BLIZZARD OF AAHHH's [Science on Screen®] with Mike Hattrup at the North Bend Theatre

This event features a pre-show presentation from one of the stars of the film, Mike Hattrup!

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Dude, Where's My Glacier?

The film BLIZZARD OF AAHHH’S rewired ski culture in 1988, defining extreme skiing, and introducing the world to Mike Hattrup. Before we screen the film, Mike, now a Ski and Snowboard Hall-Of-Famer, will take the stage to share an eye-opening, first-hand account of a glacier he has observed for three decades, a massive body of ice in a stunning, slow-motion retreat. In one tightly-packed night, two stories: the thrill of riding the big mountain snowpack, and the sobering reality that it is slowly slipping away. 

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Film Synopsis: The Blizzard of Aahhh’s is a rockumentary style look at the ski world in 1988. Before this film, extreme skiing existed in small pockets around the world. But after Blizzard Of Aahhh’s the ski world changed. This is Greg Stump’s legendary movie that put him and, ultimately, the sport of what was then extreme skiing (now Big Mountain Skiing) on the map. The film features Scot Schmidt, Glen Plake and Mike Hattrup. This movie contains some of the best ski action ever filmed in the world at the time. From France’s awe inspiring Chamonix Valley, Telluride, Colorado, Snowbird, Utah and California’s Squaw Valley. The film is considered by many the best ski movie ever made and arguably the catalyst which began the extreme sports movement.

About the Speaker: Mike Hattrup is a highly accomplished skier and industry leader, inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2021. Recognized for his influence in the skiing world, he was named one of Powder Magazine’s “48 Most Influential Skiers of Our Time” in 2006 and listed among the “50 Best Skiers in North America” in 1998. An AMGA Certified Ski Guide since 1999, Mike has skied extensively across the European Alps, Norway, Russia, Japan, Turkey, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Greenland, and Canada.

As a former member of the US Freestyle Ski Team for moguls (1987-88), Mike’s career also includes featuring in over a dozen ski films with legendary filmmakers like Greg Stump and Warren Miller, including the iconic Blizzard of Aahhhs. In addition to his on-snow accomplishments, Mike has played a pivotal role in brand building and product development for major ski companies such as K2, Fischer, and Black Diamond, specializing in both alpine and backcountry markets.

He's called Sun Valley home for over 30 years and currently serves as the Director of Skiing for Eleven Experience, where he continues to fuse his passion for skiing with leadership and innovation in the industry.

Presented by Friends of the North Bend Theatre 

Sponsored by Science on Screen®, an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

1988 [Not Rated] 1h 15m

Doors 6:00pm

Show 7:00pm