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Nov 5th 2009


Sean Kilgus Interview
PW: Seems like you have been around the sport of wakeboarding forever with a camera in hand? How did you get started shooting?
SK:Haha...It does seem like forever sometimes. I actually started filming in college with some buddies of mine. We were heavy into our snowboarding and rode at a really cool mountain back home called Mt. Baker. There were a lot of good riders and we just wanted to document our riding at the time. We were always building booters and hiking out of bounds. I actually just found a bunch of my old DV tapes from around 2000-2004 of just old snow stuff. Every year after snowboarding was done, I was super excited to wakeboard and I just started meeting people locally like the The Ennen brothers and Danny Bergman up in Bellingham, Wa. The first rider I filmed was Brent Starr. He was the best rider around where I grew up and he was my hero back in the day. It was cool getting to work with him throughout the years in all my videos coming up.
PW: Working with the top athletes in the sport must really help the overall creative process. What’s it been like working with the legends of the sport?
SK:It has definitely been a great experience to work with riders like Danny Harf and others top notch riders like Rusty and Randall. Each one of these athletes has taught me a lot about what is important in their riding styles and have supported my creative growth throughout the years. I have always felt that the cast of riders in my films really shows how I perceive wakeboarding to be. Riders like Benny G and Randall can blow your mind one day and you feel like you just saw history in the making. The next day you go film double ups with Rusty and Danny and you just saw something totally different but just as awesome. I have also been humbled by the same riders and learned a lot about professionalism in this industry. I appreciate the athletes and all that they bring to my projects.
PW: You have shot a ton of videos. What's your most memorable one?
SK:I would say that The Butter Effect has always be the one that is the most memorable. That was the first time I learned how to shoot 16mm film. Gotta give Justin Stephen’s credit for helping learn in the beginning. Talk about patient. Haha. Justin is my hero. At the time of shooting BE, I was really trying to push myself and show the best riding at the time. I know that is the goal with every movie, but that was the first time that I got an opportunity to really push it creatively with the riders. They all got really involved and supported that movie. The Magazines did too. That was the most coverage for a movie I had ever received yet in my career.
PW: Can you tell us about your new DEFY movie based around Danny Harf and Friends?
PW: You've used the film camera alot compared to most guys shooting everything digital. What makes you want to spend all the extra time, money, and hours working with film?
SK:Ya. That one. Well, its tough these days to justify the expense. When I started filming, I always gauged my abilities and accomplishments off of the great filmmakers before me like Ronn from Sidewayz, Justin Stephens of course, and for sure off of snowboarding films. These guys pushed it made me want to learn how to shoot film so I could earn their respect coming up. I think that it is a necessary skill to learn. You truly learn a lot more about what it takes to get a shot and why you need to think things through before you go the next set. Nowadays it’s not so important to shoot film it seems like. With so many new adapters and cameras out there. I am glad to know that when the time comes to shoot film this year, I know we can get what we are hoping to get.
PW: Your mostly known for shooting wakeboarding. What else have you pointed a camera at?
SK:Snowboarding was my first experience shooting and then into wakeboarding full time. For the past few years I have shot the whole Nautique boats product line and produced their webisodes and product DVD with Ryan Wolfe. I have always produced a ton of product videos for Hyperlite, Ronix, and some work for Body Glove. That has truly been a good eye opener for me as far as expectations and professionalism. I have shot a few local commercials and a lot of product based stuff. Oh ya. Some weddings. That’s the goods…haha
PW: You have any tips for a videographer who is trying to get into shooting action sports?
SK:The best advice I can give is to love what you do. You will always run into road blocks through every step of the way. It’s your ability to move past these tough spots and focus on why you are doing this stuff in the first place. I have a time every year that I call the dark month, where I am just burnt out and need a break and that is exactly what I have to do is go take a break. I find you can come back and have a clear and fresh perspective afterwards.
PW: Where can people see your recent work and keep updated on your progress with DEFY?
SK:I have been putting tons of new stuff on my website.www.bfyproductions.com We have a ton of behind the scenes stuff and teasers. Follow us on Twitter under bfyproductions.com and on Facebook under Sean Kilgus. Also find us on Wakeboarding magazines website and in the issues.
Thanks!
Sean Kilgus
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m getting pretty damn sick of hearing about the Modern Collective. Said to be the surf movie to end all surf movies, the film marks the directorial debut of Kai Neville, a protégé to Taylor Steele, and has garnered just about as much press as Michael Jackson’s death. In the beginning, I was just as psyched as everyone, perhaps more so, on the upcoming release. The world’s best surfers, a new filmmaker set on the avante garde…what’s not to like? But a few months in, I’d heard all I wanted to about the film. It was like eating at a buffet, two hours stuffing your face and you just can’t seem to take anymore in. And I could only imagine how the director felt, fending off a six-month blitzkrieg of media interviews. With that in mind, I decided to give old Kai one final strafe before the film releases later this month to see what gives.





Sewden's own, Ali Boulala. With a name like that how could you not be stylish? Shit, just signing his name is steezy. Ali is the complete package when it comes to creating a cool persona around professional skating ability. While he was skateboarding for a living he was simply put; different. The way in which he skated was like no other, the way in which he dressed was like no other, and the way he acted was like no other.
tralian night two-and-a-half years ago. Ali made a gigantic mistake, and is now paying for it.


