Client: ASICS AMERICA
Project: 2011 Kona Ironman
Info: If you have not experienced an ironman event, you should probably plan to check one out in your lifetime. Talk about putting your body to the test. I seriously do not understand these athletes. They are pretty much out of their minds in a good way i guess. Thanks to Asics shoes, i got the chance to document Andy Potts and Matty Reed at this event.

One of the bigger production shoots i have put together was for this company Lifeproof. We had a 3 day shoot to make a 30 to 90 second spot. We shot on 3 canon 5d mark 2′s, a Red “epic” camera for slow motion, and about 5 different locations. Special Thanks to the Lifeproof crew (Gary, Dan and Kyle), Andy Grush @ Grush music for the music and sound design, Nathan Gerhard for all animation and graphics, Angie Yang for the voice over, and to Iain Harris of Hype Media for putting together a lot of the production crew. For more info on lifeproof go to: www.lifeproof.com.

Behind the scene pics:

Asics sent me to Flagstaff AZ to film/document a day and the life with long distance runner Ryan Hall.
Info on Ryan Hall: Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982 in Big Bear Lake, California) is an American long distance runner. He won the marathon at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and placed tenth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing. He holds the U.S. record in the half marathon (59:43). With his half marathon record time, he became the first U.S. runner to break the one hour barrier in the event.
For more information go to asicsamerica.com.

I got a call last month from Chris Vestal (old friend of mine i grew up with here in north county Encinitas) who is now the art director at Eddie Bauer and he wanted to see if i could help shoot/produce/edit their 2012 spring video. It wasnt even something i had to think about… Next thing i know, i’m shooting on location in the Florida Keys. I brought Iain Harris with me to help as well. Temperature, WAY TO HOT! Overall, an amazing trip, great people, amazing location. Thank you Chris and the whole Eddie Bauer Crew. P.S. Big Ups to Jeff Lipsky’s Photo Crew. You guys were comedy!

Today i got to work with Triathlete legends Matty Reed and Andy Potts thanks to my newest client ASICS. It is such a pleasure to work with athletes that are passionate about what the love and do. Thank you to the REED, POTTS family and Asics for making this happen.

Below: ANDY POTTS training on his bike

Today i flew to FARGO to cover a wrestling event for ASICS. This pic below made my whole trip. I’m speechless

Below: Legend Wrestler DAN GABLE (left), NICK from ASICS(Middle) and one of many many fans(right).

Info about DAN below:
Competitor:
• 3x Iowa High School State Champion
• 3x Big Eight Champion Iowa State University
• 3x All-American
• 182-1 Combined prep and college record
• 6x Midlands Champion
• 3x USA Freestyle National Champion
• 1971 World Champion
• Outstanding Wrestler at Tbilisi Tournament
• 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Did not surrender a point in Munich Games
• Top 100 Olympians of all time
• Wrestler of the Century by Gannett Co.

Coach:
• Coached Iowa to 15 NCAA Titles
• 21 yr. record of 355-21-5 (94.4%)
• Big Ten record of 131-2-1 (98.5%)
• 21 Big Ten Team Titles
• Coached 45 National Champions
• Coached 152 All-Americans
• Coached 106 Big Ten Champions
• 3x NCAA Coach of the Year
• 7 perfect seasons
• 9 Consecutive NCAA titles
• NCAA record of 170 team points in 1997
• 1980, 1984, 2000 US Olympic Head Coach
• Coached 12 Hawkeye Olympians
• ‘Sports Figure of the Century in Iowa’ by Sports Illustrated

Fishing has been apart of my life since the day I was born. My grandpa, dad, mom my uncles and aunties all fish and all love to eat fish. Fishing is changing. Fisherman and fisherwomen are finding new ways to go fishing. For example, lately i’ve seen kayak, stand up paddle board and Jet ski fishing. Im sure all of it is nothing new but it seems as if its finally catching on. Below is a project i’ve been working on (my jet ski, turned into a fishing surfing mobile) and i finally got the chance to take it out. Thanks to my friend Nelz, he paved the way that day and we had a blast.

DAPHNE’S CALIFORNIA GREEK AND KELLY SLATER LAUNCH
NEXT GENERATION OF SURF STARS
Athletic Nutritional Tips from 10-Time World Champ Imparted to 8 Socal Athletes
2 More Can Win a Spot on the Team in Contest with Surfline.com

(San Clemente, CA July 5, 2011) – In a unique kind of partnership, Daphne’s California Greek
(www.Daphnes.biz) and Kelly Slater are cultivating the newest generation of young surf stars with a
mentorship in the art of surfing and nutritional health for 8 young Southern Californians. Slater has
chosen 4 boys and 4 girls, all under the age of 18, to be charter members of “Team Daphne’s” and 2
alternates will be chosen in a voting contest on Surfline.com. The athletes will be fueled by Daphne’s high
protein, low carb / sodium nourishment and nestle under Slater’s wing to learn what it takes to evolve into
a 10-time Association of Surfing Professional’s World Champion.

With in the last 2 weeks i’ve traveled to Florida (for CBS) then to Texas(for the A&E network) for a Boar hunting show, then straight to Oregon for Asics shoes and now in Idaho for CBS again. Below are a couple pics from my Iphone.

Idaho Trip: Pete santamaria and the famous Blue Elvis Fans

Oregon Trip for Asics:

Texas: Boaring Hunting for A&E

Florida:

I finally got the time to take my jet ski down to Honor Marine in San Diego and have them build the ultimate Jet Ski Surf/Fishing machine. Equipped with GPS/Fishfinder, Marine Radio, LED navigation lights plus an overhead LED spot light, 4ft Antenna and Dual Batteries. Its almost complete. The only thing we need now are fish and waves.

Below: Thanks to Scott and his Crew at Honor Marine

Check back for the “making of” video.