Show t A. A it i 1 f j v rf-v ti Vj J v r i r it r. i if- if P Pipe 0 f MI 1 Dreams Drean 5 A. A earns is f r y i Monique Charbonneau Arts Editor Park City favorites snowboarder snowboard- snowboard er Ricky Bower and freestyle skier Joe Pack are featured in the documentary film Pipe Dreams According to an announcement from the Maine International Film Festival the two athletes come face to face with crash landings heart breaking breaking breaking break break- ing injuries and the pressure of nailing the perfect run Pipe Dreams sculpted an amazing amazing amazing ing start by premiering in the 2003 Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah Directed by Enzo Mileti and James Fields also Park City locals the film captures captures footage of over 8 months on their quest to compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Utah The film depicts a story of two very different people trying to reach the same goal In addition to being an intense touching documentary documentary documentary doc doc- the soundtrack is With two film crews following their every move the ll v. alfI V g tf it W 4 Ji k fp 4 J p t. t Z h. h W 1 J k f i. i t iu 9 m r. r 1 Wi M w b x rW w. w 1 e r 0 zi 4 1 0 r wA I-Amb I yz or f w D fl W y u. u z W r-i r 4 u sf Vy OWn 1 Ii fi ir f J t tW t W y r n Photo Courtesy of tary shows the two athletes training training training train train- ing competing and hanging out in their everyday lives The film clearly demonstrates the hardships and hard work it takes to be an Olympic athlete or not said Bower Both Pack and Bower put their hearts into competing competing competing com com- in the Olympics however only one of them succeeded Pack took home a silver medal for Aerial Skiing while Bower was recovering from a painful torn tom anterior cruci cruci- ate ligament in his right knee This injury ended Bowers Bower's Olympic dream just days before the Games Ricky Bower 25 has been snowboarding for 16 years and had been planning to compete in inthe inthe inthe the Olympics since a very young age Hes He's a year 6 member of the r US Snowboard Team and spent 5 of those years riding pro Also in 1999 he won the World Championship for half pipe Despite the fact Bower was not able to compete in the Olympics he still sticks to snow- snow boarding Currently he coaches the Park City Snowboard Team as the I assistant director and plans to do that throughout this years year's sea sea- son With candid interviews from friends family coaches and team members taking breath-taking ski footage and an amazing soundtrack soundtrack soundtrack sound sound- track Pipe Dreams is a sure way to get hyped for winter Currently there is no release date scheduled for the film however however however how how- ever it is on its it's way to being sold to an independent film com com- pany Take note there will be a another in December C |