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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.67,0:00:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I told you that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.39,0:00:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was the face of pure joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.57,0:00:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would you call me crazy?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.68,0:00:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't blame you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.05,0:00:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because every time I look\Nat this Arctic selfie,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.88,0:00:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I shiver just a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.18,0:00:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you\Na little bit about this photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was swimming around\Nin the Lofoten Islands in Norway,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.20,0:00:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just inside the Arctic Circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.19,0:00:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the water was hovering\Nright at freezing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.35,0:00:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The air? A brisk -10 with windchill,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.18,0:00:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could literally feel the blood\Ntrying to leave my hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.62,0:00:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feet, and face, and rush\Nto protect my vital organs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the coldest I've ever been.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.07,0:00:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even with swollen lips, sunken eyes,\Nand cheeks flushed red,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.92,0:00:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have found that this place right here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.85,0:00:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is somewhere I can find great joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.56,0:00:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when it comes to pain,\Npsychologist Brock Bastian
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.63,0:00:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably said it best when he wrote,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.97,0:01:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pain is a kind of shortcut\Nto mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.55,0:01:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us suddenly aware\Nof everything in the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.22,0:01:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It brutally draws us in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.19,0:01:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a virtual sensory\Nawareness of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.91,0:01:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much like meditation."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.21,0:01:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If shivering is a form of meditation,\Nthen I would consider myself a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.18,0:01:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, before we get into the why,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.27,0:01:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would anyone ever want to surf\Nin freezing cold water?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.98,0:01:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would love to give you\Na little perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.56,0:01:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what a day in my life can look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.83,0:01:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.48,0:02:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Chris Burkard: I mean, I know\Nwe were hoping for good waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.54,0:02:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't think anybody thought\Nthat was going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.21,0:02:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't stop shaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.10,0:02:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.34,0:02:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.43,0:02:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.48,0:02:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Burkard: So,\Nsurf photographer, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.08,0:02:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even know\Nif it's a real job title, to be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.71,0:02:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents definitely didn't think so
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.84,0:02:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I told them at 19\NI was quitting my job
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.47,0:02:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pursue this dream career:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.09,0:02:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blue skies, warm tropical beaches,\Nand a tan that lasts all year long.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.29,0:02:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, to me, this was it.\NLife could not get any better:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.12,0:03:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sweating it out, shooting surfers\Nin these exotic tourist destinations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.77,0:03:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was just this one problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.51,0:03:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the more time I spent traveling\Nto these exotic locations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.11,0:03:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the less gratifying it seemed to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.10,0:03:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I set out seeking adventure,\Nand what I was finding was only routine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.68,0:03:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was things like Wifi, TV, fine dining,\Nand a constant cellular connection
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.44,0:03:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to me were all the trappings\Nof places heavily touristed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.41,0:03:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in and out of the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.71,0:03:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it didn't take long\Nfor me to start feeling suffocated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.38,0:03:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began craving wild, open spaces,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.18,0:03:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I set out to find the places\Nothers had written off
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.66,0:03:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as too cold, too remote,\Nand too dangerous to surf,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.54,0:03:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that challenge intrigued me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.35,0:03:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began this sort of personal crusade\Nagainst the mundane,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.48,0:03:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if there's\None thing I've realized,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.11,0:03:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that any career,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.96,0:03:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even one as seemingly glamorous\Nas surf photography,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.72,0:04:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the danger of becoming monotonous.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.65,0:04:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in my search to break up\Nthis monotony, I realized something:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.99,0:04:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's only about a third\Nof the Earth's oceans that are warm,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.06,0:04:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's really just that thin band\Naround the equator.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.59,0:04:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I was going to find perfect waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.10,0:04:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was probably going\Nto happen somewhere cold,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.67,0:04:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the seas are notoriously rough,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.55,0:04:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's exactly where I began to look.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.25,0:04:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was my first trip to Iceland
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.92,0:04:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I felt like I found\Nexactly what I was looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.66,0:04:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was blown away\Nby the natural beauty of the landscape,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.02,0:04:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most importantly, I couldn't believe
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.23,0:04:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were finding perfect waves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.20,0:04:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such a remote and rugged\Npart of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.64,0:04:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point, we got to the beach
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.92,0:04:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to find massive chunks of ice\Nhad piled on the shoreline.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.33,0:04:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They created this barrier\Nbetween us and the surf,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.95,0:04:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had to weave through this thing\Nlike a maze just to get out into the lineup,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.39,0:04:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and once we got there,\Nwe were pushing aside these ice chunks
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.38,0:04:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to get into waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.52,0:04:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an incredible experience,\None I'll never forget,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.47,0:04:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because amidst those harsh conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.25,0:05:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I stumbled onto\None of the last quiet places,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.25,0:05:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere that I found a clarity\Nand a connection with the world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.80,0:05:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I would never find\Non a crowded beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.07,0:05:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was hooked. I was hooked. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.23,0:05:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cold water was constantly on my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.09,0:05:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from that point on, my career
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.69,0:05:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focused on these types of harsh\Nand unforgiving environments,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.08,0:05:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it took me to places like Russia,\NNorway, Alaska, Iceland, Chile,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.94,0:05:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Faroe Islands,\Nand a lot of places in between,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.53,0:05:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of my favorite things\Nabout these places
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.55,0:05:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was simply the challenge and\Nthe creativity it took just to get there:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.45,0:05:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hours, days, weeks spent on Google Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.66,0:05:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to pinpoint any remote\Nstretch of beach or reef
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.54,0:05:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could actually get to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.42,0:05:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once we got there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.93,0:05:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vehicles were just as creative:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.83,0:05:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,snowmobiles, six-wheel\NSoviet troop carriers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.76,0:05:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a couple of super-sketchy\Nhelicopter flights.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.05,0:05:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.26,0:05:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helicopters really scare me, by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.07,0:05:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was this one particularly\Nbumpy boat ride
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.04,0:06:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up the coast of Vancouver Island\Nto this kind of remote surf spot,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.48,0:06:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we ended up watching\Nhelplessly from the water
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.78,0:06:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as bears ravaged our camp site.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.17,0:06:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They walked off with our food\Nand bits of our tent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.98,0:06:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clearly letting us know that we\Nwere at the bottom of the food chain
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.88,0:06:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that this was their spot, not ours.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.53,0:06:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to me, that trip
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.45,0:06:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a testament to the wildness\NI traded for those touristy beaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.07,0:06:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it wasn't until I traveled to Norway
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.55,0:06:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- (Laughter) --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.12,0:06:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I really learned\Nto appreciate the cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.95,0:06:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the place
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.21,0:06:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where some of the largest,\Nthe most violent storms in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.57,0:06:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,send huge waves smashing\Ninto the coastline.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.63,0:06:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were in this tiny, remote fjord,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.83,0:06:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just inside the Arctic Circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.02,0:06:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had a greater population\Nof sheep than people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.15,0:06:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so help if we needed it\Nwas nowhere to be found.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.94,0:06:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the water\Ntaking pictures of surfers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.68,0:06:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it started to snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.74,0:06:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the temperature
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.81,0:07:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to drop.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.48,0:07:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I told myself, there's not a chance\Nyou're getting out of the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.40,0:07:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You traveled all this way. This is\Nexactly what you've been waiting for:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.03,0:07:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freezing cold conditions\Nwith perfect waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.21,0:07:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and although I couldn't even feel\Nmy finger to push the trigger,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.44,0:07:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I wasn't getting out.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.11,0:07:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just did whatever I could.\NI shook it off, whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.87,0:07:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that was the point that I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.34,0:07:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this wind gush through\Nthe valley and hit me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.49,0:07:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what started as this light snowfall
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.54,0:07:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quickly became a full on blizzard,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.37,0:07:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to lose perception
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.95,0:07:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of where I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.01,0:07:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know if I was drifting out to sea
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.96,0:07:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or towards shore,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.50,0:07:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all I could really make out\Nwas the faint sound of seagulls
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.05,0:07:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crashing waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.81,0:07:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I knew this place had a reputation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.09,0:07:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for sinking ships and ground planes,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.71,0:07:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while I was out there floating,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.71,0:07:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to get a little bit nervous.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.61,0:07:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, I was totally freaking out
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.98,0:07:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- (Laughter) -- and I was\Nborderline hypothermic,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.41,0:07:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my friends eventually\Nhad to help me out of the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.60,0:08:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know if it was\Ndelirium setting in or what,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.75,0:08:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they told me later
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.91,0:08:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a smile on my face the entire time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.42,0:08:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it was this trip
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.53,0:08:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and probably that exact experience\Nwhere I really began to feel
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.31,0:08:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like every photograph was precious,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.77,0:08:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all of a sudden in that moment,\Nit was something I was forced to earn.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.44,0:08:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.27,0:08:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all this shivering had actually\Ntaught me something:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.34,0:08:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in life, there are no shortcuts to joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.12,0:08:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that is worth pursuing\Nis going to require us to suffer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.60,0:08:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.86,0:08:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that tiny bit of suffering\Nthat I did for my photography,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.55,0:08:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it added a value to my work\Nthat was so much more meaningful to me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.84,0:08:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just trying to fill\Nthe pages of the magazines.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.28,0:08:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, I gave a piece of myself
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.88,0:08:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these places,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.41,0:09:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I walked away with
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.36,0:09:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a sense of fulfillment
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.22,0:09:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had always been searching for.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.33,0:09:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I look back at this photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.30,0:09:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to see frozen fingers\Nand cold wetsuits
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.04,0:09:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even the struggle\Nthat it took just to get there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.40,0:09:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of all, what I see
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.19,0:09:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.18,0:09:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.100,0:09:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)