Thursday, October 26th: Winter has been cleared for liftoff! With the opening scenes of the Annual Mt. Baker Filmm Festival's first offering, winter officially began and Mt. Baker Theater's sold-out crowd of 2,000 went berserk. The year?s festival featured works from local as well as legendary filmers. Standouts included Theory 3 Media, Teton Gravity Research, The Ski Journal provided a short teaser announcing the launch of our premier issue. Shouts of "skiing rules" bellowed throughout the crowd during the TSKJ clip.If you haven?t yet seen this year's videos get down to your retailer, grab a couple, run home, put on your gear, and jib the furniture. First descents off the back deck? It can be done. Railslides down the stairwell? Now that's urban jibbing. Afterward the real party got going at the Wild Buffalo including a slideshow from local photgos Grant Gunderson, Mike Stamm, Josh Thompson, and Mike Yoshida and others. Dancing and general mayhem ensued, Gunderson lost his cell phone and ended up on the floor, and, as one bystander put, ?All I know is those Howat girls can really shake it!? Huge thanks to Mt. Baker Ski and Snowboard Area for a proper winter kickoff.