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Release Date: December 2, 2005
On DVD: February 21, 2006
Genre: Documentary
Director: Kevin Harrison, Kemp Curley
Writer: Kevin Harrison
Cast: Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Shaun White, Hannah Teter
Studio: Universal Pictures
Official site: firstdescentmovie.com
Running Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and a drug reference.

The docu-drama "First Descent" chronicles the rebellious, inspiring and sometimes controversial rise of snowboarding--as seen through the eyes of the snowboarders setting the standards and breaking the boundaries of this worldwide phenomenon.

"First Descent" spotlights a handful of snowboarding's early pioneers (including Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata and Terje Haakonsen) and some of the ultra-sponsored superstar phenoms at snowboarding's current cutting edge (Shaun White and Hannah Teter) and literally takes them to the edge--the snow blanketed mountains...

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Anonymous says:

September 9, 2005

I've talked to a couple people in the industry & they said this going to finally give snowboarding the respect it deserves. It's time for snowboarding to hit the big screen...

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