PlayGravity 2
PlayGravity 2: The Other Side is an extreme sport film unlike any other. It features the world's best paragliders, snowboarders, surfers, free flyers, base jumpers, and more combining their passion for the outdoors with their love for adrenaline packed fun. Enter the world of SpeedFlying - the ability to ski any mountain, aided by the wings of a low-profile paraglider. A new adrenaline rush that is taking the extreme sport world by storm.
PlayGravity 2 takes a look at the other side of extreme sports: what is going through the athletes heads as they prepare for a descent they may not return from? And how do family and friends fit into this picture, knowing that their loved ones may one day not return home?
In the first iteration of the film, PlayGravity, Mathias Roten, one of the pioneers of SpeedFlying and the brother of PlayGravity 2's director Lorenz Roten, is featured as a SpeedFlying star as he takes on unprecedented challenges, descending mountains at world record speeds. Sadly, Mathias passed away on March 7th, 2008 in a tragic Speed-Flying accident while testing a glider.
Playgravity 2: The Other Side grants a deep insight into the fascinating world of extreme athletes and is able to charm the spectator with impressive images and athletic state of the art action - some of it never been seen before. Inspired, touched and fueled by the loss of our beloved Mathias, Olympic medalists, world champions and young prodigies open up and talk about their feelings, fears and beliefs. Our journey leads us from Alaska to Hawaii, from Spain to Indonesia and other places. Magnificent images paired with the unusually straight and unmasked statements of extraordinarily alive people will not only certainly stun us, but much more importantly touch our soul within.