# @jesserichman on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CtjrvvfttWF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7421641-jesserichman-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-16T16:14:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jesse Richman (@jesserichman) — https://gondola.cc/jesserichman

## Caption

Never Miss A Day - New Short Film online now - Link in Bio

This past year, while tackling the infamous Jaws in every which way I could, I had a small epiphany; I realized that I was finally coming back to who I was as a kid. Perhaps it happened because every day, I’m either on the water, and then I subsequently go home to play with my kids, or I am in the water teaching my kids to swim, kite, and surf. As a result of this simple daily practice, I was awoken to the fundamental purpose of my existence: it is only to have fun. 

Several months ago, while emptying an old storage unit, I came across some decades-old footage of myself as a middle schooler, deeply embroiled in my life as a budding professional kitesurfer. The only thing that mattered to me at that point was being the guy, out on the water, with the biggest smile on his face. 

A little later, as I entered my teenage years, I found myself thriving under the pressure of competition, winning multiple world titles, a high which created a cycle of adrenaline addiction with seemingly high rewards. I became obsessed with being the most extreme athlete in this niche sport. The bigger the risk, the wilder the stunt, the more accolades. It built a fire within me that enabled me to flourish under the most stressful of circumstances. Now, I wanted to be the guy that won every single discipline of kitesurfing imaginable, the guy who would do any and every trick that the freestylers would, but way higher... and with a kiteloop! The guy who would go out at the gnarliest waves in the world even when the best surfers thought it was reckless. The guy who people looked at and thought, “Man, he’s crazy.” 

Continue Reading in the YouTube description and watch the full short film there. Link in Bio. 

northkiteboarding oneillusa oneilleurope 

Directed & Edited by orionowens 

Trailer Filmers: soulcreationshawaii #QuincyDein
orionowens mauimarcc 

👻📝 juli_______ette 

#TeamOneill #WeAreNorth #Kiteboarding #Kitesurfing #Pe’ahi #Jaws #extremesports #Family #R3D #shotonred #bigwavesurfing

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teamoneill, jaws, bigwavesurfing, kitesurfing, extremesports, kiteboarding, quincydein, wearenorth, pe, family, shotonred, r3d

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