The Banff Radical Reels Tour comes to a close. Great event and great films. Hope to see you there next year!
The following excerpt is from the Banff site:

(http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/radicalreels/)

FASTER, STEEPER, HIGHER, DEEPER! Want to see the hottest collection of high-adrenaline outdoor films in your town? Radical Reels, an evening of exciting action films at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, is now hitting the road. For the past several years, the Radical Reels night in Banff has featured a special screening of the wildest high-adrenaline films entered in the Banff Mountain Film Festival. So many action films were being submitted to the film festival that they could not fit into the regular screenings, resulting in the creation of the hugely successful Radical Reels evening presentation. The Radical Reels Film Tour complements the established Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, which has been thrilling audiences since 1981. Most World Tour screenings include a range of different themes (adventure sports, environment, mountain culture, heritage, etc.) and styles (action-filled shorts; longer, more comprehensive films; amateur and professional productions; etc.). The Radical Reels presentations incorporate all these elements, but the focus is on dynamic, high-adrenaline films featuring sports such as skiing, climbing, kayaking, BASE jumping, snowboarding and mountain biking. These activities continue to be included on the World Tour, but Radical Reels is for audiences who prefer all action films. Now you won’t have to journey to Banff to see these exciting films.

The line up:

2nd Base (custom edit)
Norway, 2005, 12 minutes
Directed by Espen Wang Kristiansen with André Bach, Terje Halvorsen
Produced by Oslo BASE/Plastikk Media/Monster Media
Website: www.oslobase.no
Focus: BASE jumping
Rating: Parental Guidance — No Advisory
Film notes: Five years after the release of the resoundingly successful 1st Base, the Norwegians at Oslo BASE are back with the sequel.

Dist-URBAN Behaviour
Canada, 2005, 10 minutes
Directed and produced by Antoine Séguin
Website: www.drtopo.com
Focus: Urban Climbing/Bouldering
Rating: General — Coarse Language
Film notes: “Our cities and buildings provide for our every living moment. We have adapted its architecture for our activities and movements; we work in offices, shop in malls and live in condos.” Dist-URBAN Behaviour explores the potential to do much more than walking and driving in our cities. In this short film, Montreal climbers create their own city experience. Skyscrapers and buildings become infinite climbing possibilities.

First Ascent: The Tombstone
USA, 2006, 7 minutes
Directed by Peter Mortimer
Produced by Peter Mortimer, Timmy O’Neill, Nick Rosen, Pascal Bronnimann
Website: www.senderfilms.com
Focus: Climbing
Rating: Parental Guidance — Coarse Language
Film notes: World-class daredevil Dean Potter risks life and limb to make the first ascent of a perfect crack up a 600-foot desert tower known as the Tombstone. Dean survives 60-foot falls onto his gear before climbing the Tombstone, then BASE jumping from its summit.

Flying High Again — NWD VII (custom edit)
Canada, 2006, 16 minutes
Directed and produced by Derek Westerlund
Website: www.freeride-entertainment.com
Focus: Mountain Biking
Rating: General — Coarse Language
Film notes: Freeride Entertainment travels the globe to capture the best riding on the planet. Filmed in HD and 16mm, Flying High Again presents a visual landscape that feels weightless one moment and powerfully raw the next. Your heart will race as you witness, in vibrant clarity, huge air and sick stunts in this action-packed film.

Hustle & Snow (custom edit)
USA, 2006, 18 minutes
Directed and produced by Duane Kubischta
Website: www.adventurefilmworks.com
Focus: Skiing
Rating: General
Film notes: This ski action documentary follows a small group of athletes as they power through the winter while competing and trying to hold down their night jobs in Tahoe, California. A love of skiing transcends all aspects of their lives and provides the motivational energy that drives them. Join Miles Clark, Jason Dobbs, and Dave Gibbs as they sweat it out day after day on their skis, striving for exposure and recognition while maintaining good humour and a genuine love for life.

The Professional Adrenalinists
Canada, 2005, 5 minutes
Directed and produced by Adam Besse
Focus: Freestyle Walking
Rating: General
Film notes: The Professional Adrenalinists is a mockumentary that looks into the world of freestyle walking. See this young group known as the professional adrenalinists talk about their love for the sport and the companionship that they have together. We also get to take a look at some of their moves.

Storms — The Movie: Touching My Self
UK, 2005, 12 minutes
Directed and produced by David Halsted, Alastair Lee
Website: www.posingproductions.com
Focus: Mountaineering/ Humour
Rating: General
Film notes: This segment from the anarchic and slightly risqué climbing comedy Storms — The Movie parodies the acclaimed movie Touching the Void, based on the book by Joe Simpson.

Wet-House (custom edit)
USA, 2005, 18 minutes
Directed and produced by Ammen Jordan
Website: www.wet-house.com
Focus: Kayaking
Rating: General
Film notes: Wet-House combines amazing footage from around the globe with intriguing commentary as it artistically profiles a select group of the world’s best paddlers — not just as athletes but also as individuals with personality, character, and opinion.