These archetypes all look familiar within sports realms: lovably incompetent people unexpectedly going the distance. An inexperienced coach that turns to unconventional methods to cope with the enormous pressure from every angle. To me, it is unsurprising that Rez Ball incorporates all three of these elements into its plot. What surprises me, and indeed, what […]
As they aim to revive some of the well-known rivalry, Hunt and Lauda’s sons go against each other in the hopes of celebrating the epic duel that took place in the 1976 Championship between their fathers. The first person who decided to recreate this piece of racing history was the Team Principal Joseph Thomas after
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The amusing and instructive surfing documentary had its writer, editor, and director in Dana Brown. He’s the son of Bruce Brown, the man behind the classic surfer movie ‘Endless Summer’. In this documentary, Brown takes us on a quest to find out what compels surf riders of today to treat this sport and recreation with
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WATCH NOW I didn’t want to see this movie. I took one look at the title and figured it was either a sequel to Toenails of Vengeance or an adventure pitting Ricky Schroder against the Megaloth Man. I was completely wrong. “The Karate Kid” was one of the nice surprises of 1984 an exciting, sweet-tempered,
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Some older observers may have raised their eyebrows last week over news reports proclaiming that the Canadian skater Eric Radford is the first openly gay winter Olympian to have a gold medal. What about John Curry? Curry won a gold medal at Innsbruck in 1976 and won that year’s World and European figure-skating championships. He
Travis is telling me how he and a smaller crew worked on his current film project ‘Depth Perception’. ‘Depth Perception’ is a very charming tribute to snowboarding in its life-affirming form and I am now sitting in a coffee shop in a London hotel room with him. Turns out that much of the free-flowing approach
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In the previously covered chapter of below culture, we find Stacy Peralta, the skateboarder and filmmaker, describing his most cherished story, ‘Bones Brigade’. This documentary is one of the countless myths being created around the Bones Brigade. The framework for it was set by the Z Boys series and also the Dogtown documentary, which were
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In 2019 we were completely spoiled for mountain bike video content. Every day here on Pink bike we are treated to the best of the best out there from riders and filmmakers from all corners of the planet, but there’s still something extremely special about feature length movies. It’s very different from listening to one
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Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull’ is a film that depicts an overwhelming amount of raw rage, brutal power, and immense sadness. Along with certain other movies of Scorsese, this one is about a man’s incomprehension of a woman except by the only two stereotypes he has for women: a virgin or a prostitute. In the mind
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Often, a race video looks like an apology; however, Pinned is bold in its gaffes. Featuring some of North America’s best riders and filmed at races all over the country, this video Pinned looks quite captivating. Pinned, BMC Productions filmed Angel Fire, Aspen National, Southridge Winter series, Fontana, SeaOtter, and even the Vegas 4x. This
