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A Skier's Journey Returns for a Final Season


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Arc'teryx

18 Oct, 2016, 17:19 GMT

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, October 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Recovered from a life-threatening brain injury, artist Jordan Manley creates three final films with skiers Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots in Iran and China, culminating in a special homecoming to British Columbia 

A Skier's Journey, the globally-acclaimed short film series is returning for its fourth and final season this fall. Directed by the celebrated Canadian filmmaker and photographer Jordan Manley, the final three episodes represent Jordan's artistic effort to follow Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots to Iran and China, and culminates with a significant return home to British Columbia. Launched in 2010, the final three episodes complement three previous seasons that have followed the team from Kashmir, to Dubai, to Argentina and Iceland - focusing not on the glamour of big-mountain skiing, but on the human experience and culture of each special location.

http://www.askiersjourney.com

The final series is especially poignant for director Jordan Manley. In 2014, before embarking on a final season of A Skier's Journey, Jordan crashed while mountain biking. Nothing spectacular, but with a concussion serious enough to put the season on hold. Ten months later, his recovery well underway, Jordan was trying on ski boots. He stood up, knocked his head on a shelf and -the setback was worse than the original injury. By far. Twenty-nine years old, at the peak of his efforts to date and the most he was able to manage was a slow, brief, daily walk. A Skier's Journey was indefinitely on hold.

This year marks Jordan's full return from his long and deliberate rehabilitation. Much has been written and documented about how he recovered; watch the videos of his daily walk therapy. It was his process of learning to really look at things close by. Nothing imaginary, cerebral, or huge. Almost like seeing the largeness in everything small, a process that lead to his reexamination of home, literally and metaphorically.

Picking up where he left off with A Skier's Journey project, Jordan set out to film the final three episodes: Iran, China and British Columbia's Coast Mountains. Was he up for it? "Don't get me wrong, I love being out in the mountains, but my relationship to risk is very different." In terms of fitness, not surprising. But the skiing, the joy of being on skis? A simple fall could jeopardize everything.

"It was important for Chad, Forrest and I to finish the series properly. Before we set out, I wasn't sure how my body and brain would react to the demands of travelling and filming and being in the mountains for extended periods, especially being so far from home in Iran and China," says Jordan, "This season, there was an extra dialogue running in my head, concerned about my own capabilities physically, on top of day-to-day concerns of gathering film. For the final episode where we walked, skied, and paddled our way across the spine of BC's Coast Mountains - it was emotional to look back and acknowledge the long (bumpy) road of recovery from post-concussion syndrome, and that we'd made it."

The final line-up includes Iran, China and Crossing Home (the Coast Mountains, BC). The season is a study in contrasts, probing the margins of skiing, which is what A Skier's Journey has always embodied. The series continues to portray skiing as the pursuit of a sensation, which includes a community of like-minded individuals and explorations of landscape. No ski porn, no acts of outrageous courage or luck. The characters are not defined as athletes, they are humans on a quest, curious about the world and seeking the simplicity of being borne by snow.

This homegrown project, small in undertaking, ambitious in its desire to find meaning, reveals what we can learn from taking a step back and trying on a new perspective. Discovering what unites us, without words, without rhetoric. After circling the globe, directed by longing, chance encounters and unpredictable sequences of events, Jordan, Chad and Forrest have come full circle. They are home in British Columbia. 

Partnering with Arc'teryx, the GORE-TEX® brand and Destination British Columbia, A Skier's Journey will be released onhttp://www.askiersjourney.com

Iran and China episodes are available today, October 18, 2016. Crossing Home (Coast Mountains, BC) will launch on November 3, 2016.

A full digital press kit is available at: http://www.askiersjourney.com/mediaroom  

ABOUT ARC'TERYX
Arc'teryx Equipment is a technical high-performance outerwear and equipment company based in North Vancouver, Canada. Our relentless commitment to design, craftsmanship and performance delivers breakthrough experiences. The company's industry-leading design and unique in-house manufacturing center creates technical products that can be trusted to perform in moments of extreme need. Arc'teryx distributes its products through more than 3,000 retail locations worldwide, including ten branded stores in Europe, North America and Asia. http://www.arcteryx.com

ABOUT W. L. Gore & Associates
Gore is a technology-driven company focused on discovery and product innovation. Well known for waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX®fabric, the company's portfolio includes everything from high-performance fabrics and implantable medical devices to industrial manufacturing components and aerospace electronics. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Newark, Del., Gore posts annual sales of more than $3 billion and employs more than 10,000 associates with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and China, and sales offices around the world. Gore is one of a select few companies to appear on all of the U.S. "100 Best Companies to Work For" lists, including all 19 of the Fortune lists and three earlier books by the same name.  The company also appears regularly on similar lists around the world. Learn more at gore.com

ABOUT Destination British Columbia
Destination BC is an industry-led Crown corporation that works collaboratively with tourism stakeholders across British Columbia to coordinate marketing at the international, provincial, regional and local levels. For more information about Destination BC's programs and services, please visit: http://www.DestinationBC.ca

PRESS CONTACT: The Skier's Journey team is available for select interviews and media appearances. For more information and scheduling contact:  media@askiersjourney.com

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