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I was hired to work on the first couple of Storm Surfers feature documentaries. We took off down to Tasmania for our first adventure to surf 'Dangerous Banks'.
On the back of the success of that show, number 2 was created. This time it was off to the southern tip of New Zealand searching for big wave locations.
I was a busy boy on these productions. My main roll on 'Dangerous Banks' was as sound recordist. We made some secret waterproof microphones to capture the guys' dialogue (read screams) while they were amongst 30ft waves. I had a secondary roll as a stills photographer during the big wave surf shoot. We had a shocking experience out there though and we werent able to get any decent stills from the session. We just couldnt get our jetski into a position where i could shoot any action. Crazy stuff.
Storm Surfers 'New Zealand' was a little bit more controlled and i was there, again as the sound guy but had secondary jobs such as a camera operator and supplying and rigging/operating a bunch of lipstick cameras in special waterhousings.
Youll see in the clip below shots of me at work in the freezing cold snow and icey water. It was amazing!
I am not involved in the new series but i can assure you the next installment will be awesome. Keep posted!


Shooting Storm Surfers from Storm Surfers on Vimeo.

This clip below was fun to shoot. Towing behind a chopper!!!
I shot the water/ski perspective as well as recording the sound during the interviews and special water mics.


Storm Surfers Break A World Record from Storm Surfers on Vimeo.

These outtakes make me laugh...guess you had to be there.
This series of shows was really fun to work on but involved long hours in freezing water, snow, ice, choppers etc. Everyone goes a little loopy...especially Tom. QUEEEEENTHS-TOWN!


Storm Surfers Outtakes from Storm Surfers on Vimeo.