Outdoor adventure is my passion, storytelling is my purpose
My Most Recent Films
Favorite Films (By Discipline)
Snow Sports
How to Ski Tour - Episode Series
Professional athlete Davide Giardini hopes to share his passion for ski touring with the masses. As the media constantly reminds us of the dangers of the mountains in the winter, Davide hopes to shift the narrative to the safer and more inclusive side of skiing. In this six episode series with La Sportiva he gives insight into everything from training for the ski season to enjoy the last of the snowfall in the high alpine areas of Colorado in the spring.
Brands: La Sportiva
Role: Director / Co-Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
Ignite Your Spirit - A Disabled Ski Bum Story
Kevin Wilson, 31 years after a paralyzing car crash, is now living his dream as a ski bum despite a long and difficult path to get to where he is now. After his car wreck, he struggled with mental health, alcoholism and obesity but wanted to make a positive change in his life - so he started skiing again.
Now, he's sharing his love of the mountains with others by running a non-profit dedicated to providing winter sport opportunities for individuals affected by a disability.
Brands: Eldora Ski Resort / Ignite Adaptive Sports
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Co-Editor
The Mountain Guide
Pete Lardy, owner of Pikes Peak Alpine School, attempts to earn one of the world’s most elite international mountain guiding certifications. In order to do this, he has to demonstrate significant guiding experience in three main disciplines; rock, alpine, and ski. With the highest levels of certification already achieved in the rock and the alpine, all Pete needs to become internationally certified is to pass the final ski exam.
So, at the age of 40 years old, he starts to learn how to ski…
Brand: Ortovox (gear sponsor) - Self-funded passion project
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
Surfing
The Goat Surf Club - Trapped in Morocco
What started out as a pretty standard, beautiful, and culturally enriching surf trip soon turned into an incredibly wild adventure. Four days before we were set to fly out of the country, the borders closed and Morocco banned all incoming and outgoing flights because of the new COVID variant. We were stuck. But it wasn't all bad...
Join the Goat Surf Club (Roo, Ben and Thomas) as they try to surf amazing waves, hang with goat herders, explore the Moroccan coastline manage some pretty cray situations along the way.
Brands: Outside Magazine / Zeal Optics
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
The Goat Surf Club - Ireland
As passionate environmentalists, we hope to bring a deeper appreciation for the world around us through these surf adventures. In collaboration with Outside Magazine, we share a video episodes series after each trip about uplifting environmental stories we encounter in each surf destination. We believe there’s a lot of doom and gloom in the media coverage about the climate story and we hope to change that - we want to lift up those doing great work in the world.
We are the Goat Surf Club and this is what we do…
Brands: Outside Magazine / Zeal Optics / Sweet Protection / Salewa
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
Biking
“The Why” - Starring Ryan Petry
As Ryan approaches his upcoming 2022 mountain biking season, he's taking a hard look at what's to come. After the birth of his new son, he's taking a hard look at what it means to get on the bike everyday and chase his passions. Whether he's commuting around town or gearing up for a long day on his bike in the mountains, the joy still remains.
Brands: Canyon / Pearl Izumi / Sweet Protection
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
The Mexico Story - Rock Climbing in El Potrero Chico
Climber Noah Kane set an objective to climb the hardest rock climb of his life, attempting a climb up El Toro in Northern Mexico - a 2,300 foot bolted climb with a difficulty grade of 5.12a (very hard), and it is the second longest sport climb in North America. This film has all the best rock climbing tropes of adrenaline, anxiety, humor and some pretty epic original song by yours truly at the end!
Brand: XtraTuf
Role: Cinematographer / Drone Pilot / Talent
Attempting to Climb and Sleep on a Desert Tower in Utah
Noah Kane came up with the idea of climbing Castleton Tower in Utah and sleeping at the top which, in theory, seemed just silly and ridiculous enough to be an amazing video idea while still maintaining an exciting sense of adventure. As you discover if you watch the video, this turned out to be a bigger adventure than we bargained for.
Brand: Fanttik
Role: Cinematographer / Drone Pilot / Talent / Editor
Trailers (Full films available for purchase by donation)
Credimus : We Believe
Two teachers from Platte Canyon High School in the mountain town of Bailey, Colorado form a boat building club with their students and construct a catamaran style canoe to race 70 miles in 48 hours in Washington State. For many of the students paddling in this race, this will be the first time they have seen the ocean…
As a part of their journey, they paired up with the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind to teach deaf and blind students how to build and race the boats in order to lift up the entire community of landlocked schools wanting to create boat building opportunities for their students.
Brand: None - Self-funded passion project
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
2019/2020
Grateful: The Isaac Johnston Story
Heritage, a dash of irreverence, and a strong desire to live a life that is as contagious as it is authentic. That’s where it started for Isaac and that’s where he's headed. Through images, video and written word, he now travels the world creating stories and weaving in his enthusiasm. This is his story.
Brand: Danner Boots
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
Bouldering in Puerto Rico
We ventured out to the southeastern end of the island to an area called Yabucoa to do some bouldering (rock climbing on big boulders) and I took the camera along for some fun. I never anticipated for this footage to go anywhere but I figured it'd be fun to let these clips see the light of day…
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
Coffee Farming in Costa Rica
The Café de Monteverde farm began about 30 years ago originally farming chicken, cows and only a little coffee. Eventually, they made the switch to full time coffee production where they remain today as one of the leading coffee producers in Costa Rica.
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
One Last Childhood Adventure
Growing up on Orcas Island was such a treat, so we figured we’d explore it one more time just like we did when we were kids. With a pair of kayaks and a tent we embarked to discover this beautiful island that awaited just outside my front door for all these years.
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
Mountain Running Co - Santiago, Chile
Whether your an elite trail runner or just hoping to get out and get more exercise around Santiago’s local trails, this group unites runners and non-runners alike. With now over 15 thousand Instagram followers and a leading spirit in the trail running community of Latin America, the story of Mountain Running Co. drew me in and was a story we believed needed to be told.
Brand: Merrell / Mountain Running Co
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
Come Curious - Colorado College
At CC they’re pretty relentless. They problem-solve faster. Climb higher. Dig deeper. They take passion to new altitudes. CC is a place where new or untested aren’t dirty words, they’re words we live and learn by every day. Come take a glimpse of the countless opportunities offered to you here at Colorado College. Welcome to learning above 6,035 ft…
Brand: Colorado College
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer