When I am tall and bell, I'm a stuff going back to family.
Growing up and surfing my whole life and then having that passion for creative photos and video
and then my passion for filmmaking just overtook my passion for surfing and it's just now what I do
all my friends started to surf a bit better than me and everyone around me was just started to surf
really good so I just started to film and it happened more and more and more.
Pretty much started out with just a camera that my dad bought to film family holidays
and that was the camera that I used for about a year or so and then I thought this is my passion
so I worked down at a burger shop every Saturday and Sunday
just so I could then buy my first professional camera.
Many people see my passion as just sitting on the beach all day and filming
and then getting a song and cutting it together and sticking it on YouTube or Vimeo
and then sending it out on Facebook.
There's so much more to it as like the main part is your passion and your thrive
to create the best visual experience that you can.
It's the best feeling in the world getting a really good wave
but for me and I'm sure for every other filmmaker out there
when you're filming that wave and you filmed it well and you nail it
you probably get a better feeling than what the surfer does.
It's a feeling that I guess you can't really describe
you get people from all different countries sending you emails saying
oh I really did your work to know that people are out there
watching what you're making on your laptop at home
and saying well now I'm going to pick up my board and go for a surf.
Travelling within itself is something absolutely amazing
and to be able to carry a camera with you and document the whole trip
in a personal view it's amazing because you get to relive what you did
but in a sense of making a film and you can't exactly just go down to Manly
or Bondi and make the best surf movie in the world
you have to go and travel to the best waves
and capture the lifestyle and what's happening around it
everyone's grown up their whole life watching surf movies
and saying wow I really want to save up and go surf that wave
and getting to go over there and then capture it yourself
and tell that story through your own skills is just amazing.
My main absolute goal is to be one of the best surf filmmakers in the world
and that's something that I try and work to every single day of my life.
Thank you.
