I started my Career at Sierra Nevada College in Lake Tahoe where I graduated with a bachelors degree in Business Administration with a minor in Electronic Arts. It was at SNC where I began to intern for Mack Dawg Productions, the leading snowboard film company in the world. Mike McEntire taught me the basics of filming and editing. After I graduated college, I hooked up with Kurt Haller owner of MOTO XXX. I helped Kurt run his business up in Santa Barbara, CA. My tasks included operating the race team, creating and implementing the first freestyle team with Carey Hart and Mike Cinqmars. In addition I made the MOTO XXX 3-6 videos with Kurt where I organized film shoots, shot and edited the videos. We created the ultimate punk rock music DVD called Eargasm. Eargasm features live performances from top bands such as NOFX, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Suicidal Tendencies, Strung Out and many more. In 2002 Mad Mike Jones and I teamed up and produced Mad Mikes Mayhem which nearly killed me. In 2003 I was approached by Transworld Motocross Magazine to make their first ever motocross film Crush.

After Crush, I decided to fulfill the demand to the motocross enthusiasts and show more natural terrain riding. Freestyle motocross had progressed with tricks, however the trend had taken it more to ramp riding instead of freeriding in the hills. I got together with Doug Parsons and created the first ever-natural terrain competition known as Ride to the Hills. I produced a half hour TV show for the Fuel TV Network on the contest. 2004 would mark the pinnacle of my career when I hooked up with my old mentor Mike McEntire (A.K.A Mack Dawg Productions) and created Powerband Films. Powerband Films gave birth to On The Pipe. For this film we decided to take a chance and build all our own natural terrain jumps on private ranch properties known as Danimals and Jackpot Ranch.

We created huge 200 foot hill jumps, off camber hips, step-downs, cliff drops and other various freeride phenomenon’s. On the Pipe features the top motocross and freestyle riders in the world including Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, Adam Jones, Dustin Miller, Ronnie Renner, Jeremy Lusk, Travis Pastrana, Twitch, Potter, Mike Mason and tons more. Ride to the Hills became such a success that Red Bull and Powerband Films teamed up to become partners with them on the newly acclaimed venture, Red Bull Ride to the Hills. In 2005 we produced the Red Bull Ride to the Hills, which was shown on NBC Jeep Adventure series and also on Showtime Network. In December 2005 we released, On the pipe 2 "Still Smokin". In June of 2006 Powerband Films completed a half hour show for Fuel Network on Ryan Capes 310 foot World Record jump. 2007 we released On the Pipe four and went global traveling to Australia and Sweden. I filmed the Australia Open Tennis in 2007 and 2008 for ESPN. I also was lucky enough to film Wimbledon in the summer of 2007. When I got back it was tine for the Red Bull Ride to the Hills 3 in Ocotillo Wells and Glamis. I was the D.P on this In 2008 Mack Dawg and I both bought the Red Digital Camera system as soon as it was available and made the full switch from super 16mm film to digital. Since then we have worked on tons of various action sports feature shoots and recently released, On the Pipe 5. Mike and I have been working on a new project on distance jumping with Robbie Maddison, Ryan Capes and other old school daredevils. This film will be the biggest project Powerband has ever released. Look for it in 2010.

Also scheduled for Spring 2010 the ultimate freeride competition known as the DANIMALS INVITATIONAL will take place.

I feel fortunate enough that my parents Su Shore and Gary Schweitzer helped me to achieve my dreams and I will continue to keep them proud. Special Thanks go out to all the riders, Jordan Burns, Erik Sandin, Kurt Haller and of course Mack Dawg for believing in me.