POWDER MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR 2005 POWDER VIDEO AND READER POLL AWARDS PRESENTED BY JABRA
***Aspen Hosts Annual Award Show***

(Dana Point, CA - January 10, 2005) - POWDER Magazine, part of PRIMEDIA'S Action Sports Group (ASG), today announced the nominees for the 2005 POWDER Video and Reader Poll Awards. Now in its fifth year, the awards show will take place January 29, 2005, at The Hotel Jerome in Aspen, CO, coinciding with the 2005 Winter X Games.

"POWDER Magazine takes great pride in honoring the world's most talented athletes and the industry's finest filmmakers at this year's Reader Poll and Video Awards show," said Derek Taylor, Senior Editor. "POWDER is excited to host the awards in Aspen, one of North America's finest ski towns, and this year's show, coinciding with the X Games, is guaranteed to attract the biggest names in skiing."

High-profile athletes such as Shane McConkey, Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, and Sarah Burke are just a few of the notables scheduled to descend on the awards show. Each year the show builds on its reputation as the premier event recognizing not only the who's who in skiing, but, with awards like Breakthrough Performance in ski cinema, also establishing what will be the sport's next big thing. And with this being Aspen, you never know which celebrity you'll bump into.

The POWDER Magazine Video Awards honor the ski world's best filmmakers and top athletes in categories such as Best Line, Best Male Performance, Movie of the Year, Photo of the Year, and the Full Throttle Award, recognizing the skier who pushes what's possible on skis to the very limit. Additionally, the show will feature the Reader Poll Awards, which name skiing's top 10 male and top five female skiers of the year as determined by votes from the readers of POWDER Magazine.

2005 POWDER Video and Reader Poll Awards is presented by Jabra, with additional support provided by Amstel Light, Aspen/Snowmass, The North Face, and Red Bull.

Doors will open at 8:00 p.m. and the awards show begins promptly at 8:30 p.m. See you there!


POWDER Magazine is part of PRIMEDIA's Action Sports Group (ASG). Reaching more than 7 million enthusiasts, the ASG is the dominant force in the action sports and adventure sports arenas. In addition to publishing leading lifestyle publications such as Surfer, Surfing, Snowboarder, Skateboarder, SG, Bike, Powder, Canoe & Kayak, and Climbing, the ASG also delivers a cutting-edge network of online properties, events, videos and television programming.

CONTACT:
Event info: Michelle Lindsay, (949) 661-5183, michelle.lindsay@primedia.com


2005 POWDER VIDEO AWARDS NOMINEES

WORST SLAM:

Hugo Harrisson
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Per Huss
Free Radicals - Serious
Down Film

Mike Wilson
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Jon Turkula
High Five
Level 1 Productions


BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
Soul Purpose
Teton Gravity Research

Mark Abma
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Marc Andre Belliveau
Soul Purpose
Teton Gravity Research

Eric Pollard
WSKI106
Tanner Hall & Eric Iberg - PBP


BEST TRICK:

Travis Perkins
First Light
Off Trail Productions

Travis Redd
High Five
Level 1 Productions

Candide Thovex
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Tanner Hall
Volume Issue 12
Blue Ribbon Productions


BEST P.O.V.:

Chris Davenport
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Videographer: Steve Rozendaal
Skier: Phil Bélanger
Red Tape
Pléhouse Films

Paul Cotter
Stimulus
Team Thirteen Industries & Rage Films

Cinematographer: Steve Winter
Helicopter Pilot: Craig Havas
Skier: Tanner Hall
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions


BEST HUMOR:

Movie Intro
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

CR Johnson, Tanner Hall & Eric Iberg
WSKI106
Tanner Hall & Eric Iberg - PBP

Kye Peterson & Sean Pettit
WSKI106
Tanner Hall & Eric Iberg - PBP

Shane McConkey
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions


BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Marja Persson
Free Radicals - Serious
Down Film

Ingrid Backstrom
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Ashley Battersby
First Light
Off Trail Productions


Sarah Burke
Red Tape
Pléhouse Films

Kristi Leskinen
X = Ten
Poor Boyz Production


BEST POWDER:

Rob Greener, Ben Wheeler, Bryan Barlow & Kevin Miller
Stimulus
Team Thirteen Industries & Rage Films

Per Huss
Free Radicals - Serious
Down Film

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
X = Ten
Poor Boyz Productions

Shroder Baker
Soul Purpose
Teton Gravity Research


BEST LINE:

Mark Abma
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Ian McIntosh
Stimulus
Team 13 Industries & Rage Films

Eric Hjorleifson
Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Jeremy Nobis
Soul Purpose
Teton Gravity Research


MOVIE OF THE YEAR :
Presented by Jabra

Free Radicals - Serious
Down Film

Soul Purpose
Teton Gravity Research

X = Ten
Poor Boyz Productions

Yearbook
Matchstick Productions

Reverence
Jon Klaczkiewicz in assoc. with Teton Gravity Research & Matchstick Productions


BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
**NO NOMINEES - WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AT SHOW


AMSTEL LIGHT FULL THROTTLE AWARD
**NO NOMINEES - WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AT SHOW

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