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What is Island Hoppers?

Island Hoppers is the quest for surf, music and culture in the Caribbean Islands. Lance-O and Lexi host this incredible web series, taking you to new island destinations in High definition each week. Previous episodes include Jamaica, St Kitts, St Martin, St Croix, Nevis, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Tortola, St Thomas, Nicaragua (Corn Islands), and Eleuthera, Bahamas.

And who are you?

We are Kulchashok - A group of INDEPENDENT Filmmakers, DJ’s, Producers and Surfers who are passionate about the Caribbean culture and lifestyle.  

Where can I watch Island Hoppers? 

The first season of Island Hoppers is currently available on Amazon.com.  The future seasons and episodes of Island Hoppers will be offered for FREE on our home page and syndicated on Youtube.com. No more distribution companies, no more networks and no longer will you have to rent an episode to watch. Our new content will be made available to you for FREE!

What are you trying to do?

Island Hoppers’ initial goal is to raise enough funding to film and discover 5 to 10 new Caribbean destinations for our second season.

Who else is involved? 

Island Hoppers will be looking to include the talents of our professional surf friends from around the world  to bring an additional level of stoke to the program. Past Pro surfers include Scott Marvin, Nick Guilarte and Travis Beckman. Don’t forget about the local pros from each country as well, people like Roby Reid, the former National Champion of the Dominican Republic.

Where does the money go?

Every penny goes directly into cost of production of Island Hoppers. As you know travel can be expensive. Our budget includes flights, car rentals, food, insurance, taxes, video equipment, web site maintenance, crew wages and post production. Island Hoppers knows how to run on a bare bones budget and still produce a beautiful show that looks like it was produced by a large production company.

What’s your ultimate GOAL?

Island Hoppers is dedicated to bringing you the best of what the Caribbean has to offer. Culture, history, people, music, scenery, food, experiences and surfing!  This is what we want to bring you. Sit back any day, come to our channel and choose your island destination from our list of episodes. Stay as long as you want, segments run  roughly 5 minutes each but there are several segments for each island episode. This is our goal, to bring you hours of entertainment from the islands and to give the islands the exposure they need to boost tourism. All without exposing any sensitive secret spots!

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Receive TITLE Sponsorship of Island Hoppers for one full island destination episode. Includes your name in the title of Island Hoppers (Island Hoppers, presented by....) Includes product placement We will embed your :15 commercial spot inside EACH segment of a full episode (up to 10 segments) Special mention on our Facebook and Twitter pages for you or your company! Your name as a Executive Producer in the end credits of an episode! Access to our Kickstarter “Backers” Newsletter

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Robert Lyon

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We are Kulchashok Muzik- a collective of surfers who play integral parts in our respective industries TV, Film and Music.

Robert Lyon is an Emmy winning Director, Producer and Photojournalist. Robert is Miami based and has worked with top journalists and music video directors on many projects including Enrique Iglesias “Baby I Like It” music video which was nominated for an MTV Music Video Award in 2010. Robert’s eye for TV, photography and surf travel led to a perfect partnership with the on camera talents of the Island Hoppers crew, Lance-O and Lexi.

Lance O’Brien is a Miami Beach based Reggae DJ, MC, Booking Agent and TV Host with a 24 hour dedicated music channel playing many genres of reggae and surf music. As owner of Kulchashok Muzik, Lance-O signs and promotes Reggae bands from far and near. Lance-O has hosted the Bayside Rocks Festival, has a monthly surf and reggae event, and puts on the annual “Dirty South” Surf Contest on Miami Beach. Lance is also the spokesperson for the popular Yaga clothing line. See Lance-O’s EPK here...http://youtu.be/vVwqLr63-QU

Lexi Lautzker is an established action sports TV host and competitive surfer with a passion for the Caribbean. Lexi starred in the first season of Island Hoppers as well as Roundhouse TV and as a spokesperson for the Western Atlantic Surf Association.

Island Hoppers Season 1 has won the Bronze Telly Award in the Travel & Tourism category for the “Jamaica” episode

Island Hoppers “Jamaica” was also featured at the Jamaican Film Festival in 2009

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