Photo credit: Amanda Kirkpatrick of Fourohfour
Toyo Goes To Hollywood... Well not really. It's better than that.
One of Toyo's top off-road racing stars Billy Geddes is to be featured in the movie Ride: World Elements, produced by the brilliant Sydney based production team Amanda Kirkpatrick and Ken Roache.
Their production company FourOhFour set the off road racing scene alight in 2013 when they released their first full-length feature Ride – an Australian off-road moto film. Some called it a cult film, or underground art, but Ride was so beautifully shot and so exciting that it had the potential to go mainstream.
This year Kirkpatrick and Roache are shooting the sequel, Ride: World Elements, reaching beyond moto into the world of trucks. Check out the trailer – Geddes in his Toyo-shod Geiser Brothers trophy truck on the Finke Desert Race track alongside multiple Australian champion Toby Price on his KTM.
Photo credit: Amanda Kirkpatrick of Fourohfour
One of the subjects of the film will be Geddes’ attempt to become the first person to “do the double” at the Finke Desert race near Alice Springs in June. Billy will race the demanding course in his Toyo-sponsored truck and then return to the start line and repeat the dose on the bike. Win, lose of draw, his adventure will be covered from every angle for the film.
Price, Geddes and the FourOhFour team are lifting off-road racing to a level that rivals the very best of surf movies – a genre that has set the standard for injecting emotion into sports coverage. Brilliantly shot, superbly cut, Ride: World Elements will be released towards the end of 2014.
