A few years ago, when we released our movie Pilgrimage, we did a 12-city screening tour. My brother Brett and I drove around the US with the stars of the movie, Chris Sharma, Katie Brown, and Nate Gold, going from theater to theater and sharing our work with climbers. The screenings were a huge success, but the effort of putting them together was overwhelming, and the driving was way too much (Katie even totalled her car).

We knew the potential was there for a major series of exciting shows, but we needed help with the logistics. So in 2006 we teamed up with Peter Mortimer and the Sender Films crew to create the REEL ROCK Film Tour. Joss Corkin, our tour director, has done an amazing job organizing everything, and here we are in 2008 with about 80 shows scheduled for the third annual tour.

This Wednesday we have the REEL ROCK Grand Premiere in Boulder. We call it the "Grand Premiere" because it's not actually the World Premiere - we've had a few shows already, in Squamish, Vancouver, Calgary, and a couple other towns. These shows have given us a chance to make sure everything is running smoothly, and to get feedback before making final tweaks to the program for Boulder. So far people have been incredibly psyched with the show - here are a few comments we've gotten:

"...That footage of Dean trying to to work that move surrounded by clouds on the Eiger was bananas, as was the footage of Daniel sticking that wild dyno. The crazy trad fall, Chris Mac flying, the tower jumping, Tommy showin' the kids up... too many killer segments to comment on.  I left feeling seriously psyched and really glad I went. I even went buildering with a crew after we watched the show and the discussion was all about the films..."
—Jack in Squamish

"...I thought the SA bouldering was awesome...Those guys were freaking beasts. There was at least one moment for each climber that the crowd freaked out. Tommy thumb dyno. Daniel catching crimps one handed and swinging. And Paul crimping razor blades..."
—Big UP Blog comment

"...for those whom have not yet seen this movie..... it is the most AMAZING damn climbing movie ever(Sharp End...though every other looked damn good too)!! That free solo scene with Potter on the Eiger in the clouds...unreal. And the Checkeslovakian climbing!!!! and oh, Steph soloing that wall.... WOW!!not to mention all the burly N.American climbing!
—Gripped forum comment