This is the trailer for Northern Grease, an upcoming documentary film that follows three Canadian snowboarders traveling 18,000km through BC and Alberta aboard a bus fuelled by used french fry oil. But this isn’t your average long-haired road trip doc or stoke movie. Beyond the hunt for waves and the shredding of powder, they were on a mission to understand and participate in the raging debates on resource extraction. “The boys […] visit industrial towns, interview the people involved with and affected by resource extraction, and learn about some of the problems presented by practices like fracking and coal mining. They find a complex and disturbing landscape, against which environmental stewardship is threatened by misinformation and biased marketing. Along the way, the boys spend time with the people who, using alternative and renewable energy sources, lead lifestyles that present solutions. All in all, Northern Grease tells a story of awareness, criticism, and forward thinking, against a backdrop of our country’s beautiful wilderness and fascinating people.” Hats off to Tamo Campos, John Muirhead, Lewis Muirhead, and the aptly named Jasper Snow Rosen for balancing a passion for the outdoors with the activism required to protect it.

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