Snowboarding movies offer an adrenaline-packed window into the world of powder, peaks and big air. From iconic classics that shaped the sport’s culture to modern films showcasing mind-blowing tricks and breathtaking cinematography, these movies capture the essence of life on the slopes.
Here’s our pick of some of the best snowboard movies you can watch on Red Bull TV right now: 01
Schnitzel Time – An Austrian Dream
30 min
Schnitzel Time – An Austrian Dream
Niels Schack’s latest snowboard film showcases a diverse Austrian-only line-up of Burton team riders.
This Burton team riders film from the mind of Niels Schack features purely an Austrian line-up including Anna Gasser and Clemens Millauer. The various disciplines of snowboarding are showcased as the film embarks on a fun and appealing approach, paired with progressive riding in the backcountry as well as in an urban environment. 02
Schnitzel Time 2 – No Return
33 min
Schnitzel Time 2 – No Return
Riders push the limits of snowboarding in this high-energy ode to the sport's creativity, skill and passion.
Once the first Schnitzel Time's credits roll, it's time for you to hit play on the second outing! The Austrian snowboarding film, Schnitzel Time 2 – No Return, is a further big tribute to a passion for snowboarding, meshing performance and entertainment together. Directed by pro snowboarder Clemens Millauer, the film showcases the creativity, fun and style of the sport, featuring notable athletes such as: Anna Gasser, Gigi Rüf, Werner Stock, Tom Tramnitz, Adrian Krainer and Sani Alibabic. 47 min
Under Black Flag
Top Pirate Crew snowboard shots explode into an epic, timeless thrill – Gigi Rüf, Elias Elhardt and more.
Under Black Flag is a retrospective snowboard film from Pirate Movie Productions that's been 20 years in the making. The movie features personal all-time favourite video segments from iconic snowboarding figures in Gigi Rüf, Marco Feichtner, Elias Elhardt and Kalle Ohlson, as well as a few more fellow Pirate riders.
23 min
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Gigi Rüf stars in an introspective dreamscape documenting one season in a life of snowboarding exploration.
Shot in 16mm, super 8 and high-definition video, Veeco Productions’ snowboarding film is an introspective dreamscape documenting one season in a life of snow exploration by Gigi Rüf.
31 min
CreedleCosm
Explore endless snowboarding possibilities and celebrate adventurous creativity across diverse locations.
From clothing brand and filmmakers Volcom Stone comes CreedleCosm a cinematic chrysalis of snowboarding possibilities, featuring adventurous, creative, communal magic, shot in a myriad of locations.
11 min
Burton Culture Shifters
Zeb Powell, Selema Masekela and the Culture Shifters crew head to Aspen, Colorado, and talk about the future.
Burton My Turn gives five snowboarders a blank canvas to make their mark and tell their story. Featured athletes include Zeb Powell, Dima Luchkin, Liu Jiayu, Reto Gurtner. Dive deep into five uniquely inspiring stories that will reshape your perspective of snowboarding. 07
Nitro Snowboards - Layers
1 h 28 min
Layers
Discover and celebrate the unique people, places, personalities and layers behind what we call snowboarding.
From the very start, snowboarding has been more than just an activity done in winter months – a global culture has been unintentionally established. Layers acknowledges the multifaceted ecosystem of snowboarding, honouring the unique people, places and personalities that have shaped snowboarding culture and continue to evolve it.
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Nitro Snowboards - Cake
38 min
Cake
Part of the Layers documentary project, Cake is dedicated to showcasing the current level of fun progression.
Cake is dedicated to showcasing the current level of fun progression in snowboarding – how pro snowboarders like to have fun – and hopefully motivating those who view it to go out and have fun too. Featuring members of the Nitro Snowboard team, filming took place in various locations, including Sweden, Japan, USA, Canada, Kosovo, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Austria.
42 min
Chasing Winter
Pro snowboarder Mark McMorris and friends prepare for the upcoming high-stakes competition season.
Featuring Mark McMorris and an international collective of Slopestyle and Big Air specialists, this documentary navigates the highs and lows of the 2020/21 season and offers a unique look into life as a professional competitive snowboarder. 19 min
Reshapes
French snowboarder Pierre Vaultier reinvents boardercross again with an ultra-innovative course.
Two years after the release of Shapes, French snowboarder Pierre Vaultier is once again reinventing boardercross with an ultra-innovative course and as you might expect, yet another crazy performance. 42 min
Fleeting Time
Ben Ferguson and a crew of professional snowboarders document two winters of chasing storms.
Featuring Ben Ferguson and a stacked roster of world-class riders that includes Travis Rice, Hailey Langland and Ayumu Hirano, this action-packed adventure documents a two-year quest to capture freeriding in a host of iconic locations. It also cements Ferguson’s transition from top-tier halfpipe rider to one of the greatest big-mountain freeriders of his generation. 19 min
BLOOOM
Niels Schack's snowboard film features Burton team riders expressing themselves through creative riding.
From the mind of Burton team rider Niels Schack comes BLOOOM, a film that showcases some of the most electric snowboarders on the Burton team. You'll see a unique and diverse group of friends expressing themselves through creative and eclectic riding.
33 min
Range Finder
Snowboarders Mark Carter and Bryan Iguchi reveal how they approach life.
Offering a glimpse into the lives and inner workings of professional snowboarders Mark Carter and Bryan Iguchi, Range Finder was filmed in the frozen backcountry of Wyoming’s most remote mountain ranges. Offering an introspective examination of two of the most influential minds and careers in snowboarding’s history, their approach is one defined by self-reliance and escapism.
22 min
The Obstacle Course
Snowboarding legend Seb Toots returns to the snow for one of his most technical and challenging runs.
Taking inspiration from his viral at-home parkour social media videos, snowboard legend Sébastien Toutant takes his skills back to the snow for one of his most technical and challenging runs yet. Tackling a one-of-a-kind obstacle course built on the slopes of one of Quebec’s local ski mountains, Ski La Reserve in Saint-Donat, Toutant pushes himself to new limits. 1 h 3 min
Snowsurf
Photographer Shane Peel travels to Hokkaido to follow a diverse pod of breakaway snowboarders and surfers.
Award winning Australian photographer Shane Peel journeys to the mountains, beaches and silver birch forests of Japan's northern most island, Hokkaido to follow a unique pod of breakaway snowboarders and surfers who are forging a whole new genre of snowboarding in one of the worlds last great remaining powder snow zones.
18 min
Hot Coco
From Canada to Finland, this all-female snowboard film features some of the world’s best street riders.
A certified banger, Hot Coco showcases some of the best women’s street riding you’ll ever see. Filmed across Europe and North America, the all-female cast that includes Grace Warner and Nora Beck push the limits of their sport to showcase their creativity, style, progression and individualism. 46 min
The King Snow Movie
Get lost in groundbreaking snowboarding and stunning visuals in Canada's iconic landscapes.
From King Snow Magazine comes a film that's all about groundbreaking snowboarding and stunning visuals. Watch the best snowboarders in the country push their craft's physical and creative limits while taking full advantage of Canada's iconic riding landscape. 18
Travis Rice – The Art of Flight
1 h 17 min
The Art of Flight
Travis Rice and Curt Morgan's follow-up to That's It, That's All raises the bar of snowboarding – again.
If you’ve already seen this, you’ll know why we think it’s time you watched it again. If you haven’t, get ready for Travis Rice and friends to blow your mind with what’s widely regarded as the greatest snowboarding movie ever made! 19
Pirate Movie Production – Stronger
48 min
Stronger
The newest film from Union Binding features 4K shredding from their stacked roster of riders.
With a line-up of riders including Travis Rice, Kazu Kokubo, Gigi Rüf, and Scott Stevens, the Union Bindings team is incredible, and this, their team movie, is probably the greatest team movie ever made.
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Victor De Le Rue – Frozen Mind
33 min
Frozen Mind
Pro snowboarder Victor De Le Rue has travelled the world, but his favourite place is Chamonix, France.
Some say he’s the new Travis Rice – others say he’s even better. One thing is for sure, Victor De Le Rue takes Rice’s backcountry freestyle skills and adds a solid dash of mountaineering and steep snowboarding into the mix, hallmark of his legendary older brother, Xavier De Le Rue. After an incredible big-screen debut in Rice’s The Fourth Phase, Victor returns to his spiritual home, Chamonix, to test his limits. The result is breathtaking, both in terms of cinematography and riding – a must-watch for every steep skiing aficionado who wants to see the future of big-mountain riding.
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Nitro Snowboards – 28 Winters
50 min
28 Winters
Every rider has their own style, but snowboarding is always about freedom, friends and fun.
1990 was an amazing time to be a snowboarder: genuinely fresh and rebellious, tweaks were never more tweaked, 360s were considered cutting edge, and Nitro Snowboards was the hottest new snowboard company on the block. 28 winters later, Nitro Snowboards are older, wiser and still one of the best brands in snowboarding, with a team of legends, superstars and youngbloods that’s second to none. This is their story.
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Pirate Movie Production – Perceptions
49 min
Perceptions
A group of pro snowboarders travel around the globe in their never-ending quest for the best snow.
12 years after Gigi Rüf and his motley crew launched into the world of snowboard movies, the Pirate Crew delivered their greatest work to date: Perceptions. Stunning cinematography, incredible locations and an epic cast of riders makes Perceptions an absolute classic of the genre.
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Nitro Snowboards – Offline
46 min
Offline
For the Global Nitro team, snowboarding is one of the few things they do that truly allows them to be offline.
Life’s too short not to live it in the real world, so here’s a dare: turn off your phone, ditch the laptop, head out into the mountains. Hang with your friends, ride pow, ride slush, have fun. Live the real deal instead of dreaming about it – that’s the theme of Offline. Nitro’s new team movie has an incredible cast – with Eero Ettala, Sam Taxwood, Austin Smith, Sven Thorgren, Elias Elhardt, Griffin Siebert, Torgeir Bergrem, and Marcus Kleveland headlining, there’s no shortage of inspiration to get offline, and onto the mountain. Pirate Movie Productions – Driven
47 min
Driven
A film about the motivation, inspiration and drive that fuels a three-year snowboard project.
Driven follows the heavy-hitting crew of freeride legends, John Jackson, Gigi Ruf, Victor Daviet and Manuel Diaz, as they tackle some of the world’s dreamiest backcountry terrain. This film was filmed across three years to capture the most breathtaking snowboard action.
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Mark McMorris – Unbroken
45 min
Unbroken
See Mark McMorris at his most vulnerable and resilient as he battles to get back on his board.
After coming back from a heavy broken femur sustained during a Big Air in Los Angeles, Mark McMorris’s glorious career took another shocking turn for the worse in 2017 when he hit a tree, mid air, in the Canadian backcountry. 11 months after what would have ended the career, if not life, of lesser mortals, McMorris was back, and winning the bronze medal in Pyeongchang. Unbroken is the kind of true story you couldn’t make up if you tried, and it’s finally available on Red Bull TV. Prepare to be glued to the edge of your seat.
25
Method Magazine – Method Movie 3
34 min
Method Movie 3
The final film of the Method Movie trilogy is a visually stunning snowboarding romp in the pow.
If you already know Method Magazine, Europe’s most hardcore and longest running shred gospel, then you’ll already have a good idea of what to expect with their first full length snowboard flick. It features only the raddest underground riders and the gnarliest rails and booters.
26
Anna Gasser – The Spark Within
1 h 1 min
Anna Gasser – The Spark Within
An intimate movie on Anna Gasser and how she changed snowboarding forever, by constantly pushing progression.
Austrian snowboarder Anna Gasser is carving out a place for herself in snowboarding history. She has gone from a snowboarding latecomer to an international superstar. Get to know her in this action-packed documentary. 27
Pirate Movie Production – As the Crow Flies
32 min
As the Crow Flies
Gigi Rüf and Elias Elhardt are on the hunt to find the best snow and terrain for snowboarding.
Talk about a dream duo: Gigi Rüf and Elias Elhardt are two of the best all-mountain freestylers on the planet, and in this classic flick from Pirate Movie Productions, the two come together to deliver round after amazing round of powerhouse shredding. From spooky lines through an ancient mountain ghost town to unforgettable action in the ultimate proving ground of Alaska, buckle up and let Rüf and Elhardt take you on an unforgettable journey.
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Teton Gravity Research – Ode to Muir
58 min
Ode to Muir: The High Sierra
Snowboarders Jeremy Jones and Elena Hight embark on an expedition into California's John Muir Wilderness.
When big-mountain legend Jeremy Jones says that this is “unquestionably the most important film I’ve ever made”, every powder hound on the planet should prick up their ears. And although TGR delivers their usual brew of amazing action and stunning cinematography, at its heart, Ode to Muir is the story of America’s original environmentalist, John Muir, and the wilderness he fought to preserve. A seven-day split boarding expedition deep into the High Sierra terrain of the John Muir wilderness, this is a film that’s as thoughtful as it is beautiful.
1 h 16 min
Ender
Eero Ettala’s storied snowboarding career is the result of lots of hard work and it’s not over just yet.
The career of Eero Ettala career spans two decades and he's always pushing the limits of the sport. Part retrospective, part full-throttle action, the Finnish freestyle pioneer final film project looks at what it means to live in pursuit of the coveted final spot in a snowboard movie.
30
Pirate Movie Production – Follow Your Nose
21 min
Follow Your Nose
Snowboarders Gigi Rüf and Elias Elhardt search for unshredded pow in the backcountry.
Gigi Rüf and Elias Elhardt are two of the greatest European riders of all time. They share a passion for travel, adventure and the finer points of big-mountain freestyle. In Follow Your Nose, these two superlative shredders come together to do what they do best – turn riding mountains into a high-velocity art form.
31
Nitro Snowboards – BOOM
38 min
BOOM
The Nitro Snowboards team travel the globe in search of the best side of snowboarding: the fun side.
Not only does Nitro Snowboards have one of the most talented teams in the sport, everyone’s in it for all the right reasons – namely, having fun. It stars the likes of Elias Elhardt, Eero Ettala, Marcus Kleveland and Victor De Le Rue and delivers the perfect balance of good times, friendship, and mind-blowing action. 32
Richard Permin and Victor De Le Rue – Sweet & Sour
44 min
Sweet & Sour
Richard Permin and Victor de Le Rue share a goal: to shred Alaska's steepest line with a new approach.
Are Victor De Le Rue and Richard Permin the best double act to come out of France since Daft Punk? Forget the old ski vs snowboarder rivalry: in Sweet & Sour, two of the hottest big-mountain riders in the world come together, against the odds, to shred the steepest, deepest, most perfectly formed gnar in the world.
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Teton Gravity Research – Roadless
57 min
Roadless
Bryan Iguchi teams up with fellow snowboarders to explore Wyoming on a 10-day human-powered expedition.
Three legends of three distinct snowboarding eras team together to explore a vast wilderness that lies in front of their eyes and the rich, shared history that lies behind them. As snowboard movies go, Roadless is as thoughtful, nuanced and multi-layered as it gets.
