“Assorted Rides” is comprised of a few sessions in California where I met up with a surfer I\u2019ve really enjoyed watching over the years. Devon Howard\u2019s approach to surfing inspired the feel of this short\u2014a modern classic. In preparation for this project, I pored over old surf photograpahy books with works by guys like LeRoy Grannis and Ron Stoner. They are photographers that captured moments and told stories through the use of dramatic backlighting and color accents compressed through a manual focus telephoto lens that\u2014when complimented by the grain of film\u2014produced a timeless image. My hope is the short film does two things: 1.) Makes you want to go surfing right now! 2.) To record a moment in time which represents what I think is Devon’s best surfing to date, at age 46 no less.<\/p>\n