Local Legends - Episode 18 with Jake Orness (Director of Photography)

I’m super stoked to have Jake Orness - better known as JPOV - Director of Photography on this podcast.  He is responsible for many of the photos and drone-recorded footage that you may have seen like the Belgian Waffle Ride, San Diego.  Jake is an interesting and talented person on the bike as a rider and off the bike behind the lens as a photographer and videographer.  

In this podcast we highlight the these two sides of Jake that gives him the tools to capture riding and share with the rest of the world the athleticism, fitness and style of riding on two wheels.  On the side he has decades of experience of riding and racing all kinds of bikes from BMX, to road and gravel riding. And on the other side, his passion and dedication to learn all there is to know about filming bikes - both on the ground and in the air.  

I really enjoyed this conversation and the flow of stories that paint the picture of his experiences.  From riding around in Cardiff as a teenager, surfing, to his gnarly experience of breaking his back at Diablo park, to his experience working for Giant Bikes, and then selling all he could to buy his first camera.  This is one of my longer interviews -- the time flew by with all these great stories.

I encourage you to follow his work on his Instagram page at @jpovphoto.  You can also find Jake riding his bike at the local Thursday night gravel rides at Rouleur Brewing in Carlsbad.

Enjoy my next Local Legend.