Adrenaline Junkies

The Ginger UK production company was in NZ for the third time, to shoot The Jack Osbourne Show - Adrenaline Junkies 4. The shoot days went very well, considering we had 7 perfect days to rig and 2 shoot days of poor weather.

The series was shot at Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, Fox Glacier, and Queenstown. Contestants (Jack Osbourne plus 3 others) tested themselves with a variety of events such as ice climbing, slack-lining, sand yachting, and adventure racing.

Some intricate rigging was required for the 45-metre slackline, with overhead safety and camera lines above it. The highlight in Queenstown was the “human longline” - the extraction of the contestants via a helicopter strop from the top of a nearby peak and flying them 400 vertical metres to safety.

The photos (courtesy Dave Macleod) feature IMG’s rigger Nick Flyjborg and safety Dave Bergman, master grip George Wilson, Ginger Productions cameraman Danny Bishop and contestants.

They all said they’d be back again, so watch this space...

Cheers,

Dave Macleod

Chief Safety, Independent Mountain Guides.