Edwards Classic Sports Films Collection Title Listing Home Backpacking and Hiking: Let the Mountains Speak
Honorable Mention -Columbus IFV Festival
In this classic program, the late, acclaimed poet, Theodore Weiss, narrates as a mountain guide who looks back on his life in the French, Italian and Swiss Alps, passing on his love of the mountains and hiking in the great outdoors. 08DR/CL IJSCA 22 min.
Also with Theodore Weiss: Living Poetry 1: A Year in the Life of a Poem and Living Poetry 2: Yes, With Lemon: Weiss' Poem - "Fractions"

Bicycling: Bicycle Dancin'
CINE Golden Eagle Award
Professional riders turn basic maneuvers into a dynamic display of body and mind over bike. 08DR/CL IJSCA 15 min.

Bicycling: Bicycle Life Among the BMXers
CINE Golden Eagle Award
Actual race footage and interviews with BMX racers provide viewers a close-up view of what it takes to be a BMX competitor. 08DR/CL IJSCA 30 min.

Bicycling: Bicycle Racing USA
CINE Golden Eagle Award
This program shows the wide range of bicycle racing formats in the US; also introduces racing styles, techniques, and tactics. 08DR/CL IJSCA 30 min.

Cross-Country Skiing 1: Skating and Striding
CINE Golden Eagle Award
Grand Prize -NY Intl. Ski Film Festival

Traditional striding technique is compared to the new skating techniques: Stagger skate, diagonal V skate, double pole skating, etc. - each is demonstrated by international stars and the Stratton Mt. School Racers. 08DR/CL IJSCA 30 min.

Cross-Country Skiing 2: If You Can Walk
Grand Prize -NY Intl. Ski Film Festival
This popular program offers basic cross-country skiing technique for adults and children alike. Striding, poling, and gliding are demonstrated by racers of all ages, showing how to go faster and further with less effort. 08DR/CL IJSCA 15 min.

Cross-Country Skiing 3: Free and Easy
Silver Prize -NY Intl. Ski Film Festival
Introduces the beginning cross-country skier to several exercises to strengthen their muscles; also exercise equipment designed for the cross-country skier. 08DR/CL IJSCA 20 min.

Cross-Country Skiing 4: Why We Love It!
This program focuses on the more subjective aspects of cross-country skiing. Shows people, 6- to 80-year-olds and disabled, from all backgrounds, enjoying the sport in a variety of environments. 08DR/CL IJSCA 15 min.

Cross-Country Skiing 5: Race Day
Best "Non-Climbing" Doc -Telluride Mountainfilm Festival
Colorful, compelling non-narrated montage of World Cross-Country Ski Championships at Chamonix, France, and Lahti, Finland. We see the determination in the racers' faces, as well as their strength, stamina, skill and personal triumphs. 08DR/CL IJSCA 15 min.

Cross-Country Skiing 6: Winners and Losers
Accompany world class cross-country skiers through all of the stages, the highs and lows, of an important racing event, the Finnish Ski Games in Lahti, Finland. 08DR/CL IJSCA 15 min.

Cross-Country Skiing 7: Marathon Skiing Symphony
A non-narrated celebration of the grace, energy, and melody of cross-country ski racing; a montage of race footage shows us marathoners essentially alone in the pursuit of personal excellence. 08DR/CL IJSCA 20 min.

Down-Hill Skiing 1: Powder Hound
Grand Prize -NY Intl. Ski Film Festival
This is a whimsical story of a reclusive downhill skier, Powder Hound, whose life is changed forever by an intruder. 08DR/CL IJSCA 15 min.

Down-Hill Skiing 2: Return of Powder Hound
Powder Hound embarks on a ski crusade throughout the French Alps vowing never to abandon skiing again. 08DR/CL IJSCA 20 min.

Marathon Fever: Running, Bicycling, Skiing
Bronze Award -NY Intl. Ski Film Festival
Individuals try to achieve personal victories, not world records, in running, cycling, and skiing marathon events in the US, Switzerland, and France. 08DR/CL IJSCA 25 min.

Skiing Across the French Alps
World Tourist Org. Prize -Belgium Film Festival
Viewers are treated to the unparalleled sights of the French Alps from the vantage point of two downhill skiers who long to escape the bustle of city life. 08DR/CL IJSCA 20 min.

Biking Parody 1: The Last Bike Ride
Humorous event in which contestants are awarded points for unique bike creations and costuming; then pile up old bikes for recycling. 08DR/CL IJSCA 15 min.

Biking Parody 2: Pagan Rites - The Great Bike Toss
Spoofs a "medieval" event as bike mechanics vent their frustrations of having to repair mass production bikes. 08DR/CL IJSCA 20 min.

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