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Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
First Descent is a 2005 documentary film about snowboarding and its beginning in the 1980s. The snowboarders featured in this movie (Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Hannah Teter and Shaun White with guest appearances from Travis Rice) represent three generations of snowboarders and the progress this young sport has made over the past two decades. Most of the movie was shot in Alaska.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic51/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Kevin HarrisonDirector
- Kemp CurlyDirector
Cast
- Shaun WhiteHimself
- Hannah TeterHerself
- Shawn FarmerHimself
- Terje HaakonsenHimself
- Travis RiceHimself
- Nick PerataHimself