Light It Up!

Light It Up!

Go behind the scenes with Rob Machado in Indonesia on the shoot of Chris Benchetler’s film, “Fire on the Mountain”.  Check out the full edit below.

From the mind of Chris Benchetler comes TGR’s latest short film collaboration with Flagship Independent. Improvisation is the silver thread that weaves this crew together. Just as the Grateful Dead did not fit their music into an established category, this short film finds a cast of some of the world’s best athletes on a spontaneous journey of skiing, snowboarding, surfing, and music, complete with a soundtrack comprised of only Grateful Dead music.

Narrated by Hall of Fame basketball player and television sportscaster Bill Walton with music supervision by David Lemieux, audiovisual archivist and legacy manager for the Grateful Dead, Fire On The Mountain features some of action sports’ most legendary athletes: snowboarding’s Jeremy Jones, Danny Davis, Kimmy Fasani, surfing icon Rob Machado, and skiers Michelle Parker and Chris Benchetler. Captured over the course of the winter by cinematographer Tyler Hamlet with the help of Sweetgrass Productions, the visual journey features never seen before visual effects within nature and original artwork by Benchetler and Skye Walker.

Go fish, free fish

Go fish, free fish

When the wave wizard Machado isn’t sliding and gliding with style he’s giving out free surfboards, we love you Rob, can we have one. Please, pretty please?

Slide in with Rob Machado

Slide in with Rob Machado

It’s always fun to watch Rob’s surfing, especially his bottom turns and cutbacks. Without a doubt, he can ride any kind of surfboard with both speed and grace. I’d like to see Rob ride single fins and longboards more often.