Ground Swell
This past October, after a year and a half of preparations, I left on a boat trip with Dean Azim, Peter Devries, the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and a crew from Patagonia that included Chris and Dan Malloy, Trevor Gordon and Scott Soens. For ten days we sailed through the Great Bear Rainforest in search of good waves, and had the opportunity to surround ourselves with the wildlife of the Great Bear. I was amazed by the amount of life we saw there in such a short period of time—from sailing with a pod of orcas to sharing a river full of salmon with a mother grizzly and her two cubs, each day presented something special.
The purpose of the trip was to raise awareness of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, a project that would see tar sands oil pumped to the coast from Alberta and then shipped across the Pacific to Asia. I personally am against the pipeline—I don't believe that Canada should risk its coastline, wildlife and ocean for the sake of oil. I'm not going to kid myself by thinking we can live without oil, but we need to start looking at alternatives. On the Great Bear trip, I realized that even though I've spent most of my life on the coast, I've explored very little of it. I'd like to see so much more with having to worry about a major oil spill ruining this beautiful place.
Here's a link to the trailer for Groundswell, a film that Chris Malloy and Patagonia are producing for release this fall. Please check it out and see how you can get involved.
http://video.patagonia.com/video/Ground-Swell-Trailer
And for more about Raincoast, click here.
The Grey and Wrecked
I was lucky enough over the past two winters to work as water camera on The Grey and Wrecked feature films starring Liam Neeson and Adrien Brody. Swimming in the Cheakamus in minus temps filming Liam Neeson being swept down river was a very surreal experience.
Check out the trailers here.
Patagonia Surf Fall 2011
The new Patagonia surf catalog is out and one of my images of Trevor Gordon ended up on the cover! As well, inside is a slideshow I produced introducing a project Ill be working with Patagonia on this Fall. Please check it out.
Devries - Hurley QR video
Hurley asked me to shoot some footage of Peter and his family for a new Hurley QR commercial to go along with a print ad they are running. Stoked with how it turned out.
JK Profile
A profile my friends Shaun and John produced for RipCurl about my photography.
Produced by the Solidarity Union (TSU11)
Innersection 2011
Vote for Peter in this years Innersection contest! http://innersection.tv/video/343
surfer magazine cover may 2011
Check out my image of Peter Devries on the new Surfer Magazine cover!
STORM SURF SHOP Chile Episode 2 "Board Medic"
Latest webisode for Storm Surf Shop. Check out Noah's board repairing skills!!!
Sitka Fall 2011 Collection
Dean Azim and I recently finished a shoot with Sitka Clothing for their Fall 2011 Collection. Check it.