“The Science Of Extreme Sports“, years in the making, Frontier Productions is soon to release this television series that takes a profound look into various high risk sports and the athletes that have dedicated themselves to control the dangerous elements that surround them.

Genre: Sports, Adventure, Science

Who: Each program follows a top professional extreme sports athlete, chosen carefully to present their extreme sport experience and lifestyle with accuracy, intelligence and interest. They are real people, with unique characters and personalities, who are experts in their field.

Where: We find these people where they are most comfortable…on the highest mountains, in the deepest seas, riding the biggest waves, high above the Earth, harnessing the power of the wind, and in an undersea realm where the hunter may become the hunted.

Extreme Point of View: We put the viewer in the mind and body of the adventurer using POV cameras, live-audio, and extreme-angle, multi-camera acquisition that delivers an intimate and exhilarating experience and draws the viewer deep into the picture.

Synopsis:

Series opening narration: “Nature’s beauty. Nature’s Fury. To know her intimately, you must experience her extremes. There are no rules, no boundaries, and no time-outs. Action heroes in the flesh, those who dare to push the limits, reap the rewards. But the bottom line however is that living this close to the edge, an error can prove fatal. From high above the Earth to deep beneith the sea, prepare to dive into the action and be as close as you can get…The Science of Extreme Sports.”

Using story-driven, first person narrative, the series allows the viewer to be guided by the athletes in some of the world’s most remote and extreme locations. Each program delivers spectacular eye-catching imagery, packaged with dynamic soundtrack, graphics and 3-D animations. Presented are scientific explanations of the physiology, physics and technology involved, as well as the theory, mechanics and skills that are required to safely perform these “crazy” activities. Without this knowledge, in all cases, the untrained would quickly die attempting to do any of these feats, therefore they are justly deemed extreme.

Frontier Productions produced one of the most exciting sailing regatta tv programs memorable with big sponsors Citibank, Yahoo, Zurtec, United Airlines and the Hawaiian Islands tourism board.

Using lots of helicopter shots and water angles, expose the viewers to the spectacular beauty of the San Francisco Bay and one of the best sailing venues in the world.

Strong winds, rough water and fast currents make the 20+ sailboat fleet racing an action packed spectacle for the thousands of tourists watching up close off Pier 39. The 11 Metre class sailboats with their huge sails run at high speeds and the crashes between them on the tight race course were shocking.

Too bad not all sailing race coverage is as exciting as this one!

San Francisco Bay is one of the most consistently windy places on the planet, making it a world class location for sailing and yachting.  It has become a venue for many sailing regattas as well as a training ground for sailors from around the world to compete.

We join hosts Zach Berkowitz and Mindi Bach as they explore the sailing lifestyle and take a tour of the Bay on board a racing sailboat with professional sailors John Sweeney and Tina Kleinjan.  Cameraman Christopher Johnson needs to be credited for braving the wind and the elements on the Bay while keeping the camera dry.

Frontier Productions is dusting off their classic windsurfing film “Quake On The Gold Coast: California Windsurfing Guide” which we shot in 1993…ages ago…but it still has its charm.

Reviewed by the windsurf magazines at the time, it was “the Godfather of windsurfing videos”, probably because we used lots of helicopter angles and shot in film a large amount of it with the famous surfing cameraman Stephen Spaulding, also because it has the famous landmarks of the San Francisco Bay Area. Also featured are the wavesailing spots of Central California and Punta San Carlos in Baja California.

Directed by Justin Wheeler and David Zvi Levine, it features windsurfers Ian Boyd, Bennet Williams, Peter Trow, Howie Green, Dean Karnazes, Topher Gaylord, Brad Duffy and many other top California windsurfers.

We have enabled embedding and DOWNLOAD of the video file.  Or you can download it by clicking on “Vimeo” in the player and once on their website at the bottom of the screen there is a “DOWNLOAD: Download Quicktime” button. Pass it around to all your windsurfing friends and enjoy!

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Frontier Productions has produced many broadcast television programs that are distributed worldwide, including for National Geographic Channel and other networks.  Extreme sports is our specialty and we will keep the programs coming.

Being based in the San Francisco Bay Area enabled us to be a part of the incredible boom of Silicon Valley and later the Internet.  Much of our work centered on corporate communications, product launches, internal videos, events and commercials of the developing companies that later became famous names in the high tech industry.

With over 20 years of sports video production, Frontier Productions is now supplying stock footage to Adventure Imagery, an online specialty extreme sports stock footage library.

In their extensive collection you can find windsurfing, kitesurfing, extreme skiing, kayaking, motocross, surfing, scuba diving, rock climbing, skydiving, base jumping…  All royalty free extreme sports stock footage video clips available with online preview and full resolution download, licensed for worldwide use.

Here is a short extreme sports video clip featuring of some of our footage that you can license for your own projects.

Check out more videos on Adventure Imagery’s Showcase.  And take advantage of their FREE EXTREME SPORTS STOCK FOOTAGE GIVEAWAY of over $2000 of free sports footage!