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POWDER MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL NOMINEES FOR 6TH ANNUAL VIDEO AND

READER

POLL AWARDS PRESENTED BY JEEP

*Three new categories reflect the continued evolution of the sport

**Awards party set for January 28, 2006, in Aspen, Colorado

San Juan Capistrano, CA‹Powder Magazine is proud to announce the

official

nominees for the 2006 Powder Video Awards. Considered the Academy

Awards of

the ski industry, this prestigious awards show honors the best

filmmakers

and top athletes in categories such as Best Line, Best Air, Movie of

the

Year, and Best Male and Female Performance. Additionally, the show

features

the Reader Poll Awards, which name the top 10 male and top five female

skiers of the year as voted by readers of Powder Magazine.

To reflect the evolution of the sport, the Powder staff updated its

categories this year, replacing ³Best Cliff Huck² and ³Best Trick² with

three new awards. The ³Best Air: Natural² category pits 80-foot cliff

drops

against stylish corked airs off of natural wind lips and tricks through

double-stage cliff lines. ³Best Air: Man-Made² will honor not only airs

over

park jumps, massive hips, road gaps and backcountry booters, but also

all of

the hard work that goes into building these unique features. Finally,

the

best rail trick, tree jib, or urban bomb drop will be named ³Best Jib²

for

2006.

With nearly 30 videos released in 2005, the competition for the coveted

awards is tougher than ever. The annual Video and Reader Poll Awards,

presented by Jeep and sponsored by The North Face, Aspen/Snowmass, Red

Bull,

Amp¹d Mobile, and Vox Vodka, returns to Aspen, Colorado, on January 28,

2006. The PVAs attract the biggest names in skiing to the Hotel Jerome

for

one special night. Don¹t miss it.

6TH ANNUAL POWDER VIDEO AWARDS AND READER POLL PRESENTED BY JEEP

Saturday, January 28, 2006

The Hotel Jerome

330 East Main St.

Aspen, CO

6:45 pm - 8:00 pm: VIP Cocktail Reception

8:00 pm: Doors open to public

8:30 pm - 10:30 pm: Award Show

10:30 pm - 12:00am: DJ

Click-in to http://www.powdermag.com/events/powpoll06 for updates,

video and

photos from the show, and more.

2006 POWDER VIDEO AWARDS NOMINEES

Best Female Performance

Jamie Burge

Booter Crunk

Rage Films

Ingrid Backstrom

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Sarah Burke

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Michelle Parker

Stars, Skis & Hucks

Chainsaw Productions

Andrea Binning

4:th Street

Swedish Posse

Best Line

Eric Hjorleifson

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

P.Y. Leblanc

Echo

Team Thirteen Industries

Hugo Harrisson

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Jeremy Nobis

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

Full Throttle

**NO NOMINEES ­ WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED JAN. 28, 2006

Best Jib

Candide Thovex (lodge balcony rail--La Clusaz, France)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Corey Vanular (270 into double urban rail line)

Shanghai Six

Level 1 Productions

Mike Wilson (misty 630 off rail)

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Candide Thovex (23.5-foot tree jib)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Breakthrough Performer

**NO NOMINEES ­ WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED JAN. 28, 2006

Best Air: Man-Made

Mike Wilson (double underflip)

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Andy Mahre (zero spin over Pyramid gap)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Tanner Hall (switch 900 over Chad¹s gap)

Teddybear Crisis

Kris Ostness & Henrik Rostrup

Andreas Hatveit (37.5-foot 540 nose grab)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Best Powder

Bryan Barlow

Echo

Team Thirteen Industries

Pep Fujas

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Will Burks, Dave McReynolds, Marc-Andre

Belliveau

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

Brant Moles, Lynsey Dyer, Shroder Baker

Waiting Game

Wink Inc. & Klutch Productions

Best Air: Natural

Mike Douglas (50-footer)

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Harlow Wetschler (50-foot cork 7)

Waiting Game

Wink Inc. & Klutch Productions

Pep Fujas (30-foot cliff 180)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Seth Morrison (70-foot backflip)

Stars, Skis and Hucks

Chainsaw Productions

Best P.O.V.

P.Y. Leblanc by Thierry Donard

Echo

Team Thirteen Industries

Shane McConkey

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Erik Roner

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

JP Auclair

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Worst Slam

Tanner Hall

Pop Yer Bottlez

The Bigger Picture

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

Simon Dumont

Teddybear Crisis

Kris Ostness & Henrik Rostrup

Brad Holmes

Stars, Skis and Hucks

Chainsaw Productions

Best Male Performance

Eric Hjorleifson

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

CR Johnson

Pop Yer Bottlez

The Bigger Picture

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

Tanner Hall

Teddybear Crisis

Kris Ostness & Henrik Rostrup

JP Auclair

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Movie of the Year

Teddybear Crisis

Kris Ostness & Henrik Rostrup

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Waiting Game

Wink Inc. & Klutch Productions

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

PHOTO OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa

Haines, Alaska

Photo: Tony Harrington/TGR

Rob Holmes

Wasatch Backcountry, Utah

Photo: Will Wissman

Henrik Windstedt

Park City, Utah

Photo: Mattias Fredriksson/TBC

Andrew McGarry

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Photo: Andrew McGarry

Brant Moles

Brighton, Utah

Photo: Will Wissman

 
My choices:

Best Female Performance

Jamie Burge

Booter Crunk

Rage Films

Best Line

P.Y. Leblanc

Echo

Team Thirteen Industries

Hugo Harrisson

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Best Jib

Candide Thovex (23.5-foot tree jib)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Breakthrough Performer

JF Houle

Whiteshine

Plehouse films

Best Air: Man-Made

Andreas Hatveit (37.5-foot 540 nose grab)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Best Powder

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Will Burks, Dave McReynolds, Marc-Andre Belliveau

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

Best Air: Natural

Marc-Andre Belliveau (various 180's)

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

Best P.O.V.

Shane McConkey

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

Worst Slam

Simon Dumont

Teddybear Crisis

Kris Ostness & Henrik Rostrup

Best Male Performance

JP Auclair

War

Poor Boyz Productions

Charles Gagnier

Whiteshine

Plehouse films

Movie of the Year

Whiteshine

Plehouse Films

PHOTO OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa

Haines, Alaska

Photo: Tony Harrington/TGR
 
^ wow no sw9 Tanner over Chads? nose 540 was HUGE but...aaaa well it's a sw9 over CHADS! Personal preferances I guess, but no way Tanner won't win that, and if he doesn't I want to see an interview X-games style.
 
Yeah, both are fuckin insane tricks (same with his wilson flip over the pipe), but I just like how fuckin high he went and how smooth he was.

It goes to show you how much movie and magazine sponsors affect the awards though. I'm surprised there was no Whiteshine nominees. It has prolly the best flow, some of the best urban, and is really creative with lots of their shots, music, and segments.
 
I think they should have a few more sections also, here's a few ideas:

Most creative segment

Best line (park)

Best AM film
 
i really like those pics how they have some park stuff, but good big mtn stuff. im really glad msp didnt get all the votes, but same for shanghai 6. its sick to see the waiting game there, that movie looked siiiiiiick

heres my pics:

female

Ingrid Backstrom

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

line

Eric Hjorleifson

Hit List

Matchstick Productions

jib

Candide Thovex (23.5-foot tree jib)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

man made

Andy Mahre (zero spin over Pyramid gap)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

pow

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Will Burks, Dave McReynolds, Marc-Andre

Belliveau

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research !!!!!

natural

Pep Fujas (30-foot cliff 180)

War

Poor Boyz Productions

pov

Erik Roner

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

crash

Tanner Hall

Pop Yer Bottlez

The Bigger Picture

seg

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa

Tangerine Dream

Teton Gravity Research

movie of the year could go to anyone, minus hitlist

rookie could be dana flahr, he was sick
 
as usual, marc andre's seems to be left out of everything. volkl's even stupid enough not to put him in their ads, and he's their best skier.
 
the powder awards suck. every award will come from hit list because that was the most big-mountain centered movie this year
 
no, the awards will go to hitlist because matchstick will pull some strings. It is far from the most big mountain oriented film amongst those.
 
Where was Steele's segmment in shanghi six for best powder

that was some pretty sweet pow
 
Shanghai Six is the most popular movie of the year on the NS poll and didn't make the nominees - wow....Hit List better not win best movie over War or TBC.

Where are Douglas and Auclair for best line - their big mountain segments in War were insane. Why is Wilson nominated for his "double underflip" (if that's what it was) in Hit List when his one over the pipe in TBC was better? What about C.R. Johnson's 70-ft 360's in PYB for the best natural air? Ridiculous oversights.

My picks:

Best Female Performance

Sarah Burke

Hit List

(Too bad Grete didn't get a real segment in War)

Best Line

Jeremy Nobis

Tangerine Dream

Full Throttle

Tanner Hall

(for his stuff over Chad's)

Best Jib

Candide Thovex (23.5-foot tree jib)

War

Breakthrough Performer

Loic Collomb Patton (sp?)

Shanghai Six

Best Air: Man Made

Tanner Hall (switch 900 over Chad's gap)

TBC

Best Powder

Pep Fujas

Hit List

Best Air: Natural

Pep Fujas (30-foot cliff 180)

War

Best P.O.V.

JP Auclair

War

Worst Slam

Tanner Hall

PYB

Best Male Performance

Tanner Hall

TBC

Movie of the Year

War

PBP

Photo of the Year

Henrik Windstedt

PC, UT

Matthias Fredriksson/TBC
 
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