First Descent

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First Descent
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Directed byKemp Curly
Kevin Harrison
Produced byKemp Curly
Kevin Harrison
Starring Shaun White
Hannah Teter
Shawn Farmer
Nick Perata
Terje Håkonsen
CinematographyScott Duncan
Edited byJon Philpot
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)
Running time
110 minutes
LanguageEnglish

First Descent is a 2005 documentary film about snowboarding and its beginning in the 1980s.

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The snowboarders featured in this movie (Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Hannah Teter and Shaun White with guest appearances from Travis Rice) represent three generations of snowboarders and the progress this young sport has made over the past two decades. Most of the movie was shot in Alaska and its back country.

It is the first movie to be produced and financed by the soft-drink company Mountain Dew. [1]

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Notes

  1. "Dew docu takes U turn - Variety".
  2. First Descent (2005)