Mt. Baker Theater October 19, 2007 Bellingham, WA - With stark black and white, Super 8, stop motion and no shortage of creative angles, situation comedy, and stellar riding by the likes of Tyler Lepore, Dan Brisse, T.J. Schneider and the corps of the Capita collective, "First Kiss" stoked out the foyer crowd with dreamy Japan sections and flowing pow drops. Up from Sea Town, Capita OG Blue Montgomery, brought swag and stoke for this enthusiastic and moderately emo college crowd.

The main event for the eve was the B-ham premier of Jesse Burtner and Sean Genovese's Think Thank productions "Thanks Brain". And it did not disappoint. With Patrick McCarthy, Lucas Debari, Jesse Burtner, John Laing, 686's Will Redd, photog Mike Yoshida, and the cast of usual suspects on hand, the lights went down.

For 10+ years, Jesse Burtner has been riding a steady wave of his own creation, with early efforts like "110%" highlighting his skate-video approach and his absurd ability to spot and motivate talent in the most unlikely of places. This season's offering "Thanks Brain" is a distillation of this decade of hard work, dedication to original ideas, and fearlessness. Picking up where "Patchwork Patterns" left off - that is, returning snowboarding to its original state of play: hippy hops, one footers, high jumps, shove-its, ie sledding with fancier gear - "Thanks Brain" takes the viewers on a barnstorming tour of the next wave of NW talent and creative riding. From Gus Engle's ridiculous mutli-hippy hops, to Burtner's massive McOne-footers off big booters, to Sean Genovese's schoolyard missions, to Lucas Debari, Matt Edgers and Blair Habenecht's freeride attack, Burtner's films have evolved well beyond the herd of most "snowboring" movies, and is running far in front of the major filmmakers. Thanks Thanks Brain.