In 2010 I bought a Cannon Rebel T2i and started pointing it at my friends. It quickly turned from toys to tools and from play to work. And that work created lifelong bonds, opportunities to start businesses, opportunities to go travel, and eventually some quality work getting done.
I eventually lost my love for filming after my friends who got injured could no longer preform in front of the lens. The adventure was what originally drew me to wanting to record. I love when a moment is well captured. It serves as the perfect excuse to tell a good story. As the opportunities to travel with my favorite people started to fade, my attention eventually shifted to the Graphic/Object world.
I still have a love for a good fisheye shot. And I continue to take them through my various peephole lenses I’ve collected from haunted hotels and mystical places. All of which can be seen on my Instagram.
STREET SNOWBOARDING
I mostly focused on videography when I was behind the lens. But sometimes I got photos too. Really I just love a good fisheye shot. moving or still.
On Donuts and Biscuits: GLAZED
Glazed was my second movie I filmed with ODB crew and and my third and final street snowboard video project. We drove to Calgary from Reno and back in my...
On Donuts and Biscuits: Donut Holes
“Donut Holes” was my 1st video project with ODB crew and 2nd short film. In Donut holes I teamed up with my best friend Niko Nakamura and...
Niko Nakamura: SOLOPART
My bestfriend Niko Nakamura and I filmed this part together over two seasons. We became men together. He passed on in February of 2024. Not a day goes by I don’t think about...
Andrew Brewer: SOLOPART
When I first started filming in 2010 Andrew Brewer was the local amateur snowboarder in Tahoe that had “made it” and gone pro. I remember going to the movie premier for “Familia II” and getting a T-shirt signed by him and aspiring...
Bryce Salazar: SOLOPART
I only filmed with Bryce for the one season but his consistency and effort that year will forever impact my vision of what’s possible when you set your mind to something...
NW! Snowboards: THE PURSUIT
Ad campaign we ran for NW! snowboards with Angry Snowboarder in 2011 Featuring Joey Odom. Joey was our first team rider and...
PATCHFEST: 13 AND 14
Patchfest was an event that myself and Duane Bratsch put on every summer on a particular patch of snow near Red Lake...
SMOKIN SNOWBOARDS: SPRINGTIME
I got the opportunity to meet the folks at Smokin Snowboards and was commissioned to make a springtime edit here in Tahoe...
Villain Motion: Better Late / Than Never
Better Late/Than Never was my first video project I made in collaboration with my business partner Duane Bratsch under the name “Villain Motion”...
ORBS IN SPARKS: NIKO NAKAMURA
We were a snowboard sponsor for Niko. but one time he begged Duane B. and I to take our light kit to Burges skatepark for nighttime session and we indulged...
RPM FITNESS
On a few occasions I shot for RPM Fitness. a fun opportunity to go outside my normal action sports genre.