Ever find yourself in a shitty situation and wonder how you got there? Like your life is a gnarly weight dragging behind you, making it nearly impossible to trudge forward. Like you’re barely keeping up with the rest of the world? And that feeling only gets worse as you realize that rat race you’re stuck in has become your everyday, as you cruise through crowded streets of unrelenting physical and mental pressures? I know I do. More than I want — a lot more than I want. However, I’ve come to the conclusion that I need that stimulation from time to time. Ultimately, my life — and I assume the lives of most people of our outdoor ilk — is a pursuit of a balance, a balance that is overwhelmingly difficult to strike: being free to explore the world and push my physical limits while maintaining a presence in the larger cultural conversations generally occurring at the more natural congregation points of bigger cities and major metropolises.
There isn’t anything wrong with bigger cities and major metropolises. For the most part, it is in those places that “society” progresses, through the back and forth that happens with likeminded people. But it is the people who explore the fringes of this society, either metaphorically or literally, that contribute the most to that back and forth upon returning to the hustle and bustle, even if only momentarily.
This short film — presented as a “how to” — offers up an easy solution for finding that aforementioned freedome, fit for urban dwellers and small town fellers alike: let go and get out of Dodge.
Matt Hunter and Andrew Shando do make it look easier than it might be, especially when ripping through the backcountry of British Columbia with their telltale aggressive stylings. But whether you’re ripping or simply setting up camp and enjoying the company of trees instead of manmade towers, finding time for yourself away from “it all” is well worth the trek.
Well worth the trek.
Now quit dilly-dallying and go unplug already.
