Surfers & Cowboys Movie
Walking on Water
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Thad Newell, Bryan Jennings, Jake Nelson, Zane Cook, Kyle Lane
CAST and SPECIAL APPEARANCES:
Pro Surfer and Movie Producer Bryan Jennings - Walking on Water
Pro Bull Riders - Thad Newell, Zane Cook, Jake Nelson, World Champion Mike Lee, Cody Nance
Pro Surfers - Aaron Gold, Nathan Fletcher, Derek Rabelo, Magno Passos
Other - Kyle Lane, Clyde and Elsie Frost, Danny Lemmons, Levi Rita and family with Lazy L Ranch, Albert Silva, Cook Family, Tom Newell, Nelson Family, Uncle Bryan Surf Show Oahu, Oahu High School Rodeo Assoc., Oklahoma Bull Riders Inc (BRI),
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Three
professional bull riders, Thad Newell, Jake Nelson, and Zane Cook, travel to
San Diego, California for the PBR BlueDEF Velocity event. Their agent
introduces them to professional surfer and movie producer Bryan Jennings. Over
the next few days life bonds are made with surf sessions and the guys sharing
their passion of bull riding with Bryan.
They part ways yet Bryan soon travels to Oklahoma to cheer on his new friends at the BRI bull riding finals and extends a life-changing offer to them. Bryan invites Thad, Jake, and Zane to travel with him to Hawaii to meet some of the best professional surfers in the world and watch them surf huge dangerous waves at the world’s biggest surf competition, the Billabong Pipeline Pro. After an incredible surf competition three professional surfers take Thad, Jake, and Zane out for the ride of their lives. After getting the sand out of their ears and their shorts the pro bull riders bring the pro surfers on a bull riding adventure on a lush Hawaiian ranch where the pro surfers get the opportunity to ride local Hawaiian High School Rodeo bulls provided by Lazy L Ranch - Levi Rita and his family. The surfers then watch as their new friends climb on the backs of the ranker bucking bulls and go for another wild ride on the beautiful island.
The Hawaiian adventure doesn't end there. The Rita family opens up their ranch for the crew to go horseback riding on an area of the island that very few people get to experience. The pro surfers jump at the chance to join the bull riders on yet another adventure on their beautiful island. This unique and special experience forms even more bonds between all the guys and their new friends, the Rita family.
Bryan understands the
intense life style and struggles that young male athlete experience. Whether
they are riding a bull or riding a surf board, it’s vital that they live by
faith and not by sight. Through these experiences, the cowboys and surfers
discover that they have much more in common then they realized. This movie is a
behind-the-scenes look into the athletes' lives as they make a living doing two
of the most extreme sports in the world in a celebrity environment. We see the
true depths how their endurance, commitment, and faith in God keeps them going.
These guys are truly living by faith and not by sight. There will be
testimonials from some of the top bull riders and surfers in the industry at
the end of the movie.
PURPOSE OF THIS MOVIE
Our hope is
to give the pro bull riders and their industry a movie similar to our past 12
Walking On Water Films that can be shown at their bull riding events, rodeos,
in homes, and at outreach events. It will bring awareness to the audience that
pro bull riding and pro surfing are not just an adrenalin junkie sport – that is
profession that is taken seriously by the athletes and those involved. The
Gospel message will be shared through the life stories of these pro bull riders
in a very entertaining storyline, sharing how these pros have overcome
hardships, slumps, and injury to achieve the success they have attained. We
also hope that the Surfer Cowboys DVDs will be handed out everywhere the pro
bull riders travel to for the next ten years of their lives. This documentary
will also help share the vision we have for the Surfer Cowboy feature film that we plan to produce in the next few years.
DISTRIBUTION
2 mIllion
viewers in 5 years. With 15 years of movie production and distribution we
estimate that within five years between 2 and 3 million people will have seen
the Surfer Cowboys movie. Here is how these estimated numbers will be reached:
The Surfers & Cowboys Movie will be distributed through a grass roots
theatrical release, cable TV network channels, videos on demand, DVD
distribution, and church screenings. Sheri Smith is the agent for many of the
pro bull riders who will be featured in the movie. She will be setting up small
and large movie showings of the Surfer Cowboys documentary in every city that
her athletes travel to. The professional bull riding life is not an easy one
but having these outreach events to attend will give the bull riders a second reason
to make the long drive or long flight to each city. We will release Surfers & Cowboys as a Video On Demand on iTunes, Net flix, and our own partner websites.
We hope that the Surfer Cowboys documentary will be seen on large cable network
television channels such as CBS sports, Trinity Broadcast Network, Epix
Network, Pivot Network, Outdoor Channel, and others. The DVD will also be
distributed to stores and eventually given away for free to hopefully hundreds
of thousands of surf and bull riding fans through our DVD giveaway program.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Walking on Water Films - Producer and
Director Bryan Jennings
Bryan
Jennings founded the Walking On Water Films non-profit organization in 1995 and
since 1997 Walking On Water Films has produced eleven independent faith based
family movies including Bethany Hamilton’s documentary titled The Heart Of A
Soul Surfer. Sony Pictures has since turned this documentary into the Soul
Surfer feature film which grossed 45 million in the box office. Sony Pictures
hired Bryan Jennings to join their faith marketing team for the Soul Surfer
movie release. Sony Pictures has also distributed Bryan’s latest movie titled Walking
On Water. For the past fifteen years, Walking On Water Films has developed
their own distribution model by independently screening their movies to over
500,000 people in live attendance and an estimated 5 million people have viewed
their films. They have hosted movie screenings in movie theaters, churches,
outdoor venues, and convention centers in over thirty countries. Walking On
Water Films is now branded as the premiere production company for faith based
action sports movies and will be launching a series of feature films that tell
powerful faith based stories of athletes in the surf, skate, and snowboard
industries. To learn more, visit www.walkingonwater.com
Producer Sheri Smith
Sheri Smith
is owner of SmithPRO LLC. This isn't just a company, but a vision that
encompasses a variety of gifts, talents, and opportunities. Sheri is a Navy
Veteran, wife, mother of six, home school mom, full time traveler, Ordained
Chaplain, writer, and Sports Agent. Her company's goal is to help people in any
way they can. This is accomplished through her online magazine, blogs,
preaching, and agent work. Her heart is one of service to the people that the
Lord brings to her life and she makes it her mission to train her children to
do the same. Sheri, her husband Shae, and children have been traveling the US
in a camper for over six years on a mission to do God's will where ever and
whenever He sends them. She is also fortunate to be a PBR Certified Sports Agent
of some of the top bull riders in the industry and helps them to achieve their
goals in the arena and out of the arena. She works for over 24 bull riding
events, TX Ranch N Rodeo online talk show. www.smithprollc.com
and www.thelemonadedigest.com
HOW TO SPONSOR AND SUPPORT THIS
DOCUMENTARY
This
documentary will be produced, filmed, and edited with high quality equipment
and expertise. Walking on Water is known
for their high quality films that bring a professional look and feel for the
audience.
Thankfully,
all of the professionals involved will be doing their work for minimal cost to
help promote the making of this documentary.
Below you will find the budget and advertising opportunities that are
available for those who would want to be involved in the amazing documentary.
We estimate the documentary to cost approximately
$125,000 and that includes the filming in
Hawaii, Oklahoma, California, and possibly Texas.
- Your donation will be Tax Deductable Donation
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| Bryan Jennings, Zane Cook, Thad Newell, Jake Nelson |
There is no such think as luck....
Just ask Sheri Smith and Bryan Jennings
Sheri Smith is a sports agent who recently had three of her professional bull riders hanging out for a week in San Diego before a PBR event. Through Sheri's cousin, CT Taylor, she was connected with Bryan Jennings with Walking on Water. Sheri was very familiar with this man and his work on movies, so she was thrilled when he told her he would like to take the guys surfing.
By divine providence, the timing was perfect. Bryan had been working on a script for an upcoming movie - Surfers & Cowboys Movie - about a bull rider, who through tragedy and difficulties, finds his way to a beach and finds his way to God.
The video mentioned above is the beginning of a ministry completely ordained by God and put in motion not by coincidence or luck....but by His hand.
Go to www.walkingonwater.com for more information on this ministry and fulfillment of this project or contact me, Sheri Smith.
Sheri Smith
sheri@thelemonadedigest.com
Sheri Smith
sheri@thelemonadedigest.com