The Massive
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What is The Massive?
Tanner Hall and The Massive crew are on the shred mission. Follow the action from the super-pipe at Copper Mountain to the powder of Retallack BC. From the heavy slo-roast in Pemberton BC to the bluebird crushfest in Haines Alaska. And bring it all home with an end of the year jam at Mt. Hood Oregon. Tanner Hall, Sean and Callum Pettit, Ian McIntosh, Dana Flahr, Sammy Carlson, Ian and Neil Provo, Sean Field, Frank Raymond, Tom Burt and Karl the Gnarl. This is The Massive. Get your copy below, release date October 14, 2008.
Domestic Orders: $29.99 plus $3 shipping.
International Orders: $29.99 plus $10 shipping.
T. Hall's The Massive Gear Giveaway!
Okay folks, here's how it works. We got piles of gear from Tanner's sponsors to giveaway. T Hall's from Armada, Tanner Hall Signature Crowbar's from Oakley, and Dakine Gloves and Backpacks. Every Friday, beginning with Nov. 28th, we'll draw a name from all the entries to receive a prize pack worth over $100. The contest resets every Friday after a new winner is drawn, so make sure you check in at least once a week to re-enter. We got enough gear to take the contest well into February. Will you be one of the few lucky winners to get the Armada skis? Only one way to find out...go enter now!Click here to enter!
The Massive Premiere Schedule
Boulder
Where: The Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO (Map)
When: September 9, 2008
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Montreal
Where: The Imperial Theatre, Montreal, Quebec (Map)
When: September 12, 2008 (8 p.m.)
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Los Angeles
Where: Red Bull Headquarters-Santa Monica, CA
When: September 18, 2008
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Park City
Where: Lower Main Street (between 7th and 9th Street), Park City The season started off with a banger of a session at Retallack up in British Columbia. Just weeks before Winter X, Tanner, Sean, Callum, and Sammy are waist deep in steep, pillowy goodness. After Tanner claimed his gold medal in SuperPipe at X-Games (again), the crew moved on to Austria only to find injury and rotten snow, but all was not lost. They posted up at T's house in Park City. While he focused on rehab, the crew notched a couple sled missions in the deep alpine. The crew continued the powder mission into through February and March, hitting Whistler and Terrace, B.C. hard. In April, Tanner was back on skis up in Haines, AK and partnered up with Dana Flahr for some seriously off the hook action. The season was capped off in an appropriately massive manner at Mt. Hood in June where Tanner brought the whole crew together to do battle with the monstrous 90ft long hip jump. It was the session to end all sessions, complete with an A-Star heli get the aerial shots. Still can't get enough behind the scenes action? Good thing there's lots more where these came from. Interview by John Symms on his EXPN.com blog, eXpn eXtreme. Where did you grow up? Where do you live now? How did you get into music? How long have you been a performer?
When: September 19, 2008 (8 p.m.)
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Spokane, WA
Where: Sports Creel Ski/Snowboard Shop (map)
When: September 27th, 2008 (Rail Jam at 1:30, Movies at 6 p.m.)
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Portland, OR
Where: Mission Theatre (Map)
When: October 15, 2008 (7:30 p.m., movie all ages)
What Else: Red Bull/The Massive after party at The Boiler Room in China Town. Tons of swag will be thrown out, come get yours! Tickets available at Mission Theatre Box office and Crystal Ballroom Box office, or at door day of show.
Seattle, WA
Where: Evo Seattle (map)
When: October 18, 2008 (Doors 8 p.m., Showtime 8:30 p.m.)
What Else: Special showing with The Fine Line: A 16mm Avy Education Film. Tickets are only $5 at door, all ages.
Calgary, AB
Where: Freshtival presented by Freshsports.ca, Uptowne Theatre (map)
When: October 16-18, 2008
What Else: The Massive will play the 18th alongside Poor Boyz Reasons at 6:30 and again at 9:30 p.m. Many other movies premiering on the 16th and 17th. More info.
How Much: Each double feature is $11.
Behind the Scenes of The Massive
Become a Fan of The Massive!
So listen, chances are when Tanner Hall's new flick, The Massive, drops in few weeks you're gonna be a huge fan. You might as well be official about it and link up with The Massive on your Facebook page. Right now there's only 5 fans. Get in early so at parties you can be like, "I knew The Massive, way back when...." Who knows, maybe we'll give away a couple t-shirts.
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Getting to Know Cali P
Recently, pro skier and Internet blogger extraordinaire, John Symms, caught up with Tanner Hall's good friend Cali P to talk music, dreadlock, skiing, and The Massive.
Blessed love. I grew up between Guadeloupe (French Caribbean Island) and Switzerland. Right now I live [in both] Zürich and Pointe-à-Pitre.
I got into the music because my father is a musician too. So I grew up with all the culture vibes around me. I can remeber myself singing on stage in Guadeloupe at 3 years old. But really professional and worldwide for seven years now.
Get The Music
Exclusively on RedBullSkiing.Com, download and jam out to the two Cali P dubplates Cali himself created for The Massive. "Jah Rules The World" is featured in the Alaska segment of The Massive, while "Rule Deep" is featured in the closing Mt. Hood segment. Enjoy.
Jah_Rules_The_World_Dubplate.mp3
*Windows users right click on each link to download, Mac user hold the "crtl" key and click to download. Select "Save Target As" or "Download Linked File". It will depend on what web browser you use.
Meet The Riders
Tanner Hall
The man, the myth, the legend. Really, what more can you say about the one of the most iconic figures the sport of skiing has ever seen? For starters, it should be noted that behind Tanner's rockstar persona is an unparalleled level of stoke for skiing and a work-ethic that borders on obsession. It's no accident Tanner has seven X-Games gold medals hang around his neck. Tanner doesn't show up and throw down the run of a lifetime, he methodically executes a run he's practiced and dialed in for months. He wins because he's on another level. Tanner's skills transfer on after X Games when he gets as far away from the competition scene as he can. Deep in the backcountry, Tanner is most at home on the powder mission, and his movie, The Massive, chronicles the search for deep snow on dope terrain. Tanner knows a powder day is only as good as the friends you experience it with and the hand-picked crew of riders he rolls with in The Massive share his desire to spread the stoke skiing brings. The other big factor in Tanner's life is his love for music, most notably Reggae. Logically Tanner wanted to fuse the two things that influence him the most and enlisted his favorite artist and good friend Cali P to create tracks for The Massive.
Sean Shred-It Pettit
Sean Pettit was just a wee lad when Tanner took him under his wing to show him the ways of progressing skiing in the backcountry. Today, Sean is still a pretty small dude, but he shreds lines and hucks himself in terrain so gnarly he stands tall amongst the sport's elite. Aside from the occasional bloody spat with brother Callum, Sean is pretty mild-mannered. He doesn't say much while standing atop lines in the backcountry, but after cleaning a section with a huge off-axis spin thrown in it's clear Sean sees lines most people wouldn't even consider. Sean traveled with Tanner and The Massive project all winter from Austria to the Whistler Backcountry. Look for big things out of Sean in the near future.
Callum Pettit
Just like his slightly younger brother Sean, Callum is just breaking onto the ski scene, but he's doing it in a big way. Another protege of Tanner's, Callum is known for skiing fast, smooth, and taking big air whenever available. Callum was a standout slayer this year in the backcountry of Utah and Whistler (under the watchful eye of Ian McIntosh), and he stomped the one of the most technical tricks thrown down on the huge hip at Mt. Hood for the final The Massive shoot.
Dana Flahr
Despite being known for his big mountain prowess, Dana Flahr took his skiing to the next level up in Alaska while filming for The Massive this spring. Probaby one of the nicest pro skiers you'll ever meet, Dana's humble demeanor doesn't betray the fact he absolutely slays out in the mountains. In The Massive, Dana's segment is littered with heli-follow shots of high-speed spine shredding you'll have to see to believe.
Ian Provo
After moving to Park City, Tanner Hall watched the Provo brothers grow up ripping the the local skatepark and showing an impressive interest and prowess towards getting way out in the mountains of Northern Utah. Now Tanner's close friends and close neighbors, the Provos roll with Tanner whenever he's back to shred Utah. Ian is the skier of the pair, and you may remember the sick performances he laid down in the Baker and Japan segments from Believe. He's back in The Massive leading the crew to the goods in Utah, dropping in big in Tahoe, and boosting huge out the end of season hip jump. Aside from being a sick skier, Ian also has the eye of an artist and takes photos like a pro.
Neil Provo
The snowboarding half of the Provo brothers, Neil may be a tall, slim dude, but he rides like an 800-pound gorilla. You think he's a finesse rider when he's flowing down a powder face, but then he'll bust a real nasty, slow backside 3 off a rock and stomp it so hard bystanders feel the "whoomp" deep in their chest. Neil and brother Ian spend much of the winter and summer deep in the backcounty of the Uintas. Whether they're slaying pow or wrangling trout, you can be sure there's nobody for miles around.
Ian McIntosh
Ian McIntosh is a freight train on skis. He charges so hard in gnarly terrain the only thing that could possibly be fueling him is diesel. Last winter he led The Massive crew in to some seriously dope sled-accessed terrain in the Whistler backcountry, and during a stint of down days up in Terrace showed he's a master of the dreaded slo-roast.
Sammy Carlson
When you pair up two skiing superstars like Tanner Hall and Sammy Carlson, things can get, well, massive. Sammy teamed up with The Massive crew for some sweet, sweet January pow. Sammy was blown away by the terrain at Retallack--Tanner's favorite place on earth to ski--and the skills he developed skiing Mt. Hood's trees and pillows proved useful in the epic B.C. mountains.
Sean Field
If you've been paying attention at all, you know Sean Field killed it last season. The cherry on his cake was the June shoot at Mt. Hood with Tanner and The Massive crew on the huge hip jump. Sean was boosting bio 9s so high it looked like he was gonna touch down in the parking lot 1500 vert below. Just like his big red afro, Sean stoke for skiing is ever present and it infects everyone around him.
Frank Raymond
Tanner Hall's partner in crime for urban missions around Salt Lake City, Frank Raymond also showed up to send it at the end-of-the-season hip session at Mt. Hood. Be it rails, walls, or jumps, Frank always shows up to throw down and that he does in The Massive.
Tom Burt
The benefits of having Tom Burt as our exclusive guide in Haines, AK while filming for The Massive are twofold. First off, he's the best guide in the business and delivering us to the good time and time again surely made the AK segment better than it otherwise would've been. And after Tanner and Dana skied there lines we were fortunate enough to watch Tom shred gnarly AK runs, nonchalantly, with a 40-pound guide pack.
