Twelve images from 2012.
Everyday we show up at work and it's a little different. There's always something new. It's definitely not all glamorous - far from it sometimes - but there is a good variety. And we get to travel a lot, which is cool.
Barton Perreira Spring/Summer 2012 Shoot
My brother Jesse is a huge Wu Tang fan. When we were kids we used to read all about them in The Source and listen to Wu Tang Forever and Method Man all the time. When we filmed the RZA interview with jeffstaple, Jesse actually came out to Santa Monica and got to meet RZA and got an autograph and stuff. Ryan and Matt and I made a 'Best of Wu' playlist and listened to 'Gravel Pit' and 'C.R.E.A.M.' in Matt's 4Runner the whole way to the shoot.
Ford Mustang Factory outside Detroit.
Shooting the Pikes Peak Hill Climb for Ducati this year was completely different than last year. We knew everyone this year, we knew the mountain, the conditions, the schedule, everything. It was still extremely rigorous and dangerous and grueling but at least we knew what to expect. So we kind of just took it all in stride, woke up everyday at 3AM, got dressed for the freezing cold and stopped by 7-11 every morning and stocked up on an obscene amount of donuts and Aspirin and energy drinks and beef jerky.
Our boy Mark Cernicky in May on the new Ducati Panigale at Miller Motorsports Park outside Salt Lake City.
The Forza Horizon girls at E3.
The Double Loop Dare was cool because it was right in the middle of Downtown LA, nextdoor to Staples Center and everyone saw it on TV during X Games. The day before the stunt, Ryan and I went to the Press Junket that Mattel threw and spent an entire afternoon learning everything there is to know about HotWheels cars.
Filming from Tayler Malsam's pit box at Las Vegas Motor Speedway alongside UFC fighter Amir Sadollah.
A sneak peek from our forthcoming interview with jeffstaple.
Hitting the links with JT.
Matt and I have known each other since we were 12 - nobody thought that this could be our jobs. But you really have to just surround yourself with the right people. We work with and for people who inspire us, people who have some of this shit figured out and that we can learn from. We want to be the least successful and youngest and brokest people at these meetings. Then we're doing something right. Thing about that.
We spent plenty of time in the beginning working for start ups and small poorly run businesses and clients who had no clue. We paid our dues. But we also moved on. Thank God.
Sincere thanks to everyone who makes this possible - Victor and John and everyone over at The ID Agency, Tim Cadiente from Barton Perreira, Adam Sperling from The Shriners PGA Open, Fabiana from Shriners Hospitals, Garrett and Cernicky and everyone at Cycle World, CCS, Momentum Worldwide, The Gary Group, Steve and Tayler Malsam, Jones Bell, Formula Drift, Michael Louis Kelly, Greg Tracy, Carlin Dunne, DJ Hapa, Jamey Price, Sam Bisset, Chip Hanauer, Ken Konecki, Jordan Warren, Sarah Barnard, Holocuren, Layback Larry, etc. etc.
