2004-02-19 00:00:00, Dave Hudacsko TGR
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Teton Gravity Research (TGR) cleaned house on Friday, January 23, 2004 in Aspen, Colorado at the Annual Powder Magazine Video Awards. TGR was presented with "Movie of the Year" by Uncle E. "It is such a huge award. We are totally stoked," said TGR's supervising producer Jon Klaczkiewicz.

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TGR was also awarded "Best Powder" for the Utah segment featuring Rick Greener, Dave McReynolds, and Will Burks; "Best Cliff Huck" for Jamie
Pierre's 160-foot drop in the Utah backcountry; as well as "Best Performance By a Male" for Sage Cattabriga-Alosa's insane segment.



The Powder Video Awards confirm the earlier quote "Something magical happened this year in the TGR editing room." With continued support
from sponsors such as Sony, The North Face, Rossignol, Salomon, Dynastar, Tecnica/Volkl, and Smith, TGR's new film "Soul Purpose" promises to be TGR's best work yet.



SIX EPISODES FOR THE FUEL NETWORK

Teton Gravity Research has been commissioned to produce six television episodes for the FUEL Network, FOX's 24/7-adrenaline sports channel.
While filming their newest ski/snowboard film "Soul Purpose" on locations around the world, TGR will also dedicate footage towards FUEL
and edit it for commercial television. Referred to as a type of "travel-mentory," the show will follow athletes and cinematographers on
their journeys to places like Russia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Tulsequah, BC and Togwotee Pass, Wyoming. Expected to air this winter, TGR founder
Steve Jones says, "These shows will feature on and off hill drama, logistics, fear, and the prep-work that goes into first descents, giant
gap jumps, and the most progressive riding."

TGR'S "VALHALLA" RATED BEST KAYAK FILM BY
PADDLER MAGAZINE READERS

Paddler Magazine, Associate Editor- February 4, 2004 When we made the Kayak reader survey (due out in Spring '04), which attempted via an
Internet poll to identify the best of the best in whitewater culture, we knew we had to include a film category. We know that when you're off the
water, you still want that whitewater rush. Since it doesn't come in a bottle, you take it visually via videotape or DVD. Obviously, we had all
seen Valhalla and knew it would be up there among the favorites, but Internet surveys can be skewed by lonely, middle-aged men looking for midnight mischief. In the end, our readers overwhelmingly chose Valhalla as their favorite kayak movie of all time. We can't give out an Oscar, but we can tell you it's pretty sweet.

TGR'S JEREMY JONES VOTED BEST BIG MOUNTAIN RIDER BY SNOWBOARDER MAGAZINE

Snowboarder March 2004- "...While his peers scour the lower 48 looking for triple kinks and secret backcountry zones, Jeremy waits out storms
and scopes lines in places like Haines, Alaska. When it comes time to film there is no room for error as thousands of dollars in travel and
heli costs are on the line. More often than not, there is no second take and it is in this make-it-or-break-it, do-or-die world where Jeremy Jones rules supreme. With countless first descents under his belt, Jeremy is truly in a field all of his own." "He's just 10 times gnarlier than anyone else. There's no competition for him, it seems like," said David Benedek, voted Number one Rider of the Year.



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