The Best Christmas Present Ever..............

2005 was great. I 'sessioned' the slopes of the French Alps on a snowboard, spent my 21st birthday in Amsterdam and saw Liverpool lift the European Cup after possibly the greatest football match I have ever seen (on TV).

The year was also the bringer of the most marvellous news I had heard since 2 Unlimited announced they were thinking of reforming; a chap called Dave asked me film a world record attempt. But not just any attempt. This lad will be travelling 5000 miles across Australia, on a longboard, for charity. Nutter.

I'm currently in my last year at uni and, along with every student, in the world, have absolutely no idea where my life is going after I graduate. I want to travel - I took a gap year before uni proving to be the best year of my life. But I also want to carry on filming and editing - something I have come to love whilst being at uni.

Picture the scene: I'm standing at the back of a surf/skate film festival (I do neither, i'm there for the films) and two lasses approach me and start gassing about this bloke Dave who's going to skateboard across Australia. Fair doos.

I buy the wristband and look at the leaflet. They mention he needs a crew to go with him, and in particular a cameraman. My ears perk up and I suddenly feel these ladies were meant to come and talk to me.

Since then I haven't stopped thinking about BoardFree. The day after the festival I went on the website, read up about Dave and his project, and filled out an application form. Wind the clock forward to today. I've met Dave and the roadies Becki, Rae and Phil, my ugly mug is on the website along with a video I made and a drunken interview.

I honestly can't believe that i'm part of this project. Its going to be amazing (and challenging) to film it. Dave will never know how much it means to me making me part of the team. I can't begin to imagine what its going to be like on the road with a camera for four months.

There's work to be done.


Can't wait............