Wide boyz is about suffering in a dodgy sheffield basement, the ethics of style, and big payoffs in. Meru in the garwhal himalaya to catalunian limestone, to yosemite valley in california. Its not about the grade, its about the experience and when it comes to the wide the experience is the same for everyone. Reel rock 7 2012 im glad the survey reflects how awesome reel rock 7 is. We see alex honnolds half dome freesolo, are introduced to the wide boyz and adam ondra climbs firstever 5. Wide boyz this blog is about two climbers who are searching out the widest, dirtiest and hardest offwidths that this planet has to offer. The annual reel rock tour, now in its 7th year was showing its four films and the excitement couldnt have been higher. Includes their first ascent of the mindbending century crack 5. With camp 4 collective, its their first attempt at a big commercial film and they worked with us on a short version for the tour. Get ready for an adrenaline rush at least on screen. With conrad anker, jimmy chin, sasha digiulian, alex honnold. American offwidth climbing has spawned a counterculture of rough and tumble characters who arent afraid to bleed and grovel up a route. Banff film festivals fairbanks showing to feature 9 films. Reel rock film tour is an annual traveling film festival, highlighting each year a new compilation of outdoor adventure films produced by sender films and big up productions.
So when two proper british lads, tom randall and pete whittaker, crossed the pond to eat up the gnarliest wide cracks in the west it came as quite a shock. Now thats what i call a first ascent ep4 century crack 5. In the ensuing years, the duo has continued to put down some of. Wide boyz american offwidth climbing has spawned a counterculture of rough and tumble characters who arent afraid to bleed their way up a route.
They love the fact that the film festival gives them an opportunity to be part of an exhilarating world wide adventure. The cuts were made at the request of the distributor to achieve a particular category. The journeys, the training, the routes and the failures no holds barred. The soldout crowd of about 1,300 people struggled for seats, as many sections had large wooden support beams obstructing the view. American offwidth climbing has spawned a counterculture of rough and tumble characters who arent afraid to bleed their way up a route.
Climbing wide cracks is a brutal and especially american pursuit practised by a small band of burly climbers. Now two cheeky brits, tom randall and pete whittaker, are on a mission to master this bizarre form of climbing. Renan ozturk, sasha digiulian, daila ojeda, the wide boyz and more. Cheeky brits pete whittaker and tom randall and their offwidth fetish. The wide boyz take over american offwidth climbing. Both randall and whittaker climbed the longstanding offwidth roof project and suggested 5. Four separate films that are each in their own right extremely compelling, inspiring, and jaw dropping, and are simply four of the best stories to come out of the climbing world in recent years. A 20year alpine obsession on meru peak, nepal featuring conrad anker, jimmy chin and renan ozturk. Many ended up sitting in the aisles or standing in the back. Reel rock 7 2012 four of the biggest stories from the climbing world, told with humor, heart, and mindbending action. The 7th annual reel rock film tour, launching fall 2012, brings the best in climbing and. For more about the event and showings near you, visit the reel rock 7 website. Wide boyz is about suffering in a dodgy sheffield basement, the ethics of style, and big payoffs in the southwestern us. Get the best deals on sports climbingmountaineering dvds when you shop the largest online selection at.
Reel rock film tour is an annual traveling film festival, highlighting each year a new. Two years ago, the wide boyz, pete whittaker and tom randall, made a name for themselves by climbing some of the hardest offwidths in the us after training for two years in a makeshift, basement offwidth laboratory. So when two proper british lads, tom randall and pete whittaker, crossed the pond to eat up the gnarliest wide cracks in the west including the first. Bouldering crack climbing and general rock climbing techniques. For great falls, thats usually winter sports, comedy and animal stories. Since they were featured in reel rock 7 way back in 2012, the uk duo known as the wide boyz pete whittaker and tom randallhave become household names in the climbing community for their difficult offwidth ascents, affinity for painful hand jams, punishing basement crackclimbing training regimen, and hilarious crag antics. With wide boyz, we had been wanting to make a film about the crazy. Wide boyz, the best mountain short film winner, is about english rock climbers who take on the american sport of crack climbing, or scaling a rock face by wedging ones body into.
The tour is a compilation of some of the years best climbing related films from production companies like big up and sender films, among others. With brad jackson, pamela pack, tom randall, bob scarpelli. Banff film festival makes great falls first stop for. Bouldering crack climbing and general rock climbing techniques survival. Reel rock 14 streaming and downloadable now climber news. Four of the biggest stories from the climbing world, told with humor, heart, and mindbending action. The dura dura, the sharks fin, wide boyz, and honnold 3. Con song by slam donahue the reel rock 7 trailer by big up productions and sender films. In 2011, the wide boyz starred in an eponymous short film for reel rock 7, in which they laid siege to century crack, also in canyonlands, utah. Sharks fin epic himalayan first ascent which includes the most beautiful alpine big wall ive seen. The reel rock tour started out as the product of big up productions and sender films exclusively.
In 2018 the reel rock tour included over 500 screenings world wide and was seen by more than 75,000 people. Featuring alex honnold, conrad anker, chris sharma, adam ondra, renan ozturk, jimmy chin and more, the films span the globe from mt. The premiere of reel rock 7 was held at the chautauqua theater in boulder, a lovely wooden auditorium at the base of the flatirons. Banff mountain film festival world tour makes stop in. Reel rock 7 2012 mountain rock climbing dvd reelrocktour extreme.
Last time was in vedauwoo with sender films, shooting brad jackson, adam papillion, and bob scarpelli climbing offwidths for the wide boyz segment of reel rock 7. We allow filmmakers to showcase their work, and give fans a way to help them continue creating the stories we all love. Wide boyz tom randall and pete whittaker, of the u. Reel rock is the worlds biggest platform for climbing films, encompassing an annual tour with 500 screenings each fall, a tv series that reaches 20 million. The sensei featuring the legendary yuji hirayama and daniel woods, spice girl featuring british trad climber hazel. Theres a couple films, including wide boyz, in this years reel rock tour, where were trying to bring other filmmakers into the fold. By signing up for an account on tmdb, you can post directly to twitter and facebook.
Veteran climber mark synnott brings young climbing stars alex honnold and james pearson to the ennedi to explore its untouched landscapes. Wide boyz dvd the story of the worlds hardest off width climb new sealed rare. Pete whittaker and tom randall dedicated two years of their lives to training for offwidth routes they had never even seen. Directed by chris alstrin, jimmy chin, paul diffley. Wide boyz meet uk offwidth crack climbing specialists pete whittaker and tom randall who train hard and play harder. The 2012 reel rock film tour consisted of four films. So when two proper british lads, tom randall and pete whittaker, crossed the pond to eat up the gnarliest wide cracks in the west it came as quite. The best climbing movies of all time a definitive guide. Wide boyz reel rock 7 british board of film classification. Featuring dean potter, timmy oneill, and sonnie trotter. This years reel rock 14 tour promises to be even bigger and better. The quest for yangmolong dreamland reel rock 7 reel rock 12 reel rock dying for everest eight summits the bill burke story. Wide boyz establish worlds longest roof crack crown of thorns. This month reel rock kicked off its 8th annual international film tour.
We pick the ones we feel will do best in our community with the outdoor activities we have, she said. Reel rock film tour wide boyz tv episode 2012 imdb. Reelhouse is a place for video creators and viewers to find each other. Wide boyz ii slender men the cobra crack the rv project. The films are shown at a worldwide series of screening events, boasting over 500 screenings worldwide. It was documented in the wide boyz film, and an abridged version was included in reel rock 7. Banff mountain film festival world tour 20 climb za. They gave us all of their footage and we did the recut with their input. Wide boyz, is one of the films shown at a previous banff mountain film festival.
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