Run It: Cam Zink at Darkfest - Video and Photo Epic

With the ever-growing amount of resources available to the public, the time has never been easier for one to control their own destiny. This theme is growing more prevalent among established riders.

As an up and coming rider, you no longer have to lug around your Dad's handy cam and spend countless hours digitizing your stack of DV tapes to ultimately (literally) mail the DVD or VHS to potential sponsors in hopes that someone would eventually open the package to watch it. Ten years ago, Taylor Sage and I did just that. We made a movie called, "Git Sum", which was distributed worldwide on DVD and sold around 5,000 copies. Our only equipment was a VX2100, a 512k RAM laptop and a bootleg copy of Premiere 3.0. The absence of sponsors yielded a freedom to film and edit whatever and however we wanted.

Back to present day, we are rekindling that fire with the help of the internet. Now we have the complete freedom to create, and we intend to use it. Our first mission: Darkfest. Enjoy.











Over the past decade, I have been fortunate enough to not only become an established rider, but also a family and business man. Now don't get me wrong, I'm no P-Diddy, but a major upside to success is having resources and assets at your fingertips to create exactly what you want. Finding a budget for producing a film is not an easy task and waiting around for a bag of money to show up can turn years of opportunity into a stagnant waiting period. So when Sage and I were having a hard time getting our new project off the ground, we decided to forego the waiting period and take matters into our own hands. By funding it ourselves, and releasing it for free on YouTube, we are able to create something bitchin and have it seen. The best part is having a lot of cool friends that help to make this a reality because ultimately, we are doing this with our friends for our friends.



























































So here you go! The first segment, of "Runit!" published on my new YouTube channel.

We are also making a second series, "Maloha from Vacay," a completely random and candid look into our travels, i.e. when I get a concussion and go to Mexico to judge a street jump comp because I can't ride. This and many more videos to come.

Subscribe to the YouTube page to see all of our new videos.

Thanks to Ale Di Lulo for the photos.
– All film photos by Taylor Sage
Video shot and edited by Taylor Sage

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