Another behind-the-scenes video we did for Gentlemen Broncos. Sam Rockwell rocks. It was a treat working him. This scene was shot on Stansbury Island on the Great Salt Lake, one of the most miserable places on earth.

We are back on the road. Had a layover in Atlanta. In my opinion Atlanta has the best art of any US airport.

Got to work with simon tabron the other day on a shoot for the weekly update.  We covered 5050 bmx's ride with a pro day.

I've been working the Dew Tour in SLC for the Weekly Update. Dew Tours are always fun cuz you get to see lots of folks you've met over the years on various projects. This is a shot of one of the Free Flow kids. Kickflip footplant over the picnic table

Another video we did for Broncos, a nice look at Jared and Jerusha working things out. She is a massive part of this whole thing, but mostly stays in the background. When you hear the DVD commentary of Bronco you will learn a lot about their creative process.

This summer had a fair amount of time off. We discovered soft boards for surfing. It was a break through with the kids, the 3 oldest kids were off and running. Our last night in California was magic. We surfed will till total darkness and we were the only ones in the water. In love with water fun.

Today we recorded the DVD commentary for Gentlemen Broncos
with Jared and Jerusha Hess, and Munn Powell. It was funny to hear these guys riff on the film.
Thanks guys for having us on board as the BTS crew.

I got the chance today to interview mike aitken.
It was super inspiring to here him talk about his accident and his attitude about what went down.
Class act all the way.

Another web video for Jared's new film. This is a good one, Sam Rockwell was amazing and super fun to work with, and love to hear about the Hess creative process (after that i want to be a writer).

This summer I was given the opportunity to be a judge for the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. I set up shop in the garage and watched hours of movies. I would watch a film, fix a bike tire for the kids, watch a film... It was fun and it is good to give back to Heartland. They have honored me as a visionary with 2 Crystal Heart awards for my films “The Potter’s Meal” and “In The Presence of Healers.”

One more of the Gentlemen Broncos videos we did for Jared Hess' new film. Edgar is an amazing person.

I am a big supporter of the Deer Creek Open Water Swim Marathon . I was getting ready for this years event and my boy Fish 11, said he would like to give it a try. So At the last minute I dropped out of the race to be his paddler. He was awesome and was the youngest kid by 15 years, the next youngest was 26. He liked it and said he had fun, but he did say he got cold.

We spent a day with Parks and Shane Bonifay in the heavy humidity of Orlando. We were shooting another spot for Fuel TV.
Parks and Shane were super funny and willing to get silly for the spots. Look for the spots in a month or so.

This week's Bronco video.

The behind the scenes web spots we did for Gentlemen Broncos are finally starting to roll out.
more info here

I had a shoot today that got cancelled so Steve and I decided to have an oi documentary services board meeting today. We had about 15 miles of board meeting with about 1600 feet of climbing and about 4200 feet of descending. The shot above is of our board room, you are gonna have to click on it to see anything worthwhile. Utah valley is visible on the left, Salt lake County is visible on the right and you can see steve in the far right corner making a phone call. We finished our meeting with Al Pastor tacos at El Mexiquenese


View Alpine Summit To Grove Creek in a larger map

Lately I have rediscovered sailing, more about that later. But I wanted to mention that the group that I have been sailing with the Park City Sailing Association is having an event for the kids this weekend. It is to introduce kids to sailing and talk about next year’s Jr. Sailing Program starting in 2010 for kids 7-15. Anybody interested should check it out. Sailing is a good thing and the Park City people involved are good people and there are some world class sailors too.
Here are the details:

WHAT: Jr. Sailing Demo Days - Free demo rides aboard Laser and Optimist dinghies. Learn about Junior Sailing
WHEN: Saturday, Sunday 8/22-23, 1-4pm Sunday with be a BBQ too.
WHERE: At the Jordanelle State Park, Utah, next to the Personal Watercraft Ramp
WHO: Everyone and anyone interested in the PCSA Jr. Sailing Program starting in 2010 for kids 7-15.
WHY: Kids LOVE sailing!

My kids and I will be there Saturday for sure (maybe Sunday too) we are bringing the skateboards, bikes, frisbees and we will be hanging on the water of course.
(photo: kid on Optimist, borrowed from random www)

Got a chance yesterday to shoot Mattias Giraud. He's a French Base Jumper and pro skier that is living in utah. We shot him jumping off some cliffs south of Heber. Pretty intense stuff to see in person. Mattias was a super good interview as well.

While in So. Cal. I got the chance to see Chris Cutri’s new film Hanging Five. It is a film about 5 artist that happen to surf. I was super inspired by the film and the artists. Chris did a great job in casting, filming and putting it together.
Chris film reminded me that I have some pretty strong urges in the art world. I love doing films about artists and have some serious unsatisfied artist urges in the visual arts realm. (photos: the screening in Encinitas, California and old piece of mine done with house paint, because I am thinking about getting the paint bush out again)

We just launched the new oi documentary services web site check it out and let us know what you think. Gracias.

I love the spirit of our friend Drew, I celebrate his passion.
I heard a random dude lately say:
Something like, "we all go about life...Playing, Working, and Loving, Loving being the most important"
Life is rich.
It is summer, take your kids outside.
Ride a bike.
Go to a body of water.
Peace to you all.

Steve got the best footage of the paintball match at camp, but he got worked in the process.

A new spot for Fuel TV. Shot in Idaho. Dedicated to all those ultra creative farm kids that I went to college with in Idaho. You gotta play! (we shot it with no voice over--that was added by Fuel, there are several versions with lots, medium and little to no voice over---this is one of the medium ones)

We just finished up the Woodward series in Central Pennsylvania. A week in New Jersey with Sean and 2 weeks at camp. It was fun and should be an entertaining show. Sean is an out of control wise guy. His mother told him that we was going "get your ass kicked" at camp because he never stops running his mouth. He did not really get beat up, but was put in a trash can 3 times (twice head first with the lid on!) should be good TV.

We are working on a great documentary series about Camp Woodward for Fuel TV. Tim did a pre-camp story in San Diego and I did a pre-camp story in New Jersey. Now we are at Camp Woodward filming Little Sean. (this photo: Sean in NYC at the Brooklyn Banks)

I recently got picked up by a company, SILO FILMS , in Los Angeles for commercials, and I just got my first job. It was a spot for finger bikes and we shot in Toronto. Big thanks to Silo.

This is my Schwinn Cycle truck. It has been in the family since about 1945. I restored it with my dad when I was a kid, great project. I recently took off the basket and have made it a flat bed truck. It is a great seat. Anyway, I am way into the idea of cargo bikes, there is a funky new bike out of Utah that is catching my eye. They are called Madsen, click on the Madsen picture to check it out.

Holy Crap! Our good friend Shane just got back from the army basic training. This is what is looks like when you are 39 years old and you loose about 100 pounds in just a few months. Wowser!

We got the chance to work with Stephen Murray for a day. We ended the day shooting him and Nasty in a Shopping mall parking lot.

It is getting bigger and better every time (Christmas and Mother's Day). The Beehive Bazaar is a world class arts and craft show put on by my lady. Also you can buy bug pictures there too.

I Love My Bicycle: The Story of FBM Bikes Trailer from BAD BREAKS on Vimeo.

My Friend Joe Stakun is finishing up a doc about FBM. Check out the trailer. There's also an ESPN article here.Nice work Joe.