HYPOXIC4U

I think I have realized something finally………… That if your in the sport of wakeboarding just to wakeboard. Or if your involved in the industry just to be around wakeboarding you will realize one day that its not right anymore. For the longest time I always thought wakeboarding is what keeps me filming. It took about five years for me to finally understand that filming is what keeps me wakeboarding. Wakeboarding is just a canvas for me to create on. Its the art I enjoy. Its not the tricks, the people, the perks, the attention or the phrase I get to say everyday, “I own a film company, we film wakeboarding.” Its not that at all. Wakeboarding is what I fell into and its where I found my creativeness. I could have done it in a different sport but for some unknown reason I decided to make a name for myself in wakeboarding. And because of that decision I made while I was in high school it has changed my life completely. I’ve made best friends, traveled around the world, been involved in amazing projects at a very young age, been given huge responsibility and been able to tell one hell of a story. But the truth is because of wakeboarding I’ve been able to find out who I really am. What makes me tick, what makes me mad and what inspires me. A industry that I struggle finding peace in now has made me do my own searching and find my passions, my influences, my determination and what I believe is my character. Its easy to hate something, way too easy in my opinion. But I think we need to hate things. It makes us stronger, it makes us realize who we really are. If we don’t dwell on that hate and turn it into a positive force it can be amazing. You must enjoy what you do, thats a given. But if your into the sport seriously and your finding that all your doing is getting frustrated with what’s going on, may it be your not landing a trick or on a professional level you feel you are not being treated fairly and you dwell you will be out of the sport in a heart beat. You may not realize it, most people never will, they don’t have the vocabulary but they are getting far more emotions out the sport than just “its fun” “it pays good” or “I’m just along for the ride” No…You are stimulated from the activity in a way you will never be able to explain. Like I said. I am not a wakeboard filmer. I film wakeboarding right now. Filming keeps me wakeboarding. I finally realized that the emotions I am getting from this profession is what keeps me ticking. if you cant find the passion in what you do it will never last.