U.S. SAILING TEAM SPERRY

Went to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games with the US Sailing Team to create daily video content and continuous news updates while on site in Rio De Janeiro. Given the many restrictions to accessing venues and athletes, the challenge was to creating team-specific media during what is arguably the world's largest and most pressurized sporting event.

A great afternoon teaming up with the Houston Yacht Club and Optimist Nationals for a final party before boarding the plane to Brazil. It was an amazing opportunity to interact with the Olympians of tomorrow and a huge thanks to everyone who came out to show their support.
One day before the start of the Olympic regatta US Sailing Team Managing Director Josh Adams says that the sailors are well prepared, comfortable, and ready to race.
With racing cancelled for the day due to light winds we grabbed Team USA sailing coach Luther Carpenter for a quick chat about guiding Caleb Paine to a Bronze medal in Rio and his own Olympic history. Carpenter has now coached American athletes to five medals in four different classes.
Follow along with US Sailing Team coaches Dave Ullman, a three-time 470 World Champion, and Mark Reynolds, a three-time Olympic medallist (2x Gold and 1x Silver) through the final stages of the move across Guanabara Bay to the new Olympic Sailing venue in Rio de Janeiro.
Day 8 day ended with a gale but the 49er and 49erFX classes managed to score three races apiece on the ocean courses outside Guanabara Bay. Hear from 49er crew Joe Morris on how he and skipper Thomas Barrows are sailing so far, and the 49erFX team of Paris Henken and Helena Scutt offer some insight into their hunt for the Rio medal race.
First time Olympian Caleb Paine claims the Bronze medal in the Finn Class for Team USA.

The goal of 2014's "RISING TIDE," a five-episode series focusing on the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry's year of Olympic training, was to offer a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes for a dedicated group of Olympic hopefuls and their coaches. By some standards 2014 was insignificant in the Olympic qualifying process - it is only the second of a four-year cycle that has no official bearing on who actually wins the bid to represent the United States at the Olympic Games. But the early years are significant because they form the foundation for any attempt, and I wanted to focus on the sailors and their routines rather than their regattas and results, to highlight the extraordinary sacrifice of the Olympic hopefuls who either still in high school, fresh out of college, or 20-year-veterans of the chase, work tirelessly to sail for their country in the pursuit of a gold medal.