The Wallisch Project: Release Party

It still blows me away that I live in one of the major epicenters of ski culture. All of us SL,UT residents are lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend tons of events like ski premieres and parties. There are few places where you can spend a Monday night at a release party with a couple of the best skiers out there, but Salt Lake (or more specifically Park City) is one of those places.

Last night we headed up to PC to catch the 21+ part of the "Wallisch Project" release festivities. After a quick stop at the PC O'Shucks (love the Downtown SLC one, but hadn't gotten to experience the PC version before; my take: very narrow and not spectacular employees, but schooners of beer are awesome), we headed to The Downstairs Bar, our venue for the night's festivities. It was dead when we got there 45 minutes after the doors opened, but people started showing up not long after and by the time the film was set to start rolling the place was pretty packed.

It's always fun to get a bunch of ski bums in one room. It's especially fun to get a number of pro skiers in that environment, mostly because they're the most chill and humble demi-celebs out there. Not gonna lie, I had my total fangirl moment and got my picture with Wallisch.

Thanks to Tom who obliged me, especially since the only other peeps I saw him

taking pictures with were a) his friends and b) pro-skiers. Class act.

 

 The film, while short, did not disappoint. It's a pure ski edit from one of the best slopestyle competitors and park/urban skiers out there. The soundtrack is good and the skiing is great, including some great backcountry jumps. With the looming avalanche of true ski films set to be released upon us starting next month, this is a great start; it doesn't have a story or narrative, it's just a great bit of skiing to get you stoked for this upcoming season. Plus it makes me even more excited for watching Sochi this winter.

 

"The Wallisch Project" is not available for download on iTunes, so if you didn't get to be cool like me and go see it, then you should probably do yourself a favor and get it now.

 

And, as always, pray for snow and keep on to the steeper side.