Outdoor Reels

A WOMAN KNOWS HER PLACE

KAYAKING

Director: Rush Sturges
Female Producer

French professional kayaker Nouria Newman sends big drops on California’s Upper Cherry Creek. Coupled with Sa Roc’s song “I Am Her”, Nouria’s strong persona and boss paddling are exemplified as well as juxtaposed with narration from a 1950’s instructional “How to be A Good Wife”.

MOUNTAIN BIKE MEETS PAINTING:

mICAYLA gATTO’S iNTERSECTION

MOUNTAIN BIKING

Director: Lacy Kemp
Female Director

Mountain biker and artist Micayla Gatto rides in and out of her own painted landscapes in “Intersection” project. In athletic endeavors, there are often underlying attributes that provide a foundation for talent. Mental and physical strength are the obvious pillars, but there are other forces at work which help to build an individual athlete’s style in their sport. For Micayla Gatto, a Canadian professional mountain biker, artistic creativity is the key that unlocks her unique approach to riding.

GOLDEN GATE

CLIMBING

Director: Jon Glassberg

She’s been trad climbing for only three years, but The North Face and Petzl Athlete, Emily Harrington didn’t let that sway her from the magnetic pull of El Capitan’s “Golden Gate” (5.13 VI). 6 days and 40 pitches later, she stood on the summit with broken skin, aching muscles and a smile that stretched across Yosemite Valley. Here Emily shows us that it’s just as much about the journey as it is the destination.

mad hunter

BMX

Director: Roberto Nascimento

The story of Madeleine, a seven-year-old girl from Auckland, New Zealand and her journey to be the top ranked BMX rider in her age group. Against old stereotypes of what is expected from a girl that age, Madeleine shows passion and focus beyond her young age–and incredible determination to become Number 1.

COUPLES

SKIING

Director: Sandra Lahnsteiner
Female Director, Producer

With “Shades of Winter: COUPLES”, one of the short films Shades of Winter releases in fall 2018, creative producer Sandra Lahnsteiner (AUT) introduces a new aspect of her female action sport protagonists when Janina Kuzma (NZL), Julia Mancuso (USA) and herself bring along their spouses on a freeride trip into the wild mountains of British Columbia, Canada, for the first time ever.

ON SUNDAYS

FISHING

Director: Ian McMullen
Features NMLFF Ambassador

Emma Yardley, a twenty-three-year-old fly fisherwoman, adventurer, artist and NMLFF Ambassador, shares her story of growing up on the river with her dad in Vermont, and how, through her travels to New Zealand and Patagonia, fly fishing and spending time alone on the river have influenced her creative spirit, and been a constant reminder to slow down.

FALL IMPRESSIONS

MOUNTAIN BIKING

Director: Craig Grant + Joey Schusler
Female Writer

Sarah, a freelance fine art and commercial artist, her work–and her play–all stems from flow. It’s why her mountain biking and her painting go hand in hand. Her goal is to share with other people whatever magic she sees in the world around her.

FOLLOW THROUGH

SKIING

Director: Adam Clark + Isaiah Branch-Boyle
Female Executive Producer, Producer, Art Director

People have opinions about skier Caroline Gleich: Inspirational. Gumby. Social media star. Role model. Model masquerading as a mountaineer. At sixteen, she stumbled upon a copy of the cult classic guidebook The Chuting Gallery. Irreverent and wonderfully arbitrary, the guidebook lays out a set of 88 ski mountaineering lines across Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. They were difficult and dangerous. When she first said out loud she wanted to ski them, she was met with laughter. “Maybe it was because I was five feet tall, or I was a little blonde girl, but I remember that clearly–and it didn’t feel good” says Gleich. After a decade building her skills, Gleich set out to complete her vision and become the skier she dreamt of being. “Follow Through” is a story of loss, belonging and desire for respect. In this age of hyperconnectivity, which voices do we choose to hear and which do we ignore?

MOTHERED BY MOUNTAINS

MOUNTAINEERING

Director: Renan Ozturk + Ben Ayers
Female Producer

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, Nepal’s leading female mountain guide, has been on top of the tallest peaks on Earth. When she teams up to make a first ascent with an unlikely partner–local punk-rock icon, Sareena Rai–they both find that the paths to the greatest summits lie within.