Backcountry Snowboarding & Big Air in Boone

The recent snowstorms provided a few locals with the incentive to get out into the "backcountry" of Boone, NC and shred some fresh pow, build some big jumps, and catch some big air. I shot some footage of the action and put together a couple of edits. Check 'em out below...

Trailer: Best of High Country Adventures

The Best of The First season of High Country Adventures is available now on DVD. The DVD features over 2 hours of action adventure sports video from the High Country. There will be a couple of options for purchasing the DVD - widescreen vs. 4:3; with or without the High Country Adventures Season 1 Soundtrack; Online or at a variety of local retailers.

Here's the trailer with some of the action that is included on the disc. Also included are special features like the Blowing Rock Boulders Segment...

Yours for only... $20.00

Roscoe, Weather Channel Hero

One of the biggest snow events in the last 10 years swept through Boone on December 18. The storm dropped more than 20 inches of snow across the High Country.

I went out and shot some video of the snow falling, and of course, Roscoe rolling in it. I got a great shot of Roscoe howling and decided to send it into the Weather Channel to see if they would air it on the television.

After hearing no response from the WC, I went to bed and forgot all about it. In the morning, after peaking through the window at the massive drifts and deep snow mounds, I turned on the Weather Channel and watched the Local on the Eights. Immediately after the local forecast, Roscoe took center screen howling his best, most wolf-like howl he could muster as the snow came down in fluffy clumps. I was pretty excited to say the least.

Here's the video of the segment on the Weather Channel.



Here's the long video of Roscoe playing in the snow.

Backyard Boulders

Blowing Rock Boulders

DVD Premier Party at the Boone Saloon

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 --

Lookout for a few new short films premiering at the Boone Saloon on Wednesday. Our first ever High Country Adventures Premier Party is going down and we'll have some new videos to show off. Look out for some killer new footage from T.C. Webb, maybe a new Mike Stam video, and some footage of the Backyard Boulders shot by yours truly, Eric Crews. It should be a good time as Skip Sinanian has informed me there are a few new draft beers that will be unveiled for the premier so come on out and sample some of the new libations and check out some cool footage set to good music.

See you there!

The Obscurists

In the spring of 2009 High Country Video Productions shot and edited a short film called The Obscurists. The film shows what bouldering in the High Country is all about. It isn't about how hard you rate the problem, or how popular the problem is on rockclimbing.com, or how many ascents the problem has. Bouldering in the High Country is all about going out and finding new boulder problems that you've never climbed before. The only thing that really matters is going out and pushing yourself to climb harder on new boulders and to keep pushing yourself to get better, stronger, and more solid by pushing the limits of what you've experienced just a little further into the unknown.

Here's The Obscurists, a film about bouldering in the High Country.