Ground Breakers Series: Fresh Air Crew

Fresh Air Crew: These guys go right to the edge and jump. The Fresh Air Crew from Cape Town, South Africa, travel the world to film the most daring adventure sports - skydiving, BASE jumping, From the film Desert Friction

hang-gliding, paragliding, bungee jumping, scuba diving, caving, whitewater kayaking, mountain biking, and ice and rock climbing. Director Nic Good and Producer Brian Valentine love what they do and it shows. They've won three awards at the Banff Mountain Film Festival for their ability to capture gripping, sweaty-palmed vertical adventurers in spectacular and remote landscapes.

P.O.V: "If we are not sure if we are working or playing, then we're on the right track."

Motivation: "To give people who aren't able to do this sort of thing an understanding of why people seek out adventure."

Trade Secret: "It must be real. People must be doing it out of passion and not for money."

In the Works: A 13-part extreme adventure series.

Featured Film: "Desert Friction"

Photo: Two leading South African sport climbers attempt to reach the summit of Spitzkop via the route INXS - a 500-metre-high granite slab set in the desolate landscape of the Namibian desert. Winner 2001 Banff Mountain Film Festival Best Film on Climbing.
Desert Friction © 2002 Fresh Air Crew

Groundbreakers:
• Black&White • Fresh Air • Peloton Productions • Serac Adventure • TGR • Vertical Zoo

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