burn PRESENTS: We Ride - The Story of Snowboarding (Full Movie)
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- A compelling, dramatic and stylish cinematic journey into snowboarding's unique history and the wider cultural forces that shaped it.
Featuring interviews and archival footage with Todd Richards, Gigi Rüf, Terje Haakonsen, Jake Burton, Tom Sims, Stale Sandbech and Craig Kelly.
We Ride is A burn Production, filmed and edited by Grain Media.
Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel and Jon Drever.
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Music credits:
"Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
"Coz I Love You" - Slade
"Feel Me Flow" - Naughty By Nature
"Living In Darkness" - Agent Orange
"Wilderness" - by Phillip Guyler
"Myrtle Park" - Barrie Gledden & Andrew Peacock
"Social Network" - Tim Reilly & Jeff Dale
"Riding The Wave" - Christian Marsac
"Water Circles" - Barrie Gledden / Kes Loy / Tim Reilly
"Shine On" - Terry Devine King / Lincoln Grounds
"Star Bright" - Bruce Maginnis
With original music composed by Patrick Jonsson.
56 yo disabled vet (Iraq 2006) Snowboarding has changed my entire life. I'm one of the oldest women I know riding in summit county, CO. I watch films and go try what I think I've learned. Full body protection has kept me from dying. A few cracks and pops later, I'm 16 days into our season. Just rode two storm days and my legs are like jelly, heart is full. Best buds out there are the young guys/grrls. They watch out for me and help. We don't leave our own behind. Love is in the air. Full-speed ahead! Thanks for the film, it's beyond words.
Jill how's your season goin this year?
This is amazing. I’m a disabled vet as well (Afghanistan 2012) snowboarding has changed my life as well since getting out of service. I love to hear this and hope your season is starting off good!
Thank you for your service. Happy trails
You guy's rock! Volunteer'd for 10 yrs at the National Center for Disabled Skier's in Winter Park. SEND IT GIRL🤘
I Hope You’re Still Riding, Don’t Stop Until You Drop…😎
It's not about the celebrities of boarding. It's about that feeling you get going down that run, that back country, everything that changed your view on the world. It's about the freedom you feel on that board.
I fully agree man, but boarding wouldn’t be what it is today without those pioneer “celebrities “. But I hear ya
It's a gift of stoke, handed down.
RIP Craig Kelly. What you did for snowboarding will never be forgotten.
"There is a peace in the silence of the backcountry,
There is a beauty in the white of the greatest peaks,
There is a serenity in the carving of winter's bounty,
There is an awe in the levity of our farthest leaps,
To those who know such elation,
Is bestowed the greatest gift,
To know the sensation,
Of riding adrift,
The most beautiful of God's creation,
A land of exploration and wintry pleasure,
Where snowboarding holds our deepest admiration,
Always and forever."
This goes out to all snowboarders, let's keep this sport alive and better than ever.
That was beutiful my man
James Zambetti..very very well said James!!.hope your having a fun and great season this years bro !!
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Im sitting here 3rd week of June sitting in my shed in a chair just inside the door watching the rain come down watching this with one hand on one of my boards... Snowboarding has been a driving force in my life since Christmas of 1989 when I got by first board. I get emotional thinking about snowboarding because it's given me such a connection to the earth and it cleans my soul when I get out and ride. When Craig says he will probably snowboard forever I truly think he is up in heaven somewhere with Jake and Tom riding powder together forever.
Watching this in 2021. 41 years old, new to snowboarding. Can barely make turns but I'm getting there. Thanks to these pioneers. This film was well made. Thank you!
Hope you stayed with it. I started at 43, been doing it for 19 years now. ,blacks, bowls, bumps, trees and of course powder are my happy place.
@@sunjaybedi4389much respect 🫡 have fun out there! I met a guy that turned 70 last season and he even went to the park and hit grinds. Can’t wait to meet him again up there this year!
Snowboarding changed my life. As a kid I hated sports.
Then, on a cold February day during a school trip I strapped into a snowboard and managed to link turns on the very first day.
The next winter was particularly snowy. One day, I was alone on the peak of the hill, chest-deep in powder, clouded by fog and silence. That day I found not only peace and wonder for the hill, but a taste of heaven, for surfing powder was like riding clouds.
Every year I cannot wait for the first snow. I
Rest In Peace Jake Burton Carpenter.
And Craig Kelly
Brian Southard All my gear is Burton but I never owned a Burton board. Once he passed I went out and got myself a Blunt.
@@No1Famous617 My son and I both ride Burton 155s with Flow bindings. I do have a Ride 162 for backtrail days, but that Burton board carves.
M Nice choices. A have a few boards myself but the blunt is so friendly to jumping around the mountains and hitting the park, it’s hard not to stay with it everytime I go out.
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This documentary seriously brought me to literal tears. I fell in love with this sport only a month ago and I still remember the first time I was able to actually ride. The joy and that feeling, truly indescribable. I had no idea any of the history behind it and it makes me so happy to now know. I may have only started a month ago but after my 4th day ever I bought my new set up because I realized that I wanted to do this for the rest of my life. I'm planning on going to CU Boulder for college and all I want is to be a pro. If I can't I want to be that snowboarder that kids look up to in the ski resort who's absolutely shredding and making the entire resort there playground.
All you want is to go pro… but you’re going to college?
get it bro
Are you progressing?
Jake would be proud to have heard you say this.
hope everything is going well for you bro.
Ride in peace Jake. Thank you for everything you've done for snowboarding. Yesterday you left us, but snowboarding will always be with us.
Watching Craig Kelly ride lines in the backcountry strikes a profound feeling in me. So smooth, so stylish and so soulful. R.I.P
An absolute legend
I'm 44 yo and have been riding since I was 10. To this day there's nothing else that I enjoy more than sliding down the mountain. The vybe and serenity you get is as good as it gets.
It's cool to see the roots on screen, the roots that I grew up with. I wish younger generations of snowboarders would watch this to learn where the sport has came from. Also stoked to see dayglo and swallow tails back on the slopes
Amazing documentary! I love the reporter "packed with phrases such as Rip it up, dude". He says it so uncomfortably I'm dying 😂
As soon as I heard "it all started with ny little board" a wave of emotions flooded me and I cant stop crying. I am so greatful to have grown up in a time and place with my parents in a position to take me to the ski hill when I was 7 ever since then snowboarding has been my expression of joy. Maybe its cause my dad just died and it was his love that brought the mountains into my life. Maybe its cause snowboarding is the only thing in my life that I will choose to do till I die. Maybe it has more to do with how beautiful it is to be so free in the mountains and the skills, life lessons and friendships I have made through the bond we have. Maybe its all of that and so much more I cant explain. I know I will never forget, and the love will never die as there is nothing more peaceful and satisfying to me than being in the mountains with family and friends sliding on the soft pillowy freshness that is snowboard life.
Thank you for reading this...
I'm 32 just snowboard for the first time. I fell in love with it. I just wished I picked up this hobby sooner.
Still have my 1988 Sims switchblade. Will never get rid of it. Loved this. Thank you .
It'll probably be worth a lot one day
Great doc from start to finish!
My family doesn't understand why I talk, think and dream of riding in the middle of summer.
Never quit since '86!
I feel the same, been riding since 92.
fell ya ! since 02
Im 35 and ive recently got into snowboarding and after looking at all the companies I realized Burton loves vets and appreciate them so much we get a discount! Thank you to everyone who took part in inventing this sport! Burton forever..
i'm skier and i did watch the whole movie, and liked it alot! just because you are skier it doesn't mean that you don't like "The story of snowboarding"
- good job with the movie!
Im old enough that i did actually own a snurfer in my youth and i started snowboardng when Sorels were still widely considered the best boots avail. .. so i appreciate seeing this ... Its still hard to believe it took so long for snowboarding to reach where it is today...
I have been snowboarding since 1992 and I just got the recent pleasure of teaching my youngest how to ride last week. This movie was a greats trip down memory lane. Truly a great film.
I found an original Snurfer in my mom's garage! So stoked!
Dude!! You gotta ride that for kicks👍👍
this is the sould of snowboarding. every rider out there should watch this once a year. Remember your roots, respect the elders.
I’m teaching my fiancé how to snowboard, she wants to go everyday now. I’m glad this will be in our family forever
This movie just nails it! I got all emotional seeing Tom Sims footage from the 70's. RIP Tom Sims. Great to see the credits to Sherman Poppen as the grandpa of snowboarding. Thx Burn!
Thank you to every single boarder who founded, pioneered and persevered to give me the opportunity to experience boundless freedom in the mountains.
I am at a loss for words, what you people did and what all snowboarders have done for themselves and for the progression of the sport is truly beautiful. Society rejected it, we persevered and proved to the world that the feeling you can get from riding on the snow with a plank and some straps can turn into one of the most amazing feelings out there. Thank you so much everybody at Burn for making this. This is a beautiful piece of art.
Made it fully through, one sitting, absolutely AMAZING. 11 years old, been snowboarding for about a year.
Rip more often and _Avoid the Internet_.
It will prove to be more trouble than it's worth, especially at your age.
Some day you will understand what i mean (and i'ts totally fine now if u think i'm just being a kooky "adult").
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Life without snowboarding is no life. Thank you to those people who have and do make snowboarding what it is. Freedom, peace, fun, passion, joy and happiness, memories, friends and so much more...
I absolutely enjoyed this documentary. I just did a snowboarding trip with my kids at Mammoth. The moments/memories with kids was amazing. If it was not for these pioneers of this awesome sport, I would not know what else would I rather be doing. Life is short, shread on my fellow boarders!!!
This documentary is a masterpiece
I remember Tom Sims from high school in NJ. He and his friends would make their own skateboards back in the very early 70's. They called skateboarding "birding" though. I remember Tom's father really seeing the commercial potential way back then. Tom was known for his drawing and cartoons as well...talented guy.
My dad taught me to ride when I was 9. He started riding on one of the OG sims boards. Now at 50 he is still riding sims. Not as often or nearly as hard. But snowboarding is something that means so much to me, and to him. You don’t have to worry about anything up there. With some good friends or by yourself. It’s the greatest place on earth. I try to introduce as many people to it as possible.
Thanks to all who've made this sport available to me! Couldn't imagine my life without it!
Amazing documentary. It takes me back to when I was a young 80's kid..
As a US northeast skateboarder and skier, hoping and waiting for snowboarding to become accessible to my friends and me, I remember wearing Sorel boots to ride, not being allowed at ski resorts, and riding snow covered backyards and golf courses--building jumps and carving hay-bail quarters and halfpipes with shovels.
Those early beefs served as motivation--a competition that drove everyone to do great things, push boundaries, and evolve.. much like space exploration.
Without Jake, Phil, Chuck, Terry, Palmer, Craig Kelly, Terje, Tina Basich, and countless others, who knows where we'd be without them. They all shaped the activity of snowboarding in positive ways and formed what we have today.
To this day, snowboarding is the funnest activity I have ever done. Thank you to all the pioneers and progressers of snowboarding, no matter who you are. You have given me, and many others, a gift to always cherish.
RIP to the riders lost in that avalanche and so much love for KP, I know this Doc is a bit old but this really hit home when it comes to describing just how special of a sport snowboarding is. Hope every one has great seasons to come!
I could think of a few more names as well. But that simply isn't what this movie is about. Thanks BURN for fuelling my passion again! Great stuff!
I'm crying :) Powder, snowboarding, friends... Feels so hood you know? I will never take it for granted anymore :')
This is the best snowboarding documentary in existence
My wife and I just jumped on snowboards for the first time last month! Loved it and our snowboards just got delivered today. Happy to be on the boards these pioneers made. Truly thank you for all of what you did. It’s pure joy for us both
One of the greatest documentaries for one of the greatest activities ever made….. thank you burn 🔥
Remarkable. This was well compiled, documented and edited. This film captures the soul of snowboarding, for me.
Hey if any of these awesome people who were in this documentary are reading this I just want to thank you for your contribution
Best snowboarding video I've ever seen. So refreshing, educative and absolutely fascinating. Every rider out there needs to watch this.
I started watching this at 6am, paused it to get one more day on the mountain for the season, came home to finish watching. Thanks for sharing this film. Very inspiring.
im 13 years old and was introduced to snowboarding 3 years ago all i have to say is snowboarding changed my life it inspires me so much and makes me push every day to think and do things snowboarding is mostly what i think about all the time :)
the clock is 3:46 am... and I just couldn't stop watching it. It was amazing, just freaking amazing!
How come I never ever saw this before... this is so beautiful and very well done! No matter what level you were riding back then, SNOWBOARDING shaped our lives... I started in 1983 as well, fully inspired by Craig Kelly, then Bert Lamar and Shaun Palmer... If you were lucky enough to live that story, raise your hand up if you did cry at the end... Snowboarding is just beautiful... this deserve a feature film on theater... My only regret, Tom Sims left too soon when I was about to meet him in Santa Barbara for a Sims reunion he was planning on! What a story... thank you to whoever made that! Preparing the 40th anniversary of Snowboarding in France while I write this... amen!
Ive watched this start to finish multiple times. Best Doc ever on the story and soul of snowboarding.
This movie made me realize how much i love snowboarding. The feeling of snowboarding is one of the best in the world. I will never forget the first time i stood on the top of the mountain, it was amazing!
I just wanted to take a short look at this film but ended up watching it from the beginning to the end. Left me with a big smile and some teary eyes. Thanks for making this.
Iam a Mexican immigrant lives in Leadville Colorado for more then 25 years this vid brings a lot of nostalgia makes me more appreciative to have grown up here and the mountains cant beat the feeling of snowboarding
This movie really capture the love for the mountains. It brought me to tears.
Snowboarding is FUN!!!!🏂 Thank you snowboard pioneers!
This is cool that one of the snowboard instructors at my local resort is caught by the news team explaining how snowboarding is the same as skiing.
i've used this movie in my exam and i got a 5!!! my task was to talk about snowboarding and i watched the movie and took it from there! love this
I really enjoyed this documentary. I started snowboarding in 2002 and love it more than ever.
I almost cry, this is the best documentary ever
this film just says one thing: go out, ride and have fun no matter what others think! *Masterpiece* :)
This was such a good watch, I’d like to add all the older folks in the comments still rocking in there 60-70’s🫡🤘 much respect. I’ve been boarding for 19 years now and I’m 36! Time flys when you’re having fun. It’s crazy to see how much has changed even in my lifetime. I remember when boarders were looked down on by skiers, now I have friends that ski and board in the park. Most of the best people I met have been on the mountain. God bless and rip extra hard for the pioneers that made it possible 🙏🏂
this films sums up why i love to get out an play on my board as much as i can, when i'm on my board i'm free, something only my fellow boarders will understand... thanks for the film...
Had the Craig Kelly Burton and Sims Halfpipe. Was so into this that I moved to Big Bear Lake my 2nd year riding and worked at Snow Summit so I could ride a lot more. Good Times!🔥
Such a rad movie. Now I want to go snowboarding.
Nice film, i miss Mr Marco Siffredi who was the first m'as ever to ride the Everst. Amazing performance and contribution to snowboard. RIP Marco.
Thank so much SNOWBOARDING!!!!! LIVE TO RIDE RIDE TO LIVE!!!!!!
I can't wait to watch the next snowboard documentary in ten years. That's the beauty with snowboarding, the fun never stops.
Best snowboard film I have ever seen
This documentary is beautiful.
As a tropical country residence for most of my life, finally shred in a snowboard in Winter 2022. The first few days in the snow was rough,, but after 1 season (10+ days) doing it, I started to enjoy the activity.
The experience when you finally get down your first bunny hills, doing the S turn, or even riding down the chairlift without falling is awesome.
Like this sport and will continue to ride.
-- Written on March 2022 --
-- by a beginner snowboarder --
Thanks for the documentary and all the great people that made the sport so huge today.
so glad this documentary exists
Best movie about snowboarding history ever!
Awesome movie! So awesome it's available free of charge on UA-cam. It not only gives a great history of snowboarding, but also does a great job of sharing the spirit of snowboarding as well.
I love snowboarding! Thank you all for all you've contributed.
Amazing how our sport we all love has grown. From one man keeping his kids entertained and now it's enjoyed by millions.. Happy shredding
That was so well done. It made me love snowboarding even more, which I didn’t think was possible. It really seems like it was born multiple places at once, like something was just in the air that had to be born.......... Beautiful.
me im not a snowboarder... we dont even got this sport in mexico city but damn man passion is the fuel for my life to ...this is what always kept things alive
djsaeg but in Juarez there's something similar to snowboarding... Sandboarding, I would like to go back there if just to visit my grandmother's house and to check out the sand dunes where they do Sandboarding.
it really is the best. I used to ski my whole life, from 6 to about 15yrs old. then tried snowboard to get a new challenge. now that Im getting good at it, it's just probably the single most wonderful thing to do I know of. the feeling is so much better than skiing! this could be individual ofcourse, but I wish for everyone to experience that joy :)
Great movie, really appreciated what SIMS & BURTON did for the industry not mentioning the riders who were one of the finest ever . R.I.P to all those who died trying & doing what they loved to do, on the other hand respect to all who are doing this for passion and fun as that is why I am doing this for past 10 years and I cant stop .
What a movie, taking you through 35 years of snowboarding history, with its highlights and drama! Amazing what this sport has gone through...
Special cheers to Regis Rolland, who entertained so many teenagers in France with the Apocalypse Snow series!
Great job
What a great documentary, thanks for doing this!
For the first 30 minutes i was a solid goose bump.
From my Cruise 155 ('88), to my Kelly Air ('91), to my Brushie Rainbow Trout ('93), to my K2 Fatbob ('98)...Going to the US Open @ Stratton in the late 80s...My Vew Do board...The memories!!!!!
And in 1988, when you buy your snowboard from the closet sized Burton Factory store in Manchester Center VT, you get a letter from the company thanking you for the support. I wish I kept it, but I was an 11 year old kid :P
And also my first real snowboard vid, Fear of a Flat Planet, was basically a Pearl Jam music video :P
Boarding has definitely changed my life for the better! I wouldnt give it up for anything!
ive watched this 3 times always stoked through the whole movie
I love snowboarding and ive been riding since i was 5, 10 years ago. i recently became an instructor and i spread the joy! please go out and try it and remember, as long as you are having fun, you are doing it right!
Damn dude is 21 now
@@StagOp damn dude is 23 now
@@dylanh8659 i hope he’s living a pleasant life
This was the best snowboard movie i ever saw... verry usefull and educational...I feel so sorry for Craig Kelly :///
there's a full documentary about his life streaming on redbull site ;)
it's amazing
Fall 1985, bought my first snowboard, Burton Cruiser, started riding, sold my K2's and never looked back.. (RIP Craig Kelly)
YES!!! the next year I put a Burton elite 150 on layaway...then finally got it. The next year I traded it for a Cruzer..what a mistake! then I sold it and bought a Sims Kidwell never looked back!!! still have it! All cracked..I have lugged that shit for 35 years!!!! Hell yeah!!! still love that board!
Awesome film. Great job. Respect from WHISTLER BLACKCOMB!
been riding since the late 80's... now im teaching my 3 years daughter old to ride since she's 1 year and 11month old.
I love snowboard.
Thank you for making this available for free.
cool footage from the first snowboard contest!
watch this over and over. will make you want to bring it all back to what it should be
I am now 35 years old, and whilst I cant really be a pro at my age now, I realised I still have this huge drive and passion for cars and racing, and I am still going to fulfill my life long goal of racing at a national level. My advice to you, is go and get it buddy, If you want to achieve that status, then do everything you can. If for some reason you don't make it straight away, be kind to yourself and keep trying, the universe can make life quite different than you might want it to be.
They all did it out of passion and love.. respect!
Amazing story,amazing passion, amazing lives. Thank You All
RIP The Godfather of Snowboarding Jake Burton
Jason Ayana this is why I came to watch this video again.
Steve Derrah
So great. I started at Copper Mountain in 1990, entirely changed my life and so fun to watch it all
The feeling of calmly flying down the hill, totally at peace and just pure beauty
Great movie! I started snowboarding properly in August 2008 and it changed my life. There are some fantastic snowboarding movies out there but none have quite conveyed so well why it has had such an impact on my life. To see that it has had the same effect on so many before me for the same reasons really makes me feel part of something special and real.
Thank you for making such an amazing film!
What an epic journey. Snowboarding has helped me find a new path & meaning of life! SB POW All Day Every Day Shun!!
Gotta own this. SNOWBOARDING FOR LIFE!!!
Amazing video. I've been snowboarding for two years and never been happier. The freedom the sport gives you is why we do it and thats why its so damn awesome
I am so thankful for watching this movie!