X-Dance Day 1 - Bra Boys Throw Down

nossaTV Action Sports Video is here in Salt Lake City sponsoring the X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival. The "Academy Awards of action sports" runs concurrent with Sundance Film Festival. X-Dance outgrew its digs on Main Street of Park City, moving to the Off Broadway Theater in downtown Salt Lake. The Aussie surf documentary Bra Boys capped off the first day of world class films, with special guest appearances by producer Sal Masekela and director Sunny Abberton, and a kickin' after party at The Broadway Bistro.

The first day of X-Dance mixed wake, mountain bike, snowboard, and skateboarding videos. Here's just a few:

Push Process is Justin Stephens, Oakley, and 1242 Productions' latest HD action sports film, showcasing the progression of wakeboarding and wakeskating through a travelogue of the world's best riders.

Justin Stephens, Pat McIlvain, Matty Swanson

Sliding Liberia follows four young surfers to Liberia in search of more than perfect waves. Risking everything to explore the West African country devastated by decades of war, they record the stories of people they meet -- people like Alfred, who became Liberia's first surfer after finding a bodyboard while fleeing from rebels.

Britton Caillouette with X-Dance Director Brian Wimmer

Alterna Films shakes Apples & Oranges out of the tree, bringing you a film about the crew of international riders brought together for the same mission: to bring their individual talents to the big screen.

Carlo Wein of Alterna

Headlining the evening was Bra Boys. Directed by eldest Bra Boy Sunny Abberton, this film is about the cultural evolution of the inner-Sydney beachside suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle of its youth - the tattooed and much maligned surf community known as the Bra Boys. Narrated by Australia actor Russell Crowe, the film was produced by Berkela Films (Jason Bergh and Sal Masekela) among others, and has recently been picked up by Universal.

Brian Wimmer of X-Dance, Bra Boys, Jason Bergh, and Sal Masekela

Also playing were two of the six videos in the Short Film Festival sponsored and powered by nossaTV.

First up was Fishbowl by Voleurz. These crazy canucks impressed with their underwater, skateboarding film...



Later on we got to see Another Day in LA...

Go to the X-Dance Channel on nossaTV to view and rate these films.