User Reviews

I have watched this movie more times than any other tape. I was actually keeping count but stopped after 65, and that was 13 years ago. Obviously, I don't watch it as much as I used to, but honestly, that's got more to do with the fact that it's only on VHS than anything else. I'm in the process of capturing it to DVD as I write this, but would love it if Gregg Stump re-released it on disc.

To the guy who bagged on the movie: you just expected too much from a ski movie... I would have been disappointed too, but that's because you watched it 20 years past it's prime. These guys were pioneers of "extreme" sports, regardless of the fact they looked like yuppies. They were out there pushing the envelope. Granted a lot has happened since then, but they were still paving the way for all the amazing ski/snowboard movies that have come along since then... And it beats the crap out of anything Warren Miller ever produced.

And the soundtrack WAS great... Frankie goes to Hollywood? Seriously? That's probably the ONE artist on the soundtrack that ever achieved "main-stream status" and big whoop! It's still a great song! The rest of the soundtrack was a great compilation, and was a huge catalyst for my interest in electronica. You probably give the same reaction when you watch a classic black and white film ("boo hoo, it's all icky gray-scale, and all the actors look old fashioned!")

This movie certainly had a part in shaping my life... We used to watch it during the summer and dream of ski season, and we'd watch it in winter and dream of the next weekend when we'd get back to the ski hill and try all the things Gregg Stump told us not to try at home!

Highly recommended for anyone who's not a whiner and can't find the fast-forward button on their VCR.

I have over 35 ski movies at my ski house. This tape is played more than all the rest put together. While i will admit that most of these bands are no longer together, the sound track is fantastic. The skiing while not as extreme as what you may find on today's ski movies, at the time very few were skiing this stuff. The short clip showing Glen Plake trying to open a bottle of champagne at Chominx is classic along with the story of "The Tree". I have been to squaw and tried to ski the Palisades and its not as easy as these guys make it look on this film. This is on of my all time favorites and i wish Greg Stump would re-release this on DVD before my VHS copy is worn out from the constant replaying.

The much anticipated follow up to a Blizzard of Ahhs.

and it all fell apart. The magic was gone, endless filler, and when we do get some action it's to music used in Blizzard or other media. So sad to see.

Greg and Scott split with Bruce, Mike and Glen after this and went separate ways. But in the end they all lost the golden egg. Stump made a few more Ski movies mostly better than this, but nowhere near his first few.

Only deserves 1 star to see Plake on a monoski.

Don't waste time watching this, watch Blizzard of Ahhs.

I love the Blizzard of Ahhs, when I found out that there was a sequel, well sort of, I couldn't wait to see it.

What a let down, yes it's got some good moments but it's full of filler and the magic of Blizzard just isn't there.

I heard about this video long before I finally saw this video. And I bought it mostly because I heard such good things, especially about the sound track. What a bunch of bull! This movie was a let down from start to end.

First off, let us begin with the film itself. It is 75 minutes long, but the film itself it only 40 minutes long. The remaining time is wasted on a ridiculously long coming attractions trailer where scenes from past Greg Stump films are shown in fast forward (why they show it in fast forward making it impossible to enjoy them is beyond me) before the film begins and another wasteful "intermission" during the middle of the movie, where the screen goes black for a full ten minutes! This intermission and trailer is nothing but evidence that this film did not have a decent editor or the film-makers wanted to pad the movie.

Second, lets get to the ski footage. I saw better ski footage on re-runs of MTV Sports, and I hated MTV Sports! All the ski footage is shown in slow motion, making me think I was watching a bad Beer commercial. I kept waiting for a Miller Lite logo to pop up. If you think you are going to see "extreme" ski footage, you will be disappointed. And why will you be? Read on.

Third, the skiers in this film are a joke. A bunch of pudgy middle aged hipsters falling down mountains as they tell war stories about all the time they have fallen down mountains. However, one must keep this film in context. This film was made in the mid 1980s, and back then most the ski slopes were strictly the domain of upper class sportsmen snobs. Which explains why so many stars of this film look like they got lost on their way to Wall Street. Never have I seen so many "extreme athletes" with male pattern baldness.

Fourth, the music of this movie was indeed a let down. I was expecting a soundtrack made up of punk rock groups that I had never heard of. Instead, I get "Frankie Goes Hollywood"?!?!?. This soundtrack is a fine cheese of 1980s muzak that was not good enough to make it onto the "Big Chill" soundtrack. If you buy this movie just to hear the music, just remember that "Frankie Goes Hollywood" is the biggest name of it, the rest are no doubt long since broken up groups who thought that this film was going to be their big break. Pity them. And pity anyone who buys this film.