"OR Presents..." The Adventure Theater
Thursday, January 19 - Saturday, January 21, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Salt Lake Art Center / UMOCA (Next to the Salt Palace)
The Arts and the Outdoors go together like fresh powder and a blue bird sky! That’s why OR has a brand-new area of the Salt Palace specifically devoted to musical, theatrical and cultural events for show attendees. The Adventure Theater will host a variety of screenings and premieres of films for the industry's core. Film line-up to come.
Avalaunch - Winners Announced! 
The inaugural Avalaunch Winter Market Awards presented by Outdoor Retailer took place during ORWM12 in Salt Lake City. These awards, a collaboration with Outdoor Retailer, have been created to honor those who have broken new ground in the snowsports industry.
- Ambassador of the Year
- Company of the Year
- Safety Product of the Year
- New Product of the Year
- Avalanche Educator of the Year
Ambassador of the Year - Jeremy Jones
Few riders can claim to have had as much influence as Jeremy Jones, and even fewer are still producing banger video parts with his level of consistently noteworthy progression. A member of the original Forum Eight with outstanding parts in every Mack Dawg movie from Decade to Double Decade, Jeremy’s technical skills and all-terrain prowess have redefined freestyle for a new generation. Jeremy got his first photo published in a 1996 issue of Snowboarder, and dropped a part in Mack Dawg and Kingpin Production’s 1997 movies. The rest is legendary—from Snowboarder and Transworld covers to classic appearances in the first
Forum team movies, to his 2003 switch to Burton, he’s never slowed down. Even with his status as a movie-part master secured and a family at home in Utah, Jeremy is nowhere near finished. While other careers have faded, he’s still on the move.
Educator of the Year - Dean Cummings
Dean Cummings is internationally recognized as one of the preeminent big mountain skiers, world champion skiers and mechanized ski guides working in glaciated terrain in the world today, and is a renowned leader in outdoor safety and avalanche awareness education. He was the Team Captain of the US Freestyle Ski Team and later competed on the World Extreme Skiing circuit and claimed the World Title Championship in 1995. Dean recognized the critical need for avalanche education and started a practical avalanche awareness training program for the general public in Valdez, AK in 1997, and was instrumental in the founding the North America Outdoor Institute (NAOI). He authored and crafted the “Be Snow Smart” education program, which annually reaches 20,000 people with practical, easy to implement recreation safety procedures.
New Product of the Year - BCA Float 18 Airbag
Affordability, a thin profile and a lightweight design make the Float 18 a no-brainer for those bagging sidecountry laps or those with a minimalist backcountry approach. Offering 18 liters of gear storage, features include; internal shovel and probe pockets, helmet and diagonal ski carrying system and waist belt pockets. This pack is perfect for riders who insist on fresh lines outside the ski areas.
Safety Product of the Year - BCA Tracker 2 Beacon
Tracker2 offers the industry's fastest, most precise pinpointing, with triple receive antenna, instantaneous real–time display, and same easy–to–use interface as Tracker DTS. An intuitive mechanical search/transmit switch makes it even easier to use right out of the box. Thinner profile and harness than Tracker DTS. Includes Special mode and multiple burial indicator lights.
Company of the Year - POW
Protect Our Winters (POW) was started in 2007 by pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones who witnessed first-hand the impact of climate change on our mountains. After having been turned away from areas that had once been ride-able and seeing resorts closed due to lack of snow, Jeremy saw a gap between the winter sports community and the action being taken by us all to address the problem. We represent the global snow sports community – there are 21 million of us in the US alone. Clearly, it's time for us all to step up and take responsibility to save a season that fuels our passions but is also the foundation for our livelihoods, our
jobs and the economic vitality of our mountain regions. POW was founded on the idea that the collective power of the winter sports community is massive, and if we can all work together, the end result can be revolutionary. Together We Can Protect Our Winters.
Badass of the Year - Kenji Haroutunian
All Star Industry Jam
Saturday, January. 21, 9:00 PM
Club Elevate @155 W. 200 S., SLC (Directly across from the Salt Palace)
Hosted by funny-man Timmy O’Neill, it’s your band, your music, your stage and your chance to rock out at OR. A benefit for Paradox Sports, the All Star Industry Jam brings together the musical talent swirling through the outdoor industry for one night of cheap drinks and good fun. Don’t forget the $10 voluntary donation at the door.
- All Star Industry Band
- Cro Molly (with DeFeet)
- Back Country Band (with backcountry.com)
- Curleigh Fried (with Keen, Patagonia)
- The Rocky Mountain High Five (with Osprey, LaSportiva, Keen and Black Diamond)
- The Struggles (with WL Gore, Petzl, Cascade Designs)
- Midnight Son (with Merrel, Patagonia, Sterling Ropes)
- With Avalaunch as the DJ
Check out video of this fantastic evening:
Music Around Town
Blackalicious
WHAT: OR presents Avalaunch featuring Blackalicious
WHEN: 8:00 pm Thurs., January 19th (directly following the Industry Party)
WHERE: Club Elevate
WHY: Benefits Dean Cummings' Be Snow Smart program & the Utah Avalanche Center
HOW: Buy tickets Here
Michael Franti and Spearhead - Thursday, January 19, 8 p.m.
The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City
Wolverine is hosting an industry-exclusive event with performances by Michael Franti and Spearhead. Tickets are only available at the Wolverine booth #35173 during show hours and are available only to ORWM badge-holders.
The Zac Brown Band - Saturday, January 21, 7 p.m.
Maverik Center, West Valley City, Utah
If you've never seen the Zac Brown Band play live, you need to. With Special Guests Sonia Leigh and Nic Cowan, they'll be playing one night only in Utah. Go to Ticketmaster to purchase tickets or credit card by phone 800-745-3000. More event information.
Sundance Film Festival
Committed to exploring the ways the outdoors and the values of the people who live, work and play there intersect around the world, OR is very proud to be a 2012 Institute Associate of the world-renown Sundance Film Festival. Our involvement is a natural extension of OR Rocks!, where we deliberately seek to celebrate the music, art and films that feed our collective drive to get outdoors.
The two events run with some concurrent dates (Outdoor Retailer: January. 19-22 and Sundance Film Festival: January. 19-29) and share Salt Lake City as a host city for the trade show and some of the film festival’s multi-city events.
The agreement includes a year-round relationship with the Sundance Institute and an Outdoor Retailer-operated, outdoor-centric art gallery and event space, ‘Innovation Gallery by Outdoor Retailer,’ on Main Street in Park City. Designed with a handful of industry manufacturers, the space helps share the history of and emerging technologies in the outdoor industry. The Festival will use the space for invitation-only events, hosting film makers, media and VIP festival guests.
OR would like to encourage all attendees to explore the festival line-up and has highlighted several films that speak to outdoor adventure and promote the protection of our endangered wild lands. For a complete listing and to purchase tickets, please visit Sundance.org/festival/tickets/. Open ticket sales for Sundance Festival films begin January 17 and are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so start your planning now!
Films and Selected Show Times:
Chasing Ice
U.S.A. (Director: Jeff Orlowski) — Science, spectacle and human passion mix in this stunningly cinematic portrait as National Geographic photographer James Balog captures time-lapse photography of glaciers over several years providing tangible visual evidence of climate change.
| Monday, January 23 | 8:30 PM | Library Center Theatre | Park City |
| Tuesday, January 24 | 11:15 AM | The MARC Theatre | Park City |
| Wednesday, January 25 | 9:00 PM | SLC Library | Salt Lake City |
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
U.S.A. (Director: Stacy Peralta) — When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.
| Saturday, January 21 | 8:30 PM |
The MARC Theatre | Park City |
Shorts Program: Documentary Spotlight
(Six shorts including "Stick Climbing" and "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom")
Stick Climbing
Austria, Switzerland (Director: Daniel Zimmerman) — A contemplative walk leads to a bizarre climbing tour going from everyday village life to a seemingly impossible ascent.
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
(Director: Lucy Walker) — Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan's recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. A visual haiku about the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japan's most beloved flower.
| Friday, January 20 | 6:00 PM | Broadway Cinema 6 | Salt Lake City |
| Wednesday, January. 25 | 3:00 PM | Temple Theatre | Park City |
A Fierce Green Fire
U.S.A. (Director: Mark Kitchell) — A definitive history of one of the most important movements of the 20th century, A Fierce Green Fire chronicles the environmental movement’s fascinating evolution from the 1960s to the present.
| Monday, January 23 | 5:15 PM | The MARC Theatre | Park City |
| Tuesday, January 24 | 11:30 AM | Temple Theatre | Park City |
China Heavyweight
Canada, China (Director: Yung Chang) — In central China, where a coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western-style boxing champions, the top students face dramatic choices as they graduate – should they fight for the collective good or for themselves? A metaphor for the choices everyone in the New China faces now. World Premiere
| Sunday, January 22 | 6:00 PM | Yarrow Hotel Theatre | Park City |
| Monday, January 23 | 6:00 PM | Broadway Cinema 6 | Park City |
| Tuesday, January 24 | 6:30 PM | Redstone Cinema 8 | Park City |
Finding North
U.S.A. (Directors: Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush) — A crisis of hunger looms in America and is not limited to the poverty stricken and uneducated. Can a return to policies of the 1970s save our future?
| Sunday, January. 22 | 6:00 PM | Temple Theatre | Park City |
| Monday, January 23 | 9:00 AM | Temple Theatre | Park City |
| Tuesday, January 24 | 6:30 PM | Ross Wagner Center | Salt Lake City |
The Other Dream Team
Lithuania, U.S.A. (Director: Marius Markevicius) — The 1992 Lithuanian National Basketball Team went from the clutches of Communism to the Summer Olympics in Barcelona – a testament to the powerful role of sports as a catalyst for cultural identity.
| Sunday, January 22 | 6:30 PM | Redstone Cinema 8 | Park City |
| Wednesday, January 25 | 11:30 PM | The MARC Theatre | Park City |
The Atomic States of America
U.S.A. (Directors: Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce) — In 2010, the United States announced construction of the first new nuclear power plant in more than 32 years. A year later, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Fukushima Power Plant in Japan sparking a fierce debate in the U.S. over the safety and viability of nuclear power.
| Monday, January 23 | 9:00 AM | Temple Theatre | Park City |
| Tuesday, January 24 | 2:30 PM | Library Center Theatre | Park City |
Detropia
U.S.A. (Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady) — The woes of Detroit are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base. This is the dramatic story of a city and its people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising.
| Sunday, January 22 | 5:15 PM | The MARC Theatre | Park City |
| Monday, January 23 | 9:00 PM | Sundance Resort | Sundance Resort |
Valley of Saints
India, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Musa Syeed) — Gulzar plans to run away from the war and poverty surrounding his village in Kashmir with his best Fridayend, but a beautiful young woman researching the dying lake leads him to contemplate a different future Cast: Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, Mohammed Afzal Sofi, Neelofar Hamid. World Premiere
| Monday, January 23 | 6:00 PM | Yarrow Hotel Theatre | Park City |
| Wednesday, January 25 | Noon | Egyptian Theatre | Park City |
The Queen of Versailles
U.S.A. (Director: Lauren Greenfield) — Jackie and David were triumphantly constructing the biggest house in America – a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot palace inspired by Versailles – when their timeshare empire falters due to the economic crisis. Their rags-to-riches-to-rags story reveals the innate virTuesdayday and flaws of the American Dream.
| Thursday, January 19 | 6:00 PM | Eccles Theatre | Park City |
| Friday, January 20 | 9:00 AM | Temple Theatre | Park City |
| Tuesday, January 24 | Noon | Yarrow Hotel Theatre | Park City |
Wish You Were Here
Australia (Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith, Screenwriters: Kieran Darcy-Smith, Felicity Price) — Four Fridayends embark on a carefree holiday, but only three return home. Who knows what happened on that fateful night? Cast: Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Star. World Premiere.
| Thursday, January 19 | 6:30 PM | Library Center Theatre | Park City |
| Friday, January 20 | 6:00 PM | Tower Theatre | Salt Lake City |
| Wednesday, January 25 | 5:30 PM | Library Center Theatre | Park City |
Beasts of the Southern Wild
U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) - Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin' under, in this tale of a six year old named Hushpuppy, who lives with her daddy at the edge of the world. Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry.
| Saturday, January 21 | 9:30 PM | Redstone Cinema 8 | Park City |
| Sunday, January 22 | 3:30 PM | Ross Wagner Center | Salt Lake City |
| Monday, January 23 | 3:00 PM | Sundance Resort | Sundance Resort |
