Winter Begins: Movie Release Season

Always difficult to find, snow sports movie premiers hit the Seattle area well before the snow does. Here is a listing of the major shows coming to our area and locally produced movies. Check them out and come back to post your comments!

Teton Gravity Research: "Tangerine Dream"
11/03/05
Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
http://www.showboxonline.com/







Matchstick Productions: "Hitlist"
9/23/05
Bellingham, WA @ Mt. Baker Theatre
www.mtbakertheatre.com

09/24/05
Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
www.themoor.com



Poor Boyz Productions: "WAR"
Tour dates TBA









The Bigger Picture: "PYB"
Tour Dates TBA








Warren Miller: "Higher Ground"
11/17/05 - 11/19/05
Seattle, WA @ McCaw Hall
Buy tix here www.ticketmaster.com/




11/12/05 - 11/13/05
Bellevue, WA @ the Meydenbauer Center
Buy tix here www.ticketmaster.com/

10/27/05 - 10/29/05
Portland, OR @ the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Buy tix here www.ticketmaster.com/



Level 1: "Shanghai Six"
Tour Dates TBA









Teddy Bear Crisis
Tour Dates TBA
Check out more @ Teddy Bear Crisis

What Are You Doing This Summer?

Here are a few events happening in the next few weeks and throughout the rest of the summer. Check them out if you can! I'll be updating this exact post with new events as the summer rolls along. Anyone who attends these events should come back to this blog and post a review or your thoughts on the event. Elevate Magazine will be there covering the events, so look for us. We'll be in non-descript clothing (probably boardshorts, t's, and sandals), just to make it easy for everyone to find us!

July:
07/23/05
NorthWest Wakeboard Invitational
Lake Washington; Gene Coulon Park; Renton, WA
11 am to 5 pm
::Double Up Tournament, pro riders JD Webb, Nick Jones, and many more northwest favorites, $1,080 prize money, part of the Renton River Days; check for more info at http://www.wakeboardnorthwest.com/

07/30-31/05
Pro Wakeboard Tour
Blue Lake Park; Portland, OR
:: pro wakeboarders, wakeskaters, etc from across the country; visit http://www.prowakeboardtour.com/ for more info

August:
08/13/05
NW Sessions
Gig Harbor, WA
::check out http://www.nwsessions.com/ for more info

08/20-21/05
INT Amateur Tour(International)
Winlock Waters Complex; Winlock, WA
::Comp begins at 8am; visit http://www.intleague.com/ for more info

September:
09/10/05
NW Sessions
Idylwood Park; Lake Sammamish, WA
::check out www.nwsessions.com for more info

Extreme Seperation Anxiety?

The extreme-sporting world (for lack of a better term) is a complicated mix of familial fragmentation: a metaphorical broken family. No matter how much we separate and distance ourselves’ from each other in the name of individuality, a taste of that community feel that we all love is apparent. It all comes back to community.

If we look back (which is a good thing now and again), we see our sport in a family tree of sorts. We see that Snowboarding rose from Skiing and Skating. Skating grew from Surfing. Wakeboarding developed from surfing and waterskiing. Wakesurfing spawned from surfing. Wakeskating came from skating and wakeboarding. And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

As you can see, many of our sports not only have similar aspects. Most have risen out of a need for something different by using other sports as a springboard, becoming their own, becoming isolated.

Now, this isn’t a game to trace back the roots of our sports and label one better than the other, it’s to look at the past to find out where we are at now and, hopefully, where we are going. So, the main question here is, “where do we want to go?” We are the people that will define the future, that are defining it.

Where do you see you and your sport in the overarching world of extreme sports? Statistics show that most people who participate in one x-sport participate in 4 others. So, given this, ask yourself these questions and let your voice be heard.

Should there be community?
Is there a community to find?
Where do I fit?
Where does my sport fit?
Should it fit?

It's Time for Something New

It's been talked about. It's been written about. You've even thought about it to some extent. Your favorite magazine doesn't quite cut it. There is something about it that you don't like, that you would change if you could.

You have a few choices, but there are flaws in them all. Out of all the alternative sports magazines out there, there are a few that you actually buy. You love one for its sick pictures, one for it's writing, one for it's approach, one for it's design, but none hold the entire package. Your sports are covered by a few magazines each, but do any of them fit your wants and needs for your fix while away from your sports?

Why is that? The real question is, "What is the entire package?" What makes a magazine stand out to you?

Is it the writing? What types of writing?
Is it the pictures? What makes a good picture?
Is it the articles? The features or the fiction?
Is it the travel section, the reader response, or is it simply the pictures of scantily clad females?

Here is a chance to post your opinion and have it be heard.