WOW!! I am always so humbled by everyone's responses to the stuff I release, makes me feel like I am on the right path when things can look pretty cloudy. This type of video is more where I feel the need to go (with more interviews, etc) that show the basis behind the riding, behind the trips we take and the places we go. All I can say about O&D at this point is if you dig this you will be blown away by that documentary. by the end of it we have more than 50 interviews from everyone involved, really giving you a sense of the sport and the competitions involved.
This was a fun short to make and an amazing trip. Like Jerry and Ross, it has always been a goal of mine to go to a spot like Todos which is left over from when I surfed (a long, long, long time ago lol). At certain points I thought Ross may have a hemmorage from all of the stress of pulling this thing together but all things considered it was a HUGE success for everyone!
Everyone went absolutely nuts out in the water. I will never forget one thing; Since we were in the film/photo boat, we could not go between the island like everyone else as there is a little wave in there making it sketchy to get through, so we had to go around the island the long way giving the guys about a 15 minute headstart on us. By the time the boat got within distance of Killers everyone riding the wave looked like a little flea on the waves but you could here everyone yelling at the top of their lungs! The level of stoke that day was higher than anywhere else I have ever been, and I think the only thing that stopped us was the lack of fuel to continue and/or get back safely (which I still think one or two pushed it and ran out on the ride back in).
Bilge pumps is for Zack, he knows why lol...
