Money, money, money, money.
You know oh so well that Jonah Hill, heir to Miki Dora’s Malibu throne, and Shakira, currently wrapped up with a mysterious Spanish surf instructor, are such wonderfully compelling sagas. Stories that must be examined from each and every angle. That require diligence and attention, daily recountings, but have you ever wondered if there are other fascinating tales out there only hidden because the teller is either unknown or underfunded?
Might you, yourself, be sitting on one?
Well, as luck would have it, glamorous Norwegian luggage company Db has partnered with the compelling podcast Looking Sideways in order to uncover and toss money upon.
Per the press release:
We love storytelling. Uncovering truths. Discovering the world. We live for print galleries, documentaries and books. So does our friend Matt from the Looking Sideways Podcast, the show in which he uncovers the most interesting stories in surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding.
That’s why we’ve joined forces to launch the Db x LS Fund.
Together, we want to find the next generation of creatives, and help them tell the tales the world needs to know.
If you’re a photographer, a writer, a podcaster, a journalist, an artist or a film-maker with a story to tell, we want to hear from you. And we want to help you get your project out there,
Db x LS Fund – What we’ll offer you
This year, we will choose two winners and help them tell their stories. These winners will receive:
– A budget of up to €5000 to make your project a reality.
– Mentorship from our unrivalled team of creatives. Together, we’ve made books, films, podcasts, events, exhibitions and everything else. Whatever your idea, we’ll match you up with people who can help guide you every step of the way.
– A full Db Ramverk collection
– The chance to be featured in our Pack Heavy, Chase Light documentary series directed by Sam Moody.
– The chance to be interviewed about your project on Matt’s Looking Sideways Podcast.
– Help getting your finished project out into the world.
Db x LS Fund – What we ask
The chance to tell your story, mentor you through the process and permission to feature your work and process on our sites and social channels.
5000 Euro is currently $5132.97 USD and $7554.79 AUD.
Want to get rich? What you got?
falta pouco…
Then there is the story of a former top surfer who was told his services were no longer required. I’m sure his services will be lapped up by a company whose homebase so embodies the spirit of Santa Claus.
Could me n Pauly get money to do a heavy coffee table book of BG memes?
Sing it, girl!
in full gorilla birth suit…
€5k like R$30k lol #forabolsonaro
How about gripping tale of Samson Sock and The Bird Of Existential Angst, as told here by Kelly himself to one of the younger members of the WSL roster?
It is not known whether the message was actually understood at the time, yet doubtlessly it now resonates with an ache unknown to most untried youth.
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I hope these photographers, writers, podcasters, journalists, artists, and film makers know that if I wasn’t so passionate about construction I could have been any one you.
Incase someone is thinking to listen to that podcast, it’s mostly just an english bloke talking about himself.
Or there’s the more traditional take on the story of the poor kid from a backwater town that becomes the greatest surfer on earth, only to grapple with the legend that he has become while considering his own mortality. But with a homoerotic twist. Working title ‘Three to the beach’
Or the homoerotic story of the two travelling freesurfers sponsored by different brands who must carry on their affair in secret, only for it to be outed by a sleazy online surf tabloid which upends their lives completely. A tale of love, loss and redemption, working title ‘Free Hearts’
Two homoerotic-themed posts in 15 minutes?
Admit it: you’re the one with the tattoo Dogsnuts posted yesterday, aren’t you?
Something you are trying to tell us?
It’s OK. We are all here and supportive.
We’ve got your back, (almost) no matter what’s tattooed on it.
Merman falls in love with a surfer he sees surfing the reef he lives beneath and makes a deal with a seawitch to get legs so he can court said surfer. Plot twist, the reef is the wave machine at the wave tub and the surfer stops going to the tub because the cost of fruit and veg gives him no left over money to spend on waves. Merman ends up wandering around the industrial park where the tub is located on his newly created legs and ends up at the airport. There he is, in the baggage sorting area where he has to decide if he stays to search for his lost love or empty the suitcase before him and stowaway for a new adventure. He empties the clothes jumps in the bag zipping it up he hops to the nearest conveyor belt where he glides away toward his new life.
Here is my BG project proposal…hire someone to travel to each WSL event on tour and set up a megaphone that reads out the live thread in real time.
This idea has much to recommend it.
“You can’t script this!”
Finally I can get the backing for my homoerotic screenplay about the two WSL head judges who fall for each other over the course of a year on tour. A heart warming love story set to stunning backdrops like the Peniche tuna canneries and the Bells Beach car park. Think ‘Eat Pray Love’ for guys, working title ‘I’m not here to judge…’
Mate, you’re on a roll !
Three to the beach … all top notch.
Giddy Up !
Heart Warming
https://youtu.be/PeMvMNpvB5M
A gay sex scene in the scrub on the cliffs above Bells would be iconic.
Or any sex scene.
With cuts in time to joyous exclamations, showing various claims during the competition.
Just 2 happy dudes enjoying the comp and their love making in the scrub bathed in the golden glow of the Winter afternoon sunshine on that coast.
Yes! Love that. Work up a treatment pls? 20,000 wild fans doing it on the beach. Eyeballs baby!
Love it! Let’s do it. Get me a storyboard for a 15 minute pilot. Any more ideas? Getting kinda desperate here…
$7500 in perhaps 1750 we are talking!! its a weeks rent and few meals these days
unless can be launched to Rogan like status hardly worth getting out bed for !!!