Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: February 18, 2000
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305701903
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #538,671 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Shot on impossibly steep mountains in Norway, Alaska, Switzerland, and Canada, this film captures skiers whose skills are matched perhaps only by their considerable guts. With some apparently unintentional irony, the film notes that the skiers are "one with nature," and in the next breath mentions that they fly by helicopter to remote mountain peaks so they can ski down them. Indeed, no expense seems to have been spared as nearly two dozen skiers appear in segments showcasing their daring moves that include death-defying jumps and insanely fast descents down nearly vertical slopes. This film is, of course, geared to inveterate skiers, but even those who have never strapped on a pair will get a kick out of the sheer crazy daring of some of the infectiously reckless participants. Brief interview segments and some footage shot off the slopes serve as cursory profiles of the individual skiers, but for the most part the film consists of relentless downhill action accompanied by a soundtrack of vibrant music, which includes a generous representation of rappers and artists as diverse as Metallica and Macy Gray. An amusing coda to the proceedings is a brief segment of bloopers that bring things thudding back to earth, showing that even the most skilled of these daredevils can go hurtling through the air only to land in an uncoordinated tangle of arms and legs. --Robert J. McNamara

Product Description

Global Storming is an extreme snow skiing film featuring the best athletes in the sport today. Travel with these world-class skiers as they take on the slopes in exotic locations, including Norway, Switzerland, France, Alaska and British Columbia. Mind-blowing action by these amazing athletes has been captured by some of the best cinematographers in extreme sports. This film is set to the freshest new music, including Metallica, Goodie Mob, Buck Cherry, DJ Rap, Klick, Macey Gray, Pully, Orange 9mm, and many more. See what's new in the sport of skiing in this dynamite DVD.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I expected after reading the reviews, December 6, 2000

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This review is from: Global Storming (DVD)

Having bought this video on the 5-star reviews by all the Amazon reviewers, I was expecting an epic ski movie along the lines of "The Blizzard of Oz." Although the movie is good, I don't think it comes close to any of the Greg Stump videos. Ironically, it seems as if this movie is a rip-off of some of Stump's original, cutting edge films. In fact, I would say it is a cross between Stump's videos and my own homemade ski videos, which admitedly, I parodied in my own flicks.

I am not totally down on Global Storming. The skiing, scenery and soundtrack are pretty good, although some of the photography and sound quality isn't top notch at times - no DTS. I just didn't find it too original -- i.e. I thought it was basically a generic flick.

It is good, however, to see a good ski movie on DVD. I have essentially scrapped my VHS and most of the tape that go with it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK but not that great, January 6, 2002

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Max - See all my reviews

This review is from: Global Storming (DVD)

The reviews here defenitely overrate this movie. The footage is pretty good, there are a lot of cool mountains and fast skiing down steeps. However, it lacks variety and gets boring after a while. It would be ok if it were only 30 minutes but then it is just too repetetive. The whole film lacks outstanding runs or jumps or tircks that you want to rewind and see over and over again like other ski movies. The rapping session is painful. The film is better than some but not the best.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!, February 22, 2000

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Tim (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Global Storming [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the best ski movie (next to Scott Gaffney's 1999). The soundtrack is rockin' and the skiing is awesome. Brad Holmes' rap is great too. buy this movie. you will be blown away.