<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This documentary shows the physical and mental fight which the young Spanish athlete has been struggling with to get back on her snowboard. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s been filmed over two years and in five different countries, the documentary features big personalities of the national and international snowboard scene.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Barcelona, 3 February 2020. 14 months ago <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/maria-hidalgo" target="_blank">Maria Hidalgo</a></strong>’s right knee exploded when she landed on the knuckle during a training session in <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Spots/stubai-zoo" target="_blank">Stubai</a></strong> (Austria). At that point, the young Spanish athlete of 21 years of age was in her best moment as a professional snowboarder, she had just been getting good results in the international circuit after overcoming two acute ACL injuries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That dramatic moment was the start of ‘Inside Me’, a short documentary film that shows, from a very personal and intimate point of view, the emotional rollercoaster that Maria has faced after suffering her third knee injury in a row.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s an emotional story of self-improvement and it also features those people that have been next to Maria in her long journey back to the snowboard’s elite.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Friendship, pain, happiness, effort, smiles, sacrifice, sweat, tears and much more is what you can see in this documentary which is now available on-line and for free in multiple platforms.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>About <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/maria-hidalgo" target="_blank">Maria Hidalgo</a></strong> (30 January 1997, Barcelona): The young athlete is a member of the Spanish Winter Sports Federation (RFEDI) and started competing in World Cups when she was 16 years old, she is the only Spanish snowboarder with victories in international Slopestyle competitions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>About <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Movies/inside-me" target="_blank">‘Inside Me’</a></strong>: Produced by <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Film-Makers/abstract-films" target="_blank">Abstract Films</a></strong> in collaboration with Marramedia, this documentary is directed by Barcelona producer Miquel Soler and it features recognized snowboard personalities from Spain and abroad like <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/iker-fernandez" target="_blank">Iker Fernández</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/yuka-fujimori" target="_blank">Yuka Fujimori</a></strong>.</div>