Jennifer Daniels Trains Her Lens on a Side Hustle

Adventure Film School’s Ski & Snowshoe Filmmaking Course offered Daniels the chance to indulge not only her athletic side (in addition to skiing, she enjoys mountain biking and rock climbing), but also her artistic side. She was excited to tap into her creativity, and was hoping that some of the more “daunting” technical aspects of filmmaking would be demystified during those four days stationed at a yurt deep in the Washington backcountry.…
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Nayla Tawa: The Road Back

While most of her peer’s flocked south in search of warm lazy beach days and dripping umbrella drinks, UCLA student Nayla Tawa’s spring break found her duct taped to her snowboard for 2 days with a broken back in three places, broken sternum and a severe knee injury in the remote backcountry region of Kyrgyzstan.…
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McKenzie Barney: Beyond the Comfort Zone

Sometimes an opportunity comes up that might seem difficult or uncomfortable at the time, but just beyond that discomfort or hard work lies a dream come true—at least that’s what McKenzie Barney has found. It took relentless prodding by her good friend and fellow filmmaker Filipe DeAndrade to get her to apply for the Colorado Backcountry Adventure Film School, but it was that step outside her comfort zone that started her down the road to filming her lifelong personal hero: Mia Hamm.…
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