The Films

• Year 2018
• Country USA
• Runtime 23 min
• Director Bobby & Maura Marko

Filmmaker in Attendance

Maura and Bobby Marko are impassioned outdoor explorers. After becoming parents they knew that passing on a love and respect for the wilderness would be a major priority for their family. The family attempted a bold traverse of the Arrowhead of Minnesota traveling from the Mississippi River to Lake Superior by bicycle, canoe, and foot; all with their 3-year-old son and 9-month-old daughter along for the adventure.

• Year 2018
• Country USA
• Runtime 3 min
• Director Layne Johnston

Filmmaker in Attendance

A day in the life of a 9 year old. A brief reminder of how simple life is as a kid and a reminder of where our thirst to explore the world begins.

• Year 2017
• Country USA
• Runtime 2 min
• Director Joshuah Melnick

Big dreams start small, as World Champion skier, Aaron Blunck, reminds us.

• Year 2017
• Country USA
• Runtime 8 min
• Director Christina Franklin

The next generation is becoming increasingly plugged in to electronics and out of touch with the outdoors. This will have enormous effects on future conservationism. A mother of four kids decides to turn off the screens and make a change. Though challenging, her kids go from fearing and ignoring nature to understanding and loving it.

• Year 2016
• Country USA
• Runtime 5 min
• Director Stefan Hunt

A young surfer helps kids get clean water.

• Year 2014
• Country USA
• Runtime 11 min
• Director Mountain Hardwear

Mountain Hardwear athlete Mike Libecki and his daughter Lilliana venture across Antarctica. There are many lessons learned along the way.

• Year 2015
• Country Canada
• Runtime 3 min
• Director Craig Hall

Twelve-year old Noah Isaac explores his passion for mountain unicycling, known as “Muni”, on the black diamond mountain biking trails in Canmore, Alberta as his mountain guide father encourages him to challenge himself and build his mountain sense.

• Year 2018
• Country Iceland
• Runtime 10 min
• Director RC Cone

Life has a way of putting us where we need to be. For Vala, that’s in both Greenland – where she works at her family’s fishing lodge – and Reykjavík, where she teaches her daughter how to do it all on her own, too.

• Year 2017
• Country USA
• Runtime 5 min
• Director David Mossop

Have you ever been that little kid sitting in the backseat of your parents car, wishing you were somewhere else? So you imagine a skier on the side of the road, your fingers commanding back flips, roof drops and improbable rail slides. Join us as we travel through the eyes of a young boy who brings professional urban skier Tom Wallisch to realization. Together, they turn an otherwise drab winter commute into a ski adventure for the ages.