Hood to Coast | Nuun
Hood to Coast: a 200 mile relay race of 15,000 under-slept people into punishing themselves. That should be the tag line for this beast.
Don’t get me wrong– I love challenging myself with endurance activities. But I don’t get the appeal of staying awake for two days, riding around in a cramped van, eating only cold snacks. Which is how our shoot documenting the Nuun Hood To Coast Relay teams went. Except add the following: a wicked sunburn, riding a bike down the Mt. Hood Highway with one hand while filming using a Go-Pro attached to a broom handle, riding a longboard across the Hawthorne bridge holding a StediCam, trying to run after really fast girls with a StediCam through crowds, drinking enough Red Bull to make my heart hurt (physically, not emotionally), and MORE!
But all in all, it was a blast. I’m not complaining, and the product we were able to create made everything worth it. Last night I had dinner with a really talented director / producer from Seattle named Matt Daniels. He mentioned that one of the reasons he likes filmmaking is the sheer physicality of it. And I couldn’t agree more. The soreness, the exhaustion, the broken thumbs– at the end of the day, I do love the challenge.
So check out our piece for Nuun. And congrats to all the lady-runners. You guys are some impressively tough ladies.
