Over the seven decades that Warren Miller films have gotten skiers fired up for the promise of powder, ski racing rarely has been included, but this year’s release does. “No Turning Back” has a spectacular segment shot at the Beaver Creek World Cup last year.
Helping to promote the biennial world championships coming to Beaver Creek Feb. 5-22, the Warren Miller lensmen captured the speed and danger of high-speed downhill and super-G, along with the grace of giant slalom. Ted Ligety, Bode Miller and EagleVail’s Mikaela Shiffrin all were on the GS podium in December 2013 at Beaver Creek. Shiffrin finished second — her first podium in GS — and Ligety and Miller went 1-2. All three won medals at the Sochi Olympics.
This year’s film, the 65th, also includes segments shot in France, Switzerland, Norway, Japan, Greece, Montana and Alaska.
The Beaver Creek segment has the usual super slow-motion shots, but also has some real-time shots that capture what it means to race downhill at 70-80 mph. It takes viewers behind the scenes into the wax room, where skis are prepared, and has some archival footage of ski racing at Vail going back to 1962.
“No Turning Back” plays at the Boulder Theater on Thursday through Sunday, then the Paramount in Denver Nov. 20-22.
It also will be shown in Parker, Lakewood, Lone Tree, Aspen and Beaver Creek in coming weeks.
John Meyer: 303-954-1616, jmeyer@denverpost.com or
