Shredding the Gnar

Off the Grid. Many snow pros star in this ski
documentary narrated by Jeremy Bloom and directed by Max
Bervy.

Reviewed by Matt Kettmann

Santa Barbara wouldn’t know it from the sunshine and 80 degree
weather we’ve been enjoying lately, but the season known elsewhere
as “winter” is already descending upon the rest of the northern
hemisphere. Good thing we’ve got Warren Miller to remind us,
because for the 57th year in a row, the ski movie demigod has put
his name on yet another exciting downhill flick, once again
trotting the snowy globe in search of the steep and deep.

Now in his early eighties, Miller is
unfortunately no longer the voice of these films; his narration
occurs in often oddly placed snippets which were culled from
previous films and generally talk about wanting to be young again.
In his wake, the filmmakers here employ the voice of Jeremy Bloom,
the Olympic skier who now plays pro football as a wide receiver for
the Philadelphia Eagles.