Yeah, the Skiing with the Snakes was nice, those guys laughed a lot, and I like that grimy blues based rock too.
Potter was irritating. He was blathering on about what he'd learned, but it looked to me like mostly he learned to use tick marks. They were glaringly obvious on the red sandstone, a total choreography mapped out, you could predict each exact jam, right on down to which hand, just by interpreting the white lines next to the red crack. I first noticed it on the free solo of Separate Reality. Buncha staged bullshit for the camera.
I realized the base jumping bit is more about boldness and some basic aerial moves, but the skill level can't compare to the control and balance that trials rider showcased.
Olympia ran a two night program, different films each night. What I'd really like is to go to the festival in Banff and get the week of full immersion. Lots of what they show on the road tour are excerpts from longer films. Anyone ever been?
Oh, the last thing they showed in Oly was a short called "Great Day for Climbing" which was both funny and cheesy. I was surprised I didn't know any of those folks in it, there where a maybe 8 climbers from Seattle in the 45 to 55 age bracket, and looked like it had been shot at Exit 38 (on Dwayner's BLT crag) and maybe some at Index.