If the teaser for this film doesn't give you shivers up your spine, you may need to reconsider your life. This looks like an amazing story, told right and I can't wait for the iTunes release this Friday.
"WAITING FOR LIGHTNING is the inspirational story of visionary skateboarder Danny Way. The film follows the journey of a young boy from a broken home in Vista, CA, whose passion for skateboarding would one day bring him fame and a lifetime of accomplishments. Way's drive has no limits as exemplified by his creation captured on screen, a ramp of prodigious and dangerous proportions, across many cultural and ideological boundaries to attempt the impossible: jump China's Great Wall on a skateboard. It's a film about how much abuse the body can sustain, how deep you have to dig to survive the challenges life presents, and how high and far dreams can fly. Danny Way has not only proven himself to be an incredibly talented skateboarder but also the sport's greatest innovator. In his quest for greatness, Way continues to shape the very sport which helped save his own life."
There is a US premiere tour going on, if you're lucky enough to be down there check the dates here.
"See how the video pros behind Waiting for Lightning used high-performance Adobe post-production tools to document the life of Danny Way, one of the world’s most visionary skateboarders. This presentation will cover Bandito Brothers’ digital workflows which relied on After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and other Adobe Creative Cloud tools to tell the story about how much abuse the body can sustain, how deep you have to dig to survive family troubles, and how high and far dreams can fly.
For the filmmakers out there, I came across a really cool online seminar over at Adobe with some behind-the-scenes info on the making of this film. For more info and to register you can go here.
The buzz even made it to The Wall Street Journal with this piece entitled "The Tao of Danny Way".
Colin McKay Bonus Cut
And here's a little extra feature they dropped featuring Rob Dyrdek
