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Filmmaker Ty Evans: "What Else is Out There?"

Ty Evans defined the look and feel of skateboarding on film for decades. Then, he decided it was time to try something new.

"I think with anything, if you're invested that long, I don't want to say you get bored but, you want to try new things," Evans said. "And when this opportunity came along, I jumped on it."

Evans is the Director of Aerial Production for Helinet out of Van Nuys, California, where his role involves much more than just pointing a camera out a window. It requires a mastery of logistics: rigging helicopters, building camera payloads, balancing gimbals, operating the camera, and filing flight plans with the FAA. In this video profile, Ty shares the lessons he's learned from a career behind the lens, the challenges of reinventing himself, and the drive that keeps him moving forward.

"What's always pushed me is 'I want to learn that. I want to do that,'That's such a good feeling: trying to figure out something and accomplishing it," Evans said.

"Being able to offload a card in the time it takes to refuel in a helicopter? Game changer." — Ty Evans