impact led him to start the non-profit organization Protect Our Winters, he’s on year two of a two-year video project called Deeper, and he’s just resigned from Rossignal to start his own company, Jones Snowboards. We sat down with Jeremy last week to get the scoop on his many projects. (more…)

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DEEPER – A 16MM & HD Snowboard Film: The Progression of Big Mountain Riding

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Jackson Hole, WY (Fall 2009) – Teton Gravity Research in partnership with snowboard athlete Jeremy Jones is proud to announce the trailer release of Deeper – a new big mountain snowboard film featuring Jones with a handpicked group of elite riders including Jonaven Moore, Travis Rice and Xavier De La Rue, who set out to conquer the best lines without the limited assistance of snowmobiles, helicopters or lifts.

“I wanted to get back to solitude, adventure, and new descents,” Jeremy Jones said. “By hiking past boundaries set in place by helis and snowmobiles we were able to get into bigger mountains, away from people and back to first descents (more…)

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