It sounds like a lot of people have misconceptions of what its like making snowmobile movies. I can appreciate your opinions and I strive to do the best I can with what I have to work with.......which in this game is next to nothing. I'm super greatful to all the sponsors that helped make Fourcast 2 a reality and especially Bryan Watts, BUT we are severely limited budget wise, get zero support from the snowmobile manufactures (or most of the industry for that) and can't change the weather or snow conditions that are given to us. I know the first film is a lot to live up to, but it also put me in a lot of debt, debt I'm still paying for today so people could be entertained for 1 hr and 21 minutes. It takes a lot of work to produce a film and I never started snowmobiling with the intention that I wouldn't ride, yet that was what happened in 2009, 2010 and 2011-doing Fourcast, and filming Slednecks 13 and 14.
I'm really happy with how Fourcast 2 worked out and I was able rediscover the love for sport that was getting lost always being the one behind the camera. I owe a lot of credit to Bryan Watts, he came through late the game when no one else in this would step up and I sincerely hope everyone throws some support his way, the guy is a phenomenal turbo builder. Its unrealistic to expect "Art of Flight" quality when we operate on less than 1/3 of 1% of their budget. It also doesn't help when mother nature just doesn't cooperate, but judging by the other 2012 releases, we all had to deal with the same issues. Fourcast 2 began production in March, we literally lost April, rock hard almost everyday, it was impossible working conditions for where the level of riding is at these days. Everyone involved in the production worked super hard and when I look back and think that Fourcast 2 was literally entirely shot in 2 months, it blows me away, and as far comparing it to Fourcast 1, I like that it moves as quickly as it does, its 43 minutes and people complain that its too short, we must be doing something right if 43 minutes feels too short. I think if you watch through the film objectively, its not too anything, its everything, everything is there proportionately.