WORLDS FIRST CROWDFUNDED SNOWBOARD DOCUMENTARY

SLEEPING GIANTS presented by Ripzone Europe is the world´s first snowboard movie partly financed by crowdfunding.

It happened more or less on accident when René Eckert decided to create a new snowboard documentary in 2011. With the unique chance to visit China, Eckert decided to use that opportunity to realize Blickinsfreie´s new masterstroke.

The documentary focuses on the passion driven Chinese shredders and the key role of the Nanshan Open snowboard competition which has driven the young Chinese scene to become one of the most progressive out there.

Besides Chinese top stars like Wang Lei or He Wei, legends as Travis Parker or Risto Mattila are joining shooting stars Nils Arvidsson, Marc Swoboda or Werni Stock to give a deep insight into the snowboard culture of the Far East.

WORLD WIDE PREMIERE TOUR

Like in the last years a world wide premiere took place between October and December 2011. The tour kicked off the 15th October in Beijing. More than 20 premieres followed with various DJ´s and live acts who made the afterparties to highlights as well.

HIGH DEFINITION DOWNLOAD

Those ones of you that always wanted to know how subcultures like snowboarding develop in a world where Facebook or Myspace is banned, should make sure to get the movie as HIGH DEFINITION DOWNLOAD on the left hand side of this page.
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A big thanks goes out to all people in China for making this project a reality. Special thanks to Steve Zdarsky and his crew for the local support!