Catalina Crew Yacht cast – Episode 12

Guest: Dana Nicholson – Extreme Sports Filmmaker, SnowBoard Pioneer & Crusty Demons Co-Creator

In this high-octane episode of the Catalina Crew Podcast, we sit down with legendary extreme sports cinematographer Dana Nicholson, the creative force behind Flesh Wound Films, the iconic Crusty Demons of Dirt series and a true pioneer of action sports filmmaking.

Dana takes us behind the lens and back in time—sharing never-before-heard stories from the early days of freestyle motocross (FMX), filming with Travis Pastrana, Brian Deegan, and the Metal Mulisha, and how he captured the raw energy of BMX, skateboarding, snowboarding, and desert racing before it became mainstream. If you’ve ever watched someone backflip a dirt bike in the middle of the desert and thought, “Who the hell filmed tha ...