by JFISQIV
Dec 22nd 2009
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2 comments
Johnny D has been working feverishly for over a decade and a half to bring young skiers over the world the most intense and progressive shred flicks, inspiring millions and trasnforming the sport into what it is today. We took a break from the chest deep pow and epic waves today to talk with Johnny a bit about his philosophy on skiing, movie making, and the future.
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PBP: What's good, Brothah?
JD: Not much, life's good hanging in Hawaii. Working like a dog though, haha!
PBP: Ahh, nice! What have you been up to since the big win at IF3 a couple months ago?
JD: IF3 Was awesome and doing well there made it even more fun. After that, we've been touring the movie and that's been insane! We've never had such a wild big tour, I only made the first few shows but each on seemed to be off the hook. I want to say thanks to all the fans who came out, it was epic to see a great reaction to the movie! I guess from there it was off to Hawaii to continue filming The Windsurfing Movie 2 (rough life out here) and of course, planning the new film.
PBP: The past couple years, you've taken a different approach from ordinary ski films, and its proven successful with all the awards. Are you shooting for a similar strategy this year?
JD: I think being different has really been good for all of us here at PBP. If you continue to create the same thing too many years in a row you get burnt out. It also makes you take a chance and come out of your comfort zone to be a bit different. For sure we will continue to make our movies with a bit more feeling and refine our style as we go.
PBP: Sounds like you've thought alot about what you can do to change up the game. What else is in store for us?
JD: Yeah, we're really going for it! We've got webisodes coming this fall/winter, and super cool music stuff. We have all our soundtracks posted and you can download your favorite tracks right off the site. We also have a brand new digital download store so you can get movies right off the site as well, which is awesome! A little later in the season we are planning Jib Jam 3 and a live park shoot / contest. That should be fun and new for sure. The Windurfing film is going really well too. This movie is gonna trip people out and maybe spark a whole new semi screen play style action sports film. We'll see, it could just freak people out, haha!
PBP: Windsurfing is sick, but whats the new ski movie gonna be about?
JD: Haha! Gonna need to see the trailer to get the scoop on that one. i can say we have some ridiculous shots and have been filming since October..
PBP: Dang, you tease! Got anything really spectacular planned this season we can look forward to?
JD: Yeah, tons, but I'm not sure I can tell you what they are. I can say Redbull is planning a concept shoot with us, which means something over-the-top is gonna go down...a secret BC location we took Tanner, Dane and Spriggs to last season and for sure we are gonna dabble our efforts in AK. So yeah, lots of sick stuff is gonna happen!
PBP: Nice dude, we're stoked! Anything else?
JD: I guess that's it from Hawaii, I'm off to go surfing...Later
...Oh I totally forgot about Mike D and Cody Townsend ski towing into 20 foot waves! They are doing the impossible and making it possible. We were out in huge surf yesterday and got some amazing shots, but we also lost a $9,000 jet ski of Levi's which got pitched over the falls on a huge wave. He was trying to recue Mike D after a sweet ride and the both got cleaned up! Oh well, that's how it goes, haha!
PBP: Right on dude, that sounds awesome! Can't wait to see the footage! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us all Johnny! See ya in the waves and on the slopes!
