Magic Hour Media House: Making a Mindbender
Making a Mindbender takes you behind the scenes with the K2 ski engineers as they work to develop the new Mindbender ski line. During the 24/25 winter we follow them through multiple rounds of prototype testing and get to see the highs and the lows of the development process. Additionally we get an in depth look on the implementation their new ski technology, "Dark Matter". Cameos from Sam Kuch and other K2 ski athletes.
United States
Canada
Director
Henri Hallé
Contractor
Filmography
Postcards from Paradise - Oyuki (2025)
Powder Fever - (2024)
A bunch of films for Crystal Mountain (2021-2024)
In the Saddle (season 1 & 2) 2018-2019
Norwegian Polo (2016)
Production
Magic Hour Media House
Contractor
Questions and Answers
Athletes
Sam Kuch
Krystin Norman
Lucy Leishman
Mike Porter
Co-Presenting Partners
Our Amazing
Partners
Collaborators
Media Partners
Film Guide
SKI CATEGORIES
For this year’s iF3 Movie Awards, any and all films about skiing, snowboarding or a mixture of the two are eligible.
AMATEUR
- Amateur Film of the Year
- Amateur Skier of the Year
ATHLETE
- Female Skier of the Year
- Male Skier of the Year
- Breakthrough Skier of the Year
PRO
- Best Short Movie (under 20min)
- Best Street Segment
- Best Backcountry Segment
- Best Ski Mountaineering Segment
- Best Storytelling
- Jury’s Pick (Dedicated to Kai Smart)
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Film of the Year
SNOWBOARD CATEGORIES
Whether it’s focused on freestyle, freeride, street, backcountry, telemark skiing, mountaineering, adventuring, a documentary subject, or anything in between, your film is welcome at iF3.
AMATEUR
- Amateur Film of the Year
- Amateur Snowboarder of the Year
ATHLETE
- Female Snowboarder of the Year
- Male Snowboarder of the Year
- Breakthrough Snowboarder of the Year
PRO
- Best Short Movie (under 20min)
- Best Street Segment
- Best Backcountry Segment
- Best Storytelling
- Jury’s Pick (Dedicated to Jeff Keenan)
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Film of the Year
To all producers and athletes you are invited to register for iF3 2026 !
Registrations are now closed for iF3 2026!
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