Red Bull to screen snowboarding movie in Gifford
Even without the thinnest layer of snow on the ground, Tuesday’s showing of ‘The Art of Flight’ is anticipated to leave the audience aching for more snowboard action.
The Syracuse Outing Club and University Union will present Curt Morgan’s newest outdoor adventure masterpiece, ‘The Art of Flight,’ in Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse at 8 p.m. The screening is free and open to the public.
The film follows a group of international professional snowboarders, including Travis Rice, Scotty Lago and Mark Landvik, on their adventure to conquer North America’s most beautiful peaks. The crew reportedly set off intentional avalanches just for their riding and filming pleasure. The filming equipment leaves the audience with a crystal clear view of all the Alaskan action.
‘It’s Travis Rice and a few friends kicking it down mountains,’ said Gino Rosignano, student brand manager for Red Bull. ‘It’s pretty extreme. The average person wouldn’t be able to do it.’
Rosignano, also a junior finance and information technology major, said Red Bull is sponsoring the event. The film was produced by Red Bull Media House, and there will also be free Red Bull and other prizes at the event, Rosignano said.
The screening is also supposed to highlight snowboarding as a fun way to stay active during the harsh Central New York winter ahead.
Nick Griffin, a senior applied science and fisheries management major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, is the president of the Syracuse Outing Club and believes the film screening will be a fun time for all who attend.
‘It will be a great time,’ Griffin said. He added, ‘The crowd that attends this would be interested in the Outing Club, too.’
The Outing Club, which has about 100 active members, holds many activities throughout the winter that may bear a striking resemblance to the film, Griffin said. This winter the club will go backcountry skiing and snowboarding, ice climbing and mountaineering just like the crew of ‘The Art of Flight’ does.
‘We’re definitely going to expect some huge thrills,’ Rosignano said. ‘I promise everyone is going to walk out of here excited for snowboarding.’
Published on December 5, 2011 at 12:00 pm
