Powder Magazine Announces Winners of 7th Annual Aspen, Colorado—Hollywood has the Oscars, music has the Grammy’s, and skiing has the Powder Magazine Reader Poll and Video Awards. Every year the world’s finest athletes, filmmakers, photographers, industry heavy-hitters, and loyal ski fans converge in Aspen, Colorado to celebrate skiing’s most triumphant achievements documented during the previous season. On Saturday, Jan. 27, the 7th annual Reader Poll and Video Awards presented by Jeep and hosted by MC Uncle E drew more than 600 people to the historic Hotel Jerome for one of the most memorable nights of the year. With more than 30 ski films and videos released in 2006—and the level of skiing catapulting to new heights—the competition between filmmakers was tougher than ever. After two months of deliberation by the Powder staff and a 25-person industry-wide panel, the results were announced alongside a high-energy video presentation. Eight different movie companies won awards in the 10 nomination categories, highlighted by Mark Abma taking home his second Best Male Performance award for his diverse segment in Push, and newcomer Grete Eliassen winning Best Female Performance for her energetic part in Poor Boyz Productions Ski Porn. Rory Bushfield claimed Best Air, Manmade for his switch double backflip, shot in Whistler, B.C. Teton Gravity Research athlete Seth Morrison took Best Air, Natural for his massive high speed front flip in Bella Coola, B.C., appearing the TGR’s ’06 release Anomaly. Anomaly also supplied the winner of the Breakthrough Performance, a non-nominee award. Ian McIntosh beat out a tough field of newcomers, including Sammy Carlsen (Ski Porn, Push), and Wiley Miller (Photo [Play], by Theory 3) with an inspiring string of first descents in the Jackson Hole backcountry capped by his first ever trip to Alaska. Sverre Liliequist took Line of the Year with a creative and ultra steep mini-golf line in Five O’Clock News by Swedish Posse. Norwegian filmer Jon Hatveit and skier Andreas Hatveit won Best P.O.V with a perfectly executed follow cam over a road gap. Jon Larsson of Free Radicals Snowblind won Best Powder. Athletes from Respect by Wink Inc. claimed two of the most hair-ball awards, winning Worst Slam with an Alaska Avalanche that swept away Kaj Zackrisson, and Full Throttle, the other non-nominee award, by Seb Michaud. Michaud’s award also recognizes his appearance in 5 O’Clock News.Corey Vanular of Level 1 Productions Long Story Short took Best Jib with his 810 disaster. The Reader Poll Awards—determined by over 2,000 online votes—named Seth Morrison as the number one male skier for the second consecutive year and Ingrid Backstrom as the number one female skier of 2006 See below for complete Reader Poll results.
For extensive awards coverage, including wrap-up stories, photo galleries, and video clips of the 2007 PVAs, click-in to www.powder.com/events/powpoll07/ Powder Magazine would like to extend a special thanks to this year’s Reader Poll and Video Awards sponsors: Jeep, The North Face, Aspen/Snowmass, Red Bull, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Studio 411. ABOUT THE JEEP BRAND For over 65 years the Jeep Brand has a history of legendary capability has made it synonymous with freedom, adventure, mastery and authenticity. In 2007, the Jeep brand continues to deliver on its promise to provide rugged, versatile, innovative four-wheel drive vehicles with the recently introduced Jeep Wrangler, four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot. This expansion of the Jeep brand grows its showroom from three to seven sport-utility vehicles following last year's introduction of the Jeep Commander. The other two Jeep vehicles are the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Liberty. About POWDER
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Matchstick Productions won their fifth PVA Movie of the Year title. MSP’s 2006 release Push rose to the top of the most competitive field ever assembled for the Powder Video Awards.
See below for complete Video Awards results.
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