Making It

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2012

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

We've all day dreamed about it - becoming a pro. What would it be like? Well, besides getting to do the thing you love everyday, you'd probably get free gear, meet incredible people, get your photo taken, maybe travel the world. You might even get paid. We call it living the dream. And it's good work if you can get it. But, how do you get the gig? And is it really all that it's cracked up to be? Zack Giffin and Timmy O'Neill share their stories of finding the spotlight and moving beyond it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

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0:00.0	I've been involved in the Patagonia field testing program for over 20 years right now.
0:08.4	For silent sports done in nature.
0:10.6	That's the feeling.
0:11.6	That's the feeling that I fell in love with with climate.
0:14.5	Cause no one necessary harm.
0:15.9	It's of organic cotton and recycle polyester to recycling the clothing to measuring our
0:21.3	carbon footprint, inspiring, implement solutions to the environmental crisis, so it gives
0:26.8	some love back to the server that doesn't happen.
0:29.6	It's not getting any love.
0:31.6	See what drives us at Patagonia.com.
0:36.8	With additional support from Kuat Racks and New Belgium Brewing.
0:41.3	It's Friday and I've definitely been looking forward to the weekend the entire week.
0:46.4	It's been busy and I'm sure you're probably a little like me.
0:51.4	And there are times when I spend all my time writing and covering and talking about
0:58.2	people that do incredible things, often we're living as professionals of climbers, skiers,
1:02.7	mountain bikers, runners and adventures.
1:05.8	I have to ask myself what would it be like to be a pro, to be the person on the wall calendar
1:12.1	above your desk or the woman on the cover of Powder Magazine?
1:14.8	What would that be like?
1:16.3	What would it be like to be able to do the thing I love every single day?
1:21.2	The next thought that often pops into my mind is how the hell do you get that job?
1:26.9	From our perspective, we think about being a pro, that must be incredible.
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