CURRENT PROduction
Hosted by ex-pro surfer Damien Fahrenfort, Calitopia takes audiences on an uplifting journey to California’s most spectacular destinations for surfing and popular beach culture in twelve exciting episodes. Joined by celebrities and top ranked surfers, Damien explores sublime coastlines and unpredictable waters–sometimes gentle, sometimes dangerous–as he pursues the perfect wave. Hailing from South Africa, Damien offers a fresh, outsider’s look at the Golden State and the unique regional qualities of each destination. Future clusters of Calitopia episodes will explore California’s most appealing destinations for cycling, hiking and climbing–offering viewers pro-athlete tips on where to go and what to do.
CALITOPIA PILOT PHOTO GALLERY
CALITOPIA PILOT PHOTO GALLERY
ABOUT STONE TIGER
Stone Tiger was founded in 2020 by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Cory Taylor and award-winning producer, Darin Nellis. The company was created to expand the documentary film work begun by Taylor and Nellis under the auspices of Stone Tiger’s non-profit sister company, Agora Productions, into new areas of narrative film and television.
Stone Tiger’s first production is a TV travel series called Calitopia that will be released in 2021. Previous projects produced by Taylor and Nellis include award winning documentaries about John F. Kennedy, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 13 Families - Life After Columbine (1999 shootings) and many others (see Previous Work or go to www.agoraproductions.org).
The name Stone Tiger was adopted by Taylor and Nellis to reflect their commitment and determination to create value and bring people together through film. The name comes from an old Buddhist parable called “General Stone Tiger”. In the parable General Li Kuang, an excellent archer, saw crouching in a clump of grass a tiger that killed his mother. Determined to avenge her death, he shot an arrow at it, hitting his target. When he ran up to the tiger, he discovered that his arrow had actually hit a stone and penetrated the stone up to the arrow’s feathers. He later came to be known as General Stone Tiger.
CALITOPIA TEAM
Cory Taylor
Executive Producer/ Writer
Darin Nellis, MBA
Executive Producer
Damien Fahrenfort
Producer/Host
MITCH ROSA
Series Show Runner
Dennis Zenatta
Series Director of Photography
Brian Rovenpera
Series Drone Operator