Here’s Fips & Tobi Strauss’ full part from the 2011 Isenseven snowboard movie Kaleidoscope.

Another teaser for Isenseven’s 2012 movie called Fool’s Gold. This will undoubtedly set the Germanic internet on fire.

Classic fun and friendship riding by Alex Tank, Benny Urban, Tobi Strauss, Fips Strauss, Peter König, Tom Klocker, Luka Jeromel, Marco Smolla, Colin Frei, David Bertschinger Karg, Kevin Bäckström, Ludwig Lejkner, Wojtek Pawlusiak, Dani Rajcsanyi, Christophe Schmidt and many more.

Fool’s Gold. Definitely some fool’s in this little trailer numero 2 for our upcoming movie.
Sit back, open a beer and wonder what it’s like to spend an entire season with this gang.
*Sorry for all the cursing. Our boys obviously have no manners.

Fool’s Gold will be available September 2012 at your local boardshop and iTunes worldwide. Boom!

Sneak a first peek at the new Isenseven movie that’ll be dropping this fall. Watch it now – Banging!

The Munich-based Isenseven crew always come up with the European-flavoured goods so check out a first look at what they’ve been slaving over all winter long. Hammerzeit.

Here’s what the three-headed videographical manbeast that is Alex Schiller, Tom Elliott & Vincent Urban had to say about things:

Fool’s Gold. Yup, that’s the name of our 2012 feature length blockbuster film.

A few of our boys have left us, a few guys re-joined and a few new faces will appear this year. But never the less, it’s a great mix of the bestest team ever and we hope you love each rider the way we do. Although, they sometimes can be annoying.

Watch our crew hit jumps, hit rails, hit faces and hit hits all over the world, captured on our crispy HD cameras for your viewing pleasure (or pain…)

Fool’s Gold will be available September 2012 at your local boardshop and iTunes worldwide. Boom!

Riders: Alex Tank, Benny Urban, Tobi Strauss, Fips Strauss, Peter König, Tom Klocker, Luka Jeromel, Marco Smolla, Colin Frei, David Bertschinger Karg, Kevin Bäckström, Ludwig Lejkner, Wojtek Pawlusiak, Dani Rajcsanyi, Christophe Schmidt and some other friendly faces.

The kerfuffle with all that FIS/TTR/IOC Olympic shenanigans has taken a new twist as Isenseven hold their own event. It could very well be the beginning of a new breakaway tour. This is good.

Let’s just let this lot run competitive snowboarding from now on shall we. They’re tough, they’re harsh, they’re creative. The backslide bodyspin discipline should have a tour of its own to be perfectly honest.

This is it! Isenseven’s official trailer for the 2011 snowboard film “Kaleidoscope”

A film by Alex Schiller, Tom Elliott and Vincent Urban

Featuring the riding of Alex Tank, Benny Wetscher, Christian Haller, Christophe Schmidt, Colin Frei, Dani Rajcsanyi, David Bertschinger Karg, Ethan Morgan, Fips Strauss, Fredrik Evensen, Kevin Bäckström, Ludwig Lejkner, Peter König, Simon Gruber, Tobi Strauss, Tom Klocker and Wojtek Pawlusiak.

Supported by Pleasure Snowboard Magazin, Burton, Nike 6.0, Foursquare, Oakley, DC, Head, Volcom, Zimtstern, Ride, O’Neill, Vans, Fiat Freestyle Team, Planet-Sports.com, Snowstyle

Edit/Post/Motion Graphics: Alex Schiller

Principal Cinematography: Tom Elliott, Maxi Seefried, Alex Schiller, Artur C. Tatar, Flo Schöftenhuber, Felix Urbauer

Additional footage: Clemens Prankl, Rasmus Tikkanen, Marc Wiblishauser, Bildlich-T.de

Music:
ANR – “Big Problem” from the album “Stay Kids”
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Another week, another full part from Isenseven’s 2010 firecracker, Don’t Panic!. This time it’s Marco Smolla and Fips Strauss up to bat. Check that bad mother…

Glorious technicolor, ballerinas, backcountry booters, jibbing Munich, precision German shredness? It’s all here. Click play.

If you’re unfamiliar with the German language allow us to help you understand what he’s blathering on about in the clip. It’s basically “Hi, I’m Fips Strauss and we’re here at the Oktoberfest so I’m here in my lederhosen and me and my girls are gonna get tanked up on strong beers bigger than a human head. While I do that, check out some footage. Thanks. Bye.”

'This Week in Snowboarding' put a smile on his face.

SATURDAY

Kevin Pearce has been welcomed home (includes great pics of the day). Slopestyle becomes part of the FIS world championships (and maybe the Olympics). Torah Bright and Jake Welch got married. In other Southern Hemisphere news the resorts down under begin to open their doors. The German 21inch Crew releases a decent teaser called Restless. Kevin Backstrom bought a boat. And someone invented a real hover board!

SUNDAY

There are at least two different Brightons, at least one of which has been visited by the Videograss crew. A good snowboard book gets a great review. And True Life has always been a great snowboard flick: Watch it here in full length!

The Helgasons putting a cork in it.

MONDAY

Torstein Horgmo sent us a link to a clip showing the first ever triple cork. Ever wondered why your snowboard video does not look anything like That’s It That’s All? Here’s the answer. A twelve-year-old rides better than us. And TW Snow posts Travis Parker’s full part in Robot Food’s Lame.

TUESDAY

Torstein beat the Helgasons‘ attempts at the triple. The stunning Moose with Hat teaser is out. Iceland is more than bankrupt and a big volcano: It has also been the backdrop of Nikita‘s team shoot. Fips Strauss rides Serfaus. And kids, don’t forget: hitting rails is dangerous!

The wince induction graph.

WEDNESDAY

Peter König, Tom Klocker, Chris Kröll and Werni Stock have fun in Hintertux. The upcoming Nitro movie will include some wince-inducing slams. Aimee Fuller had an epic season. Rhode Island rail riding rocks! And so does the Tailgate Alaska, sissies!

THURSDAY

It’s in French, it’s called School of Shred, and it looks good! Reverse camber is no cheating, says the Angry Snowboarder. Whitelines’ Fashion Police post is very funny. Technine has taken to tunnels. Grilo is still living the dream (includes playmates).

FRIDAY

Two Austrians shred Colorado. The Dachstein park opens this weekend. Keegan Valaika launches a clothing brand. Some World Cup kicks off today. And finally: The real Karate Kid returns to the screen!

Ralph Macchio employing the crane technique.

Alex Schiller aiming the lens at Alex Tank.

Getting the Skinny on Isenseven’s Latest Film, ‘Don’t Panic’.

IsenSeven premiered the teaser for their latest movie, Don’t Panic, last week so we had to catch up with main man Alex Schiller to get the lowdown on the movie, the new recruits to the crew and what the hell that name’s all about. Read on…

Onboard: You guys just had a premiere in Munich. For a teaser. And it was rammed. That is pretty crazy. What is it do you think that you tap into that gets the kids so pumped?

Alex Schiller: People generally like IsenSeven parties. No matter if it’s for the movie, a trailer or just to have another excuse to party. I think over the years we have established quite the musical and lifestyle image for IsenSeven and it transports directly to the parties. Also, in the past movies, we had a lot of party footage in the DVD bonus… so maybe people hope to experience that kind of mayhem with us.

OB: You guys can throw a good party, that’s for sure. Thanks for the hangovers by the way. You’ve decided to call your film Don’t Panic this year. Is there a reason for this or are you guys just big fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

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AS: The idea for the name actually came from Tom Elliott, our new filmer that started working on the project with us this season. We, the producers, are all big fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide and it’s kind of cool to have a little reference to a book/movie that is just so brilliant.

But aside from that, “Don’t Panic” has a lot of meaning to everything we do. It’s Tom’s first year working for a crew-snowboard movie like ours and he expected things to go a lot better. For instance, he would go to a shoot and have these great expectations and in the end it didn’t turn out as super epic as he’d hoped. But that’s just how snowboarding goes. The weather will suck, the snow will suck, riders won’t stick their tricks, the kicker won’t work right, you get busted by the fuzz and on and on and on. But in the end, looking back it all looks pretty good and you always manage to get the shots and edit a movie which people will like. So “don’t panic!”….it all turns out well in the end.

OB: So true. We had such a frustrating season here, too. I wish Tom had told us of his mantra…

AS: It took him a while to realise it as well. He put a lot of energy in getting shots with our riders. But you learn to deal with it.

OB: As you mentioned, you’ve now got a new guy behind the scenes but there’s also some new riders to the Isenseven roster this year. Who are these guys, and how was it to shoot with riders you maybe didnt know so well before?

New recruit Colin Frei sends a switch back 9.

AS: Yes, we tend to change up our team a little bit every year. It’s important to have the guys in the team which everybody knows and loves (Marco Smolla, the Strauss twins etc) but it’s also good to introduce new faces and talents to people that they might also learn to love as much as the rest of the crew. The new guys are Gjermund Bråten and Sindre Iversen from Norway, Colin Frei and David Bertschinger Karg from Switzerland (our first Swiss team riders ever), Simon Gruber from Italy, Gary Greenshields from Scotland and Benny Wetscher from Austria.

It was so much fun filming with this new crew. Everybody is just such a character and that’s something super important for the IsenSeven team. We don’t want to have just random rider X that can huck a double cork over a jump. People need to be able to relate to the riders. They should watch their part and say “Damn, I want to hang out and shred with those guys!”. I really enjoy working with new people as you learn new things, hear new stories, get to film new styles of riding. It brings a bit of fresh air in to the whole project.

To clear a few things up officially though since we’ve been getting a lot of slack for it on the internet….We don’t tend to kick people off the team. The likes of Zirngibl, König, Kuhlmann etc are riders we love to death. But a lot of times we need to play along with the industry’s decision when it comes to selecting the team or deal with the consequences of season-ending injuries of the riders.

OB: That really comes through the films I think. The personalities. I think that’s a huge part of why you have an almost cult-like following. Just dont go all Waco, please. And, yes, the industry is what it is.

AS: I think that the “people can relate to our riders and movies” factor is one of the secrets to our success. We have over 10.000 fans on Facebook. That’s insane!

Alex Tank pressing shit up.

OB: For sure. And how has it been having a new face in the edit room now that Tom Elliott is aboard? Has it changed the dynamic or had you thinking in directions you hadn’t been before? And most importantly – what happens if England play Germany in the World Cup? Will your film be delayed because of editorial fisticuffs?

AS: Well, we had a little restructuring in the company this year. Vincent [Urban] and Felix [Urbauer] are still working with IsenSeven but wanted to distance themselves a little bit from the project to pursue some new ventures. So I needed someone that would focus 100% on the new movie with me. And I needed a young and motivated filmer. And Tom Elliott is young, über-motivated and more than capable in handling every kind of filming equipment you can imagine. Vincent, Felix and I have been working together for a long time and I’m stoked to have a new guy in the production crew, bringing new ideas and a fresh cup of motivation to the project.

If England plays Germany things might get a little dirty. I mean, I don’t care cause Germany will win. But I don’t know how Tom will cope with the defeat. I guess he’ll have to learn to deal with it… don’t panic, Tom! Hahaha!

Ludde Lejkner noseboning.

OB: Hahah. You hinted that last winter was not without its problems, but there were some shoots that worked out epic, I’m sure. Which trip or shoot you went on were you most stoked with (for whatever reason), and what else from the rushes you’ve seen got you pumped?

AS: For me, personally, my two favorite trips where California and Russia. California was so much fun and I couldn’t really call it work. I got to ride all day, just doing follow cams with my riders, hang out in the sun, eat junkfood, drive huge cars and living in sick cribs.

Russia was the total opposite, but in a way equally awesome. We went to Kirovsk, which is on the most north-west tip of Russia. Everything is dirty and ghetto, nobody speaks English, the food is weird. But the weirder and broken down the towns look, the better it is to film there. We got some great alternative street footage and had a banging time living the Soviet life. Oh, and the women in even the shittiest parts of Russia are breathtaking and everybody up there knows how to party.

OB: Sounds sweet. As well as the snowboarding, your movies are well known for the quality of the intros and the music selection. Without giving too much away, what can we expect this time round?

Basti Kuhn gets the old school invert on in Bear Mountain.

AS: Last year we kept it kind of simple with the intros (at least we see it that way) but we are planning to step it up another notch this year. We need to make some intros where people will be like “No freaking way! They made THAT?”. I also think the music will be a little more mixed than last year. All kinds of different genres. A little bit for everyone’s taste. But in the end the movie will be one big party.

OB: Party on, Wayne! And when is the movie schedlued to come out and do you have a European tour planned?

AS: The world premiere will be in Munich on September 17th and the location will be anounced soon. We are currently planning the Euro tour which will include all major German cities and selected cities in Austria, Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia and the eastern Euro countries.

OB: Well, we certainly look forward to that Alex. Keep us posted on the tour dates and any new teaser-type stuff, and thanks heaps for your time. Good luck in the edit suite!

The good Germans (well, and now one Englishman) at Isenseven have just dropped the first teaser for their highly anticipated movie Don’t Panic, and here it is in all its glory.

As ever the filming and production look to be sharp as a razor, with hammergeil riding from some of Europe’s sickest shred talent. Taking a leaf out of Arthur Dent’s book, they repeated their mantra ‘Don’t Panic’ as they hit up powdery Euro resorts, snowed-in German and Scandinavian cities, slushy California parks, Russian ghettos and all kinds of other fun places.

With a bunch of new riders, familiar faces and new additions to the production team, they’ve regrouped to form a snowboard movie super-alliance which even the United Nations couldn’t mess with. In fact, in Bavaria they’re so popular that we’re certain they could easily start a cult if they wanted. The Isen Family or something. They held a ‘Teaser Premiere’ the other day in Munich and the place was packed to the rafters – for a frickin’ teaser!

Starring: Fredrik Evensen, Christophe Schmidt, Ludwig Lejkner, Fips & Tobi Strauss, Alex Tank, Tom Klocker, Marco Smolla and the new additions of the swiss connection Colin Frei & David Bertschinger Karg, Austro kicker machine Benny Wetscher, Norwegian viking Sindre Iversen, Italian supermodel Simon Gruber, Scotland’s real Braveheart Gary Greenshields and Norwegian super-kid Gjermund Bråten.

The movie will be released mid September and the whole gang can’t wait to show you their new baby.

MUSIC:
Salem Al Fakir
“Twelve Fingers”
myspace.com/salem