Isenseven – Übermovie (2007)

Nr. 6. “Übermovie”. Probably one the most popular films with the fans. Maybe even THE most popular Isen film of them all. Not sure why. Maybe it was the awesome new riders that were introduced. Maybe it was the way we mixed things up in the part structures a bit. Maybe it was just all the little details and characters and fun that made this flick so magical.
But one thing is for sure: Teaming up with Felix Urbauer definitely helped shape this film in to what it was. Alex and Vincent had been wanting to bring in a third filmmaker to help work on the movies and when Felix left his own production company to join Isenseven, a whole new scope of ideas and possibilities suddenly presented themselves to us.

2007 introduced new riders and for some reason these guys made the crew feel “complete”. Peter König joined and the first day filming with him felt like we had already been friends forever. Also, our childhood hero, the King Of Garmisch, the one and only: Xaver Hoffmann was now officially a part of Isenseven. Back in the day we used to watch him ride the pipe at Zugspitze in awe, wondering if we might ever be cool enough to hang out with this legend. And now we were filming with him!
Our homie René Schnöller, who had been our local guide in Sölden the season before, was now officially in the crew and little Norwegian cannonball Daniel Ek was also new in the roster. And then there were two riders in the mix-part who we would be hearing much much more of in the future: Ludwig Lejkner and Torgeir Berre.

The 06/07 season brought us to crazy fun places all over the world. Our new sponsor Rome Snowboards had a house in Tahoe and a bunch of us basically spent 6 weeks sleeping on dirty mattresses, scrambling to dry stinky wet boots and snowboarding every day. The obligatory RV trip to Norway kept the crew stacking footage up the ying yang in the early summer. We spent a month in Whistler at Camp Of Champions where we filmed the iconic Whistler house intro where André Tröltzsch was seen in every single shot, passed out on the floor. The Whistler trip also marked our encounter with Travis Limoge who would become a dear friend and began to start taking care of things for Isenseven in the States in the future. And of course there was Grotli: HC Bergheim’s parent’s hotel in the middle of the Norwegian nowhere. A place we would call home for the next three years in early spring. It’s not even a resort. It’s just a beautiful old hotel with a massive backcountry and a bunch of snowmobiles to play with.

2007 was a good year. The vibe was good, the riders worked their asses off, endless fun was had. Chris Patsch opened the film with an insane and seemingly never ending part, Marco Smolla had a two-song ender part which probably can be called one of the most iconic parts in the Isenseven movie history.
The season was actually so good, that Vincent, Alex and Felix decided, one month before the movie deadline, to edit a second film: Undermovie

Featured riders: HC Bergheim, Andre Tröltzsch, Michi Zirngibl, André Kuhlmann, Xaver Hoffmann, Marco Smolla, Erik Botner, Basti Kuhn, René Schnöller, Fips Strauss, Peter König, Chris Patsch, Fredrik Evensen, Tobi Strauss, Christophe Schmidt, Daniel Ek, Ludwig Lejkner, Torgeir Berre