This story first appeared in print in the Winter 2020 issue of Revelstoke Mountaineer Magazine. Read the e-edition here:
If you like seeing boarders chuckin’ their meat off 40-foot cliffs, you’ll like Oh Boy.
But be warned, you might suffer from some serious FOMO after 19 minutes of drooling at bottomless pow. Last season was good, but was it really THAT good? Or maybe it’s true what they say. It’s not about the conditions, it’s about your send.
Sledding around Revelstoke and Golden, ‘Oh Boy’ has you busing for the season to come. How hard can it be to drop a pillow line shifting 180 for every drop, or clear a little 720 off the mountain? They sure make it look effortless like it’s all fun and games.
But being towed into a make-shift half-pipe is serious business. The riders make sure you know just how serious they are by flicking the finger at the camera.
‘Oh Boy’ is a tribute to the good old days. Without any storytelling involving a Nepalese monk, or a shaman doing a snow dance, the movie is just a whole lot of shredding.
After a good season filled with some massive hucks in big boy terrain, I’m sure the local riders weren’t all too gutted about the COVID flight restrictions, as they got in plenty of airtime this year already.
The stacked team features Darcy Keller, Tyler Lightfoot, Dozer, Taylor Roberts, Dustin Craven, Scott Shaw, Keith Martin, Tanner Davidson, and Minike Yamada.
You might notice some of the same rippers greeting us with their presence in both ‘Oh Boy,’ and ‘Octopus Boys.’ Nick Khattar complains about the headache of organizing film days for one group of friends scattered between two productions.
It must be hard right, when all your friends are just too good to feature in one movie at a time?
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