Feature Film : : Valley of the Sun

Sponsored by 42 Surfboards

Its been six years since my sister told me about a funny script her friend was writing. I read it and thought it was funny. So did my producing partner Aaron Tudisco. We decided to make the film. It had taken us two years to get our short Capri done, so I knew we were in for the long hall. At the time I was single, living with three other guys in the Presidio at what we dubbed The Ranch because of the spacious yard we had which rare for San Francisco. Now, I am married, have a house, a little girl and whole hell of a lot more responsibility. When I set out to make the film six years ago, I had no idea how much my life would change. But, all of that change revolved and made room for getting this film done. I think its how a tree grows around a metal fence post.

Finally, after six years, we have the money to make this film. It's like a big exhale and then another big inhale as we prepare to shoot. I'm frickin' excited!... and a little nervous. This is the moment we've trained for. This is our space shot. I know that we can all do our best and still burn up in the atmosphere. Its worth it though, and in the grand scheme of things, its no where near as risky as a space shot, our lives are not on the line, so we just gotta have a good time and make the best movie we can. We are lucky sons of guns.