TREW TO YOU SEASON 5
Have a cool project in mind? Think you could be the next winner of our TREW To You $15K Grand Prize? Then buckle up and rally your crew...it's time to unlock some creative gold, share the spotlight with the next batch of up-and-comers, and make some winter magic together with Season 5 of TREW To You!
We ask all teams to submit an in-depth application, which will include your proposal for the film you would like to make, who you would like to have on your team, and additional information about your respective team experience in riding, filming, and editing.
Teams can consist of between 2-5 individuals, including riders and filmers. It could be 1x rider and 1x filmer, or 2x riders and 3x filmers. If you have a story that you think deserves to be told and snow that deserves to be ridden, we’d love to hear from you.
After receiving all of the submissions during the application process, the TREW team will sort through every application and handpick the 3x teams that we feel will best bring “STAY TREW” to life based on a variety of criteria, including but not limited to:
We are not necessarily looking for teams to tell us how they Stay TREW; instead, we hope that teams will get creative with their proposals + films and show us what Stay TREW means to them.
Absolutely not! This is open to any and all snow sport enthusiasts of any level. If you have an incredible story and a plan for how to tell it, shoot us what you have in mind in your application!
Unfortunately, this contest is only open to those residing in North America at this time. Sorry!
Most definitely! We are looking for a wide range of riders, conditions, geographies, people, and stories. More weight is placed on storytelling versus snow quality.
Nope! Ride your backyard, summit Mt Hood, hit some rails downtown, rip pow turns in the upper bowls, or cruise the local mountain. Your world is our oyster. Show us that you can tell your story in an engaging way and we are all for it, regardless of where or how you do it.
All teams - and individuals within a team - are mandated to wear TREW outerwear in their film.
We are permitting teams to leverage support for this initiative from their other sponsors with one main exception:
If you have another sponsor or brand you would like to work with - be it a ski/snowboard, beer, goggle, boot, helmet brand - have at it. Just let us know what you’re thinking in your application, and we can give you the green light*.
*Involvement from external brands and the placement of their logos/marks within a given team’s edit pending approval from TREW.
Sure! We’re all ears and would love to hear the ideas you have churning in your brain - but we strongly suggest not going for the quantity over quality approach, as we are looking for well-thought out project pitches.
Each team selected will receive…
We’re not here to mandate how you use the money, but in our mind, startup cash could go towards things like additional camera equipment, paying filmers, gas, lift tickets, etc.
NOPE. One of the aspects that makes this project so interesting is the element of a finite filming / editing timeframe.
All footage must come from the filming window*.
*If a team would like to use archival footage for storytelling purposes, they must submit a request to the TREW team for approval.
No way! Everyone’s process + snow situation is different. If you get nuked on day one and stack enough clips to create your story, good on ya; on the flip side, if you need all of the time, that works too!
Any audio used in final edits will need to be 100% licensable. Whether it’s an original track or snippets, it must be commercially licensed for use.
The grand prize on the line is $15,000, but we will also be offering up some additional prizes from TREW To You sponsors; we will have more information about these prizes come January 2027.
The five final films will be judged by our panel of snow industry + cinematic professionals on the following criteria:
Riding
Storytelling
Creativity
Overall execution
And finally, a portion of the final judgement will be based on community voting. So you will want to rally your communities and stoke the flames to gain votes during our TREW To You Film Tour during Fall 2026.
The team that wins the grand prize will be able to use the $15,000 to create their dream feature-length film with TREW during the ‘27/28 season.
