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PRSNT Van Life Series

SHOW OVERVIEW

Being PRSNT Outside is a short form video series evolving around the active, outdoorsy lifestyle of Kjersti and Chanelle, two professional snowboarders hailing from opposite sides of the world. Drawing inspiration from the elemental outdoors and the power of the PRSNT moment; the ladies behind PRSNT aim to bring the audience into a state of Being. Into the now.  When we bring awareness to the PRSNT moment,  we naturally become more in-tune and want to take care of the planet and natural resources. Now is the only moment that truly exists," Says, 4 x Olympian, Kjersti Buaas.  

Through elevated blogs and engaging storytelling, the viewer will get a chance to dive deeper into highlighted topics such as meditation, staying healthy on the road, travel hacks, building out a van, sustainability and eco activism, permaculture gardening and farming and growing a multimillion dollar reusable straw company from scratch. 

In this series you will get a closer look into how Kjersti and Chanelle work creatively and remotely on the road, host Women's adventure retreats and outdoor mindful experiences all over the world, speaking at international conferences regarding climate change and activations with non-profits on a global stage. The ladies points towards adopting a healthy lifestyle, self-optimization, wellness, happiness and care for our epic planet, in the projects they are involved in. 

Using a variety of their cameras like drones, gimbals, SLR's and iPhone’s, combining with raw footage with more high quality produced content, these episodes will have a unique and authentic look and feel. Kjersti and Chanelle are capturing the majority of the content themselves.  "With the tools, knowledge, and experiences we have gained through our careers as professional athletes, when it comes to storytelling, digital media, business relationships or how to tackle fear and anxiety, we aspire to share these and empower people to integrate long-term commitments and intrinsic motivation for life,” says, Chanelle Sladics, X Games medalist and Co-Founder Simply Straws. 

When we spend time outside, moving our bodies and developing a deeper connection to ourself and to nature, we naturally come into a mindset where we want to take care of it.

Season 1 Pilot: 

Ep 1:  Introducing Characters

Introduction to Kjersti and Chanelle’s background and how we met competing against each other on the world snowboard tour.  

Kjersti is a four-time Olympian from Norway, bronze medalist & four-time XGames medalist. Chanelle is a XGames bronze medalist, broadcast field reporter and certified yoga instructor. Both are certified wilderness first responders, meditation teachers and permaculture designers.

With a shared love for film and photography, they produced and featured in the first ladies web series in snowboarding (pre-Instagram), to found the first zero-waste snowboard event/festival in history (possibly action sports, possibly still the only one to date). “Community Cup”

Later Chanelle launched a reusable straw company called Simply Straws, while still competing on tour.

Next chapters include studying permaculture on farms in Hawaii, climate change, agriculture, nutrition, yoga and now meditation.  After many years of development, PRSNT was born.

PRSNT takes you on a womens global outdoor adventure retreats, healthy living workshops, environmental education and PRSNT moment experiences. PRSNT aims to envelop you into the magic of nature in a setting that deeply inspires presence, anchoring radical techniques to relive those moments over and over. Even when your back at your desk job.

Adventure retreat activities are human powered and include, but are not limited to: snowboarding, splitboarding, hiking, surfing, yoga, SUP, rock climbing, nutrition workshops, cooking classes, reflection circles, meditation and goal setting coupled with campfire chats and positive vibes.