Does the name Mitchell Goosen mean anything to you? If not, adjust your priorities.
Airborne is a Cincinnati-filmed, 1993 Rollerblading-focused teen drama that follows California surfer Mitchell as he relocates to Cincinnati to live with his aunt and uncle while his parents are on assignment in the Australian Outback. Mitchell trades in riding waves for blading down Cincy’s sweet hills and joining the high school ice hockey team (the movie weirdly and incorrectly thinks Cincinnatians are obsessed ice hockey).
Starring Shane McDermott as Mitchell, Seth Green as his cousin Wiley and Jack Black as a dude from high school, the film features awesome Cincy scenes and landmarks, an intense blading competition and a really great Seth Green outfit-change montage.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film, some diehard fans are screening it at Northside Yacht Club, followed by a ’90s dance party. Rollerblades, turtlenecks and Baja sweatshirts are welcome and encouraged for both indoor and outdoor use.
[Read our 20th-anniversary interview from 2013 with star Shane McDermott aka Mitchell Goosen here.]
9 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday (Sept. 14). Northside Yacht Club, 4227 Spring Grove Ave., Northside, northsideyachtclub.com.
