Dub Roots gives Alta a local perspective through the Dubsatch Collective’s skiing. The short film brings together riders familiar with the mountain and sequences chosen for their movement, snow and light.
A home mountain supplies more than a backdrop
Repeated experience of a place can shape where a crew films and how it connects different sections. Watch for the contrast between close action and wider views that establish Little Cottonwood Canyon’s setting.
The edit captures selected days
A ski film gathers selected moments into a much shorter experience than the days that produced them. Dub Roots gives those moments a shared identity through its crew and home mountain. Watching the transitions between riders is therefore as rewarding as watching individual turns: the edit connects different styles with the same landscape. The powder belongs to the filmed sessions, rather than a forecast, while the familiar setting gives the collective’s portrait a coherence that an unrelated compilation of spectacular runs would lack.
Explore more: George Jedenoff’s different Alta portrait; a Norwegian freestyle milestone.
Related reading: Swedish Mountain Snow in a GoPro Film.
Video: Dub Roots (published by Dubsatch Collective).
The complete rider list gives the crew its identity
The original introduction named Mitch Cahoon, Sam Cohen, Leo Ahrens, Hayden Price, Colter Hinchliffe, Thayne Rich, John Collinson and Taylor Lyman. The named riders give the film an identity beyond an anonymous powder montage. The shared home-mountain context is part of what ties their different runs together.
Camera work is part of the skiing portrait
Nate Cahoon filmed and edited the short, with additional footage credited to Leo Ahrens and Zach Halverson. The finished rhythm comes from selecting viewpoints and connecting the runs as well as from the riding itself. Alta and Little Cottonwood Canyon provide the setting, while the credits identify the people who turned selected days there into Dub Roots.
Sources, photography and further reading
Original feature and image attributions:
- skiers
- Ski Area
- Dubsatch Collective
- Unofficial Networks
- The Best 12 Ski Resorts in North America
- The Top 25 Ski Resorts in The World
- How to Survive an Avalanche?
- Valdez, Alaska - Helicopter Skiing And Snowboarding
- This Is Skiing!
- The Balance of Powder - An Amazing Ski and Snowboard Movie
- Collapse Video Of A Glacier The Size Of A City | You’re Going To Find This Hard To Believe!
- George Jedenoff’s different Alta portrait
- a Norwegian freestyle milestone
- Swedish Mountain Snow in a GoPro Film
- Dub Roots
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