The last part of the Standard Films series opens with some select Kevin Jones moments, like the first-ever frontside 1080 in the backcountry. From there, Mike Hatchett discusses the $100 per three-minute money-burning monster that is shooting 16mm film. Production costs begin to mount when you shoot four rolls a day--so that's $400 per day. Which is potentially $12,000 a month, and more than likely around $80,000 a season.
Even though they are on their 20th production, Standard is still striving to make the perfect film. Dave Hatchett, Lonnie Kauk, and Mathieu Crepel all talk about what ingredients should go into making the best film possible. Mike Hatchett admits that it took him 10 years to stop worrying if they will have enough money to make a movie.
Then it's back to where we started: Red Rocks, Colorado, at the TB20 world premiere where Kevin Jones and Dave Downing give their expectations for TB20. Jeremy Jones closes with the ultimate question: “Will there be a TB30?”
The epic story of the Hatchetts and their crew of riders continues in part 3. Instead of letting a broken hip and a snapped femur end his snowboarding career in 1994, Dave Hatchett, under the guidance of brother Mike, picks up a 16mm camera and gets behind the lens for the 1995 season. Dave's previous backcountry skills came in handy when in 1997 he belayed himself down to a cliff ban and creatively shot a now famous Tom Burt first descent on the TB Spines near Donner Pass. The Hatchetts continued their streak of cultivating the careers of some of the best riders ever through the late 90s and well into the 00s. They found a then-unheard-of Jeremy Jones dirt-bagging it in Alaska and gave him the closing part in TB6, fostered a non-English speaking Finn named Jussi Oksanen, pulled Lonnie Kauk away from his janitorial duties at Mammoth Mountain, and gave big mountain rider Xavier De La Rue from France parts in their films.
In part 2 of our look at Standard Films, we go back to the early days of big mountain, back country snowboarding. In TB3 to TB5 we get to see still fresh tracks laid by Johan Oloffson, Noah Salasnek, and Dave Hatchett knocking out Alaskan first descents that paved the way for the big mountain boarding that's followed. The episode gets dirty with the worst crashes of the last 20 years. The expertise and big-mountain know how of Standard Films' Mike and Dave Hatchett makes their snowboarders' achievements seem simple, with no indication of the true perils that creep in the backcountry.
In the first four episodes of the new season, VICE heads out to Red Rocks, Colorado to attend the world premiere of "TB20" (Totally Board 20), in celebration of Standard Film’s 20th anniversary. There, we catch up with Travis Robb and Mike and Dave Hatchett, the first of their kind to join together big mountain, back country boarding with freestyle hi-jinks. In this episode, the guys invite us to see some of "TB20" in the making at Alpine Meadows, Lake Tahoe with the company of snowboarder friends Gjermund Bråten, Gulli Gudmundsson and Halldor Helgason. They divulge Standard Films' inception, tracking its history with the likes of pro-boarders Tom Burt, Jim Rippey and Jeremy Jones.
For the fourth season of Powder & Rails, not only do we go behind the scenes of Standard Film’s “TB20,” but we get up close and personal with the likes of snowboarding’s first backcountry maniac, Tom Burt, the most badass board developer, Chuck Barfoot, and hit up Summit County where we chat with Marc Frank Montoya, Dave England, Mikey LeBlanc, Scott E. Wittlake, the Tarquin Robbins, and many more.
POWDER & RAILS - SEASON 4 AIR DATES
STANDARD FILMS | Air Dates - Pt. 1: Dec 1 | Pt. 2: Dec 8 | Pt. 3: Dec 15 | Pt. 4: Dec 22In celebration of 20 years of Standard Films, we head out to Red Rocks, Colorado to see the release of "TB20" (Totally Board 20). The first of their kind to join together big mountain, back country boarding with freestyle hi- jinks, Travis Robb and Mike and Dave Hatchett, still love what they do. In this series, they invite us to see some of "TB20" in the making at Alpine Meadows, Lake Tahoe, along with fellow snowboarders Gjermund Bråten, Gulli Gudmundsson and Halldor Helgason. We speak to the guys about Standard Films' inception, tracking its history with the likes of pro-boarders Tom Burt, Jim Rippey and Jeremy Jones.
TOM BURT | Air Dates - Pt. 1: Jan 5 | Pt. 2: Jan 12We catch up with snowboarding's first backcountry maniac at his home in Lake Tahoe, CA. Jeremy Jones, Terje Haakosen, Nicola Müller and Noah Salasnek chime in on how influential Tom's riding is to them. Tom gives us advice on how to deal with the fear of dying in the mountains and why his white Vuarnet shades will never go out of style.
CHUCK BARFOOT | Air Dates - Pt. 1: Jan 19 | Pt. 2: Jan 26Chuck may be one of the nicest people in the history of snowboarding but he is also one of the most badass board developers. We find Chuck in his Ventura, CA work shop making Barfoot skateboards. Chuck tells us all the stories of how Ken Achenbach (owner of Camp of Champions at Whistler, BC) basically farmed the Barfoot Snowboards team from the western regions of Canada. Riders like Devun Walsh, Marc Morisset, Steve Blakley illustrate why Chuck and Ken are so important to snowboarding.
SUMMIT COUNTY | Air Dates - Pt. 1: Feb 2 | Pt. 2: Feb 9 | Pt. 3: Feb 16Early 1990's Summit County, Colorado is where snowboarding's street skating influence all started. Midwesterners like Roan Rogers, Nate Cole, Dale Rehberg, and Jake Blattner descended on Breckenridge, CO and made snowboarding better forever. We get to chat with everybody from Marc Frank Montoya, Dave England, Mikey LeBlanc, Scott E. Wittlake, to Tarquin Robbins. Yes, we said Tarquin Robbins.
