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 I find it very hard to believe that this is only year 2 of this very young and very promising music and community celebration. For the second year we had the pleasure of providing video coverage of the Earthship Pitaya Festival in San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua. The Earthship Pitaya Festival was founded in 2009 on a very simple mission statement, to celebrate community, music, diversity, culture and sustainability in the best way possible; A one day festival in the heart of El Carizal, a small community along Nicaragua’s southern pacific coast. This community is also home to Central America’s premier Earthship, a completely off grid home made from nearly 100% recycled materials.

With many of the elements the exact same as the previous years coverage(location, stage setup, theme, some performers, similar schedule, etc....) the challenge was producing a video that differentiated itself from the previous years. Immediately a load of good ideas, and differentiators come to mind, but then we are quickly reminded that we are on a “third world micro-budget”, allowing only for one shooter, and a good eye. We have already been asked back for new year, and couldn’t be more excited. Next year is set to be bigger, covering the span of an entire weekend and will include a surf contest. It will be Epic and we are already planning a short form “Pitaya Documentary”, taking things to the next level. 

Below is the video from this year as well as last years. Both are in linear form, covering the day organically as it progressed per the request of the client. My personal favorite imagery is that of the childrens faces, and the firedancers! 

The amazing photo’s of the day are courtesy of contributing Photog Lauren Stocker: 

We were happy to be given the opportunity to provide film coverage of this years Howler Offroad Mountain Bike Races series. An 18k single track off road bike race through grueling dirt roads, river beds, and untouched raw landscape. Only the toughest survive. Am i man enough to race it? Nope! I am however man enough to film it. And that I did. While the real men gutted it out in scorching nica heat, I followed on my off road quad, which I must say was almost as equally exhausting. The race brought in some of Central America’s finest riders, as well as some adventurous Canadiens and West Coast Californians. Along with the elite riders was a series of local San Juan riders, who held their own, and received a ton of support from the elite riders. Loads of racing equipment was given out to the local kids, along with 2 mighty fine racing bikes that were donated by a Canadian race couple. The looks on the faces of the well deserved local winners was by far the highlight of this two day funventure!

A series of videos was filmed with the purpose being, promotion! This race is in it's birthing stages, and we wanted to create some great "race-overviews" as well as compile enough footage to create web-commercials for next years events. Below is one of our race-overviews that sums up the two days in a few exciting minutes. Even if you don't like racing, it is a fun watch!