{"id":800690,"date":"2019-10-24T18:53:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T00:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373466"},"modified":"2019-10-24T18:53:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T00:53:33","slug":"howard-head-sports-medicine-produces-sisters-of-skimo-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/howard-head-sports-medicine-produces-sisters-of-skimo-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Head Sports Medicine produces \u2018Sisters of Skimo\u2019 documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Howard Head Sports Medicine has partnered with Sierra Anderson to tell the story of the Summit County locals who represented the United States at March’s International Ski Mountaineering Federation World Cup in Switzerland.<\/strong>
Courtesy Ben Gadberry<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

FRISCO \u2013 Howard Head Sports Medicine has come together with local Team USA ski mountaineer Sierra Anderson to produce the 20-minute documentary \u201cSisters of Skimo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film chronicles the story of Summit County locals Anderson, Jaime Brede, Kate Zander and Grace Staberg as the ski mountaineers strove last year to fulfill their dreams of representing the country<\/a> at March\u2019s International Ski Mountaineering Federation World Championships in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s director Ben Gadberry of Vail said though Howard Head Sports Medicine has partnered with sporting entities such as USA Climbing in the past for short films, Sister of Skimo is a much more ambitious and locally-focused project.<\/p>\n

\u201cOften in ski films today we only see the glory of things,\u201d Gadberry said. \u201cThink of Warren Miller, even (Teton Gravity Research) \u2014 seeing the perfect powder shots, seeing athletes at their peak. But you\u2019re not seeing the struggle, the insecurity, the hard work, the reality it takes to be a professional skier in skimo racing. Our film is really about that journey of struggle and triumph.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film will make its world premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 10 Mile Music Hall in Frisco. The event \u2014 free for the public to attend thanks to sponsors Vail Health Dynafit, Hagan Skis, Cripple Creek Backcountry and the U.S. Ski Mountaineering Association \u2014 will also include food, beer and sponsor raffle prizes. The music hall is a 150-seat venue that can fit up to 200 people.<\/p>\n

After the film is screened, the event will also feature a question & answer session with Anderson and a few cast members. Interested attendees are encouraged to RSVP at: bit.ly\/sistersofskimopremiere<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gadberry, a marketing professional for Vail Health, jumped on board the project at the recommendation of Howard Head Performance Manager Chris Knerl. Leading up to last winter, Knerl had been training with Anderson in advance of her hopes to qualify and compete at the world championships, and Anderson had expressed interest in sharing her story.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

\u201c\u2018This is an athlete,\u2019\u201d Gadberry remembers Knerl telling him, \u201c\u2018who is an example of a burgeoning sport in Summit County. We should tell a story about it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That story is told throughout the documentary, which takes viewers from the snow and slopes of Summit County, such as at the world championships qualifier at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, to Alaska, Italy, China and, of course, Switzerland. Along the way, the documentary details just how athletes like Anderson \u2014 the main character in the ensemble film \u2014 make their dreams a reality, from training, logistic, family life and financial standpoints. Along the journey of the film, Anderson discovers that skimo isn\u2019t just about reaching the top of the podium \u2014 it\u2019s a way of life, a means by which she can build family with her fellow women, her \u201csisters of skimo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the film, Gadberry said what made the filmmaking process unique for him, an avid backcountry skier in the Gore Range, was the reality that \u201cSisters of Skimo\u201d is a ski film about women for women. Gadberry said it\u2019s rare, even today, for women to feature prominently in ski films, much less star in them. With that, he hopes it will be a film that shines a light on just how special these ski sisters, mothers and daughters are, zeroing in on their lives off the slopes.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
Sierra Anderson (center) ascends by boot-pack during a ski mountaineering competition at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in December.<\/strong>
Ben Gadberry \/ Special to The Daily<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWomen aren\u2019t just small men competing in sports,\u201d Gadberry said. \u201cThey are unique individuals with their own passions, goals and challenges. This is a profound exploration of women\u2019s unique stories in competitive skimo racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is also a unique American take,\u201d the director added, \u201can American ski film about skimo, specifically. Before film production began a year ago, if you would have asked me, \u2018what is ski mountaineering,\u2019 it\u2019s us going up, skinning 14ers, 12ers in the Gore Range, backcountry skiing. I had no concept of who those folks were in their spandex skinning up A-Basin. So the film is also a wonderful introduction into the broader skimo racing and introducing Americans \u2014 both men and women \u2014 into this sub-genre of skiing.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Howard Head Sports Medicine has partnered with Sierra Anderson to tell the story of the Summit County locals who represented the United States at March’s International Ski Mountaineering Federation World Cup in Switzerland.Courtesy Ben Gadberry FRISCO \u2013 Howard Head Sports Medicine has come together with local Team USA ski mountaineer Sierra Anderson to produce the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-800690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 13:14:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}