Product Details

• Actors: Warren Miller, Bill Bacon, Deni Bevin, Chris Davenport, Greg Harrington
• Directors: Kurt Miller, Peter Speek
• Writers: Warren Miller
• Producers: Kurt Miller, Peter Speek, Max Bervy Jr., Robert Tunnell
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: October 12, 1999
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305087385
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,726 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Opening with a nightmarish montage of an avalanche, Snowriders 2: The Journey Continues, from the master of ski films, Warren Miller, quickly transforms into an exuberant celebration of downhill glory. In Miller style, gorgeous footage of some of the world's most skillful skiers tackling the world's gnarliest slopes is combined with intelligently chosen rock music to create an entertaining mix. Miller's film crews shoot skiers in the Alps of the South Island of New Zealand, track Americans making a lengthy pilgrimage to tackle the remote and forbidding slopes of Kazakhstan, and follow a tattooed and pierced snowboarder from his apartment in Greenwich Village to Killington, Vermont. For those wild souls who find skis and snowboards too tame, the video also features heart-stopping footage of cheerful maniacs careening down ridiculously steep mountains on, what else, mountain bikes. As if that's not enough, there are also those who up the ante by descending glaciers in kayaks. The musical soundtrack and the stunning camera work is combined to great effect, as exemplified in a haunting montage of the Vail Ski Patrol moving like wraiths through whitened woods to the accompaniment of the Counting Crows' "A Long December." --Robert J. McNamara

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good. Typical Warren Miller flick., November 26, 2001

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This review is from: Warren Miller's Snowriders 2: The Journey Continues [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I enjoyed this film. Although it would be better if there are less really close-up slow motion shots and more medium range shots so I can what the riders are doing and where they are going. Snowriders 2 have more up close scenes in slow motion than other Miller films I saw, and that is more distracting than anything. Imagine watching up close Pamela Anderson Lee runs in her bathing suit in slow motion for 90 minutes. After a while, it gets tiresome.

It's an entertaining film, no doubt. If you're a snow enthusiasts it'll pump you up. The visual is stunning and the camera work excellent. But I can't help but wonder, do they really need to spice up the riding so much? Doesn't a skier charging down a 60 degree vertical is hair-raising enough by itself?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Warren Miller Yet!!, December 8, 1998

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This review is from: Warren Miller's Snowriders 2: The Journey Continues [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As an avid skier and devoted Warren Miller fan, I loved this film! It is by far his best yet, and that says a lot for a legend with 50+ years devoted to filming this type of action. A must-see for anyone who enjoys skiing/boarding/et al.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This movie will make anyone fall in love with snow riding!, December 3, 1998

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S. Stucko (Salida, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warren Miller's Snowriders 2: The Journey Continues [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I finished watching this movie (the first time) at 8:30 PM and couldn't wait until the sun came up so that I could head out and carve some turns. I was into snow sports before but after watching this I'm hooked deep. Warren Miller combines excellent video, wonderful music and some of the best skiing, snow boarding, and mountain biking (yes bikes, they are just part of the unique snow rides you will see). If your spouse is kind of so-so about your snow affection, sit her/him down and watch this video!