Where is Georges ?

After a long year behind the lens I needed to switch things up and move over to the other side of the glass. Time to reverse the roles; outsource the director duties and instead play the leading roll. This film perpetuates that riding bikes will always be more important than capturing it with a camera.

Finding the balance between work and your personal life is a never-ending trade-off. In my case; that balance is between making films and riding my bike. The state of perfect balance is when they both converge; when I get the chance to combine both riding and filming at the same time. Since me and Philip Lundman share this view upon bikes and cameras, we've have had the idea of making another film together on that theme for quite some time now. We finally found some time to make it happen....

Inspired by Sean Penn's classical masterpiece "Into The Wild", this film is about the essence of mountain biking. Don't give your entire $24.000 savings account to charity, abandon all your possessions and hitchhike to Alaska without telling anyone, but for the love of God, don't waste all of your precious time fighting over wheel-sizes, strange marketing moves or economic materialism. Make sure most if it is time well spent: on your bike, in the wild.

My entry in the GoPro Video Challenge during the 2012 Åre Bike Festival. Six invited teams had six days to produce a film about the riding in Åre, Sweden and compete in various categories. This film was awarded 3rd place in the main category "Best Film", 2nd place in "Best Cinematography" and 2nd place in "Best Åre Spirit". Directed, Produced, Filmed & Edited by Jon Bokrantz Starring: Linus Sjöholm, Teo Gustavson, Anders Sahlén, Jon Bokrantz Shot on location at Åre Bike Park, Sweden...

Chad and Bruno test their Stumpjumper FSR's capabilities at the You Yangs Bike Park, Melbourne, Australia. Riders: Bruno Zeller Chad MacDougall Filmed and Edited: Lawrance Christopher Simpson Music: Alt-J, Fritzpleasure

Gothenburg; a port town that has served throughout history as the only gateway to the North Sea and the Atlantic, located on the west coast in a narrow strip of Swedish territory. With it’s closeness to the sea, Gothenburg is renowned for its rich history of fishing, and acting as the main harbor for foreign trade and shipping towards the west. Today, Gothenburg has evolved into a modern industrial city; the home of many manufacturing giants. Despite the lack of nearby mountains, the Goth...