Executive Producer
Esperanto is TGR’s latest action-packed mountain bike film with an added twist. Mixing the rock stars of the sport with a cast of unknown and up-and-coming heroes, the film explores how we share our dreams through a universal two-wheeled language no matter what our native tongue may be. The sacred ritual of the ride might sound different all across the world – whether it’s a full-face getting pulled down to drop into a big jump line or wheeling a beat-up bike out of a mud hut to pedal to school – but it’s a universal process no matter what language we speak. There are more than 7000 languages spoken on Earth. In 1887 a Polish-Jewish doctor named L.L. Zamenhof created a new one, a universal second language based on a combination of existing widely-spoken European languages. Its goal, to help bring people together from different ideologies, beliefs, and nations and ultimately to help end war. The language was called Esperanto. Translated into English it means ‘one who hopes.’
Director
TGR’s latest film takes a glimpse into the future of riding. The disciplines of big mountain and jib fuse together to begin the next major phase in the progression of riding. See the visionaries of the revolution step up and change the game. Jeremy Jones, Micah Black, and Kent Kreitler add freestyle to their big mountain repertoire. Unknowns Sage Cattabriga and Marc Andre’ Belliveau incorporate big mountain to their freestyle game. Jeremy Nobis recovers from injury and tames Alaska. Legend Scott Schmidt examines the state of the sport as he shows us around Island Lake Lodge. Wonder kid Travis Rice shows us why the freestyle snowboard world has all its eyes on him. Filmed on Location in Slovakia, Alaska, Bella Coola, Andorra, Island Lake, Jackson Hole, Tahoe, Utah, Mammoth, and Mt Hood.
