Claim: The Greatest Ski Movie Ever

Went to the showing in Seattle last night at McCaw Hall. I'm sure a lot of you were there...even saw Scotsman and co. at McD's. I'm curious if anyone had any thoughts on the film? I personally did not think that their "claim" was true. Besides Ingrid Backstrom being hot and some dude with a parachute and a deathwish, I thought it was just another ski porno. Still makes me yearn for powder though. Thoughts?

Same deal every year... The opening powder sequence was incredible, the karaoke was impressive, and the return of Saucerboy is always worth a laugh. This performance was lacking some real hyping by the host, and I would have liked it if Mark Abma had stepped up to the Mic and said some words to get people pumped.

I stood in line with all the 20 year olds to get my signed copy of a Mark Abma poster.
My wife, son  and JW made fun of me!
I told him about TAY and invited him to the P-Patch on Sunday!! He said he couldn't but I think he was just scared of the competition!!!!!

He signed it " Scotsman Keep living the dream".

I'm as giddy as a school girl and I have it on my wall at work. :-[ :-[

I agree with Stugie-Ski-porn , nothing more , nothing less but so what ,it was  still fun and I got to meet Mark Abma. Gush!!!

Recognizing that any claim for, "the greatest..." is a pretty ridiculous category no matter what the subject, I would like to call peoples' attention to what I consider one of the greatest ski flicks I have watched, "Ski Bums". It has had a significant impact on my life.

Unlike most ski films which are collections of "ski-porn",  Ski Bums is a documentary made by John Zaritsky through the Canadian Film Board and allows viewers to come to understand the motivation of the "bums" in the film and to hear their powerful witness to the redemptive power of skiing. Sure, there's ski-porn in the film but so much more. Consequently, this is a ski movie even interesting to people with little interest in skiing.

A trailer is found and info at The Canadian Film Board

Unfortunately the film is out of print but can be seen cable channels. If you must see this film and cannot get access, send me a pm and I'll see what I can do.

Oh yeah, in addition to ski porn and moving and compelling stories, there is also lots of unapologetic nudity and drug use so it might not be appropriate for younger viewers.

Recognizing that any claim for, "the greatest..." is a pretty ridiculous category no matter what the subject, I would like to call people's attention to what I consider one of the greatest ski flicks I have watched, "Ski Bums." It has had a significant impact on my life.

What a tease! Only the trailer and can't find the full-length.

They have Ski Bums on Netflix. I just put it in my "queue".

I bought this not too long ago. Has The Ski Bums and a bunch of other great movies

www.amazon.com/Classic-Films-Otto-Lang-Barrymore/dp/B000CEV6XO

I bought this not too long ago. Has The Ski Bums and a bunch of other great movies

www.amazon.com/Classic-Films-Otto-Lang-Barrymore/dp/B000CEV6XO

I think the film in your set is "Last of the Ski Bums" by Dick Barrymore (sp?). The mention here is a newer film, "Ski Bums".

I bought this not too long ago. Has The Ski Bums and a bunch of other great movies

www.amazon.com/Classic-Films-Otto-Lang-Barrymore/dp/B000CEV6XO

Hey, can we borrow that some time?
Or better yet, bring it over and we'll supply the beer and popcorn.

I stood in line with all the 20 year olds to get my signed copy of a Mark Abma poster.
My wife, son  and JW made fun of me!
I told him about TAY and invited him to the P-Patch on Sunday!! He said he couldn't but I think he was just scared of the competition!!!!!

He signed it " Scotsman Keep living the dream".

I'm as giddy as a school girl and I have it on my wall at work. :-[ :-[

I agree with Stugie-Ski-porn , nothing more , nothing less but so what ,it was  still fun and I got to meet Mark Abma. Gush!!!

Damn Chris, you sound like a preteen girl who's just met Justin Timberlake.

Hey, can we borrow that some time?
Or better yet, bring it over and we'll supply the beer and popcorn.

Works for me. Popcorn gotta be fresh popped. Microwave popcorn makes choke.

Works for me. Popcorn gotta be fresh popped. Microwave popcorn makes choke.

No microwave stuff here.
We make it the old fashion way...

“...ski as much as possible, work as little as necessary, and enjoy the simple pleasures of an unhurried life.” --The goal of the "Last of the Ski Bums"

I found the entire "Classic Ski Films Collection", which includes "The Last of the Ski Bums", for $7.50 (new) + $2.50 shipping through Amazon.

Watched "The Last of the Ski Bums", a lighthearted and fanciful worldwide romp of some ski bums who come into lots of money.

Highlights for me: the 20+ mile untracked powder run on the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand; an interview with and some climbing footage of Gaston Rebuffat(!) who tells the earnest young men, "No my friends. I do not climb for the danger of being close to death but for the difficulty of being close to life” and who labels climbing "the perfect blend of nature and sport"; the incredible skiing skills exhibited when one considers the gear being used.

Watched  John Jay's "Ski Down Through the Years" a couple of times from the "Classic Ski Films Collection"

Saw footage of Gretchen Fraser, a Tacoma native who began skiing up at Paradise and went on to become the first American to win an Olympic Gold medal in skiing. She won the Woman's Slalom in 1948 at St Moritz. The 2 familiar Sun Valley posters below are of Gretchen.

The final segment was a July 4 trip to Mt Baker with "a ski bum named Bud Calvert" who traveled in a converted milk truck. As it was July 4, Bud produced a large cannon and was firing away as students in the summer race program worked out under their coach, Franz Gabl (pronounced, appropriately enough today, "gobble").

Franz Gabl was an Olympian who settled in the northwest. He coached, operated the Pilchuck ski area in 1970-71, and was an organizer of the Sea to Ski race. His autobiography was entitled, Franzl II: From Four Years on the Russian Front, 1941-45, to Standing on the Olympic Podium in 1948: An Autobiography By Franz X. Gabl