Stories

Outreach ·
Made By The Military
STORY: ERIN O'MALLEYPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: LIVE WILD STUDIOS The Made by the Military project was created by BOTE paddle boards as a way to raise money for an important cause, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF). in May of 2015, BOTE...
Outreach ·
Anything But Mainstream
  STORY: MACKENZIE AMOSPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: SHANE REYNOLDS Focused on preserving water quality for human enjoyment and wildlife preservation, Anything But Mainstream is a conservation project created by BOTE® that aims to raise awareness about water quality issues and help...
Outreach ·
Operation Phoenix Pt. 2: Never Quit
STORY: JOSH COLLINSPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHY TRAVELING THE WHOLE GULF COAST AND EAST COAST ALL AT ONCE WAS LIKE READING A GREAT NOVEL AND THE SEQUEL ALL IN ONE SITTING.. THE TOUGHEST STRETCHVA Beach to DC which was 201 miles in 4...
Fitness ·
Distance Free
STORY: COREY COOPERPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: COLORBLIND MEDIA Magda spent the majority of her teen and college years in a pool trying to become the best distance swimmer possible. She knows when to put her head down, focus, and just go....
Fishing ·
Rodeo
STORY: MACKENZIE AMOSPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: SHANE REYNOLDS Every October, the small town of Destin hosts one of the biggest fishing rodeos in the state of Florida. For 31 days, fisherman from all walks of life take part in a tradition...
Fishing ·
Emerge
  STORY: WIL BEAUCHERPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: SHANE REYNOLDS After serving his country as a soldier, BOTE ambassador Landon Mace decided to move home to Bend, Oregon to follow his passion for fly fishing. With support from his wife, Landon spends...
Fishing ·
Red & Brown
STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY BY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: COLORBLIND MEDIA Venice Louisiana... Yeah, I know... until a few years ago I had never heard of it either. A friend of mine told me stories of visiting there and seeing redfish schools as...
Fishing ·
Harry: Godspeed
STORY, PHOTOGRAPHY & DIRECTION BY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: 20/30 NORTH STUDIOS The chatter I hear most about Harry is "Dang, Harry is crushing the redfish on Crab Island again," or "Did you hear about the tarpon Harry just caught from his paddle...
Fishing ·
Signaling Silver
STORY: STEVEN DOUGHERTYPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO: VANTAGE POINT MEDIA HOUSE Few fish can match a tarpon’s acrobatics, strength and stamina. With skills that have evolved over millions of years while surviving a range of drastic climate changes, the mighty silver king can stem...
Fishing · Hunting ·
True. Wild. Florida.
STORY: AMBER SCHEELPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: VANTAGE POINT MEDIA HOUSE Outside of the beach towns and the tourist destinations Florida is widely known for, is a place with a slower pace, rich history and bountiful land. ‘Old Florida’ is alive and...
Lifestyle ·
Darkroom
  PHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHY  Nope. We haven’t opened a photography lab. We’ve simply borrowed the nomenclature for BOTE’s latest endeavor, The DarkRoom. The DarkRoom isn’t just a space; it’s a project with a purpose. From inception to completion, the DarkRoom will...
Lifestyle ·
Grambler Out For Delivery
STORY: MACKENZIE AMOS & ROB MCABEEPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHY The first day I met Tim Bluhm the rain was falling in buckets. Tim is a musician, surfer, traveler and an old California soul. He is the lead singer in the band, The...
Lifestyle ·
Black's Island
STORY: BOB BROWNPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHY It's not too often that people can escape reality via a 15 minute pontoon boat ride. Call it a fantasy, a dream or whatever...we at BOTE call it a weekend trip to Black's Island. Black's Island...
Lifestyle ·
Get Away
STORY: COREY COOPERPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: LIVE WILD STUDIOS It's a challenge. Balancing work and leisure, raising your kids, focusing on the simple things that really matter. For the majority of us, myself included, the struggle to do so is very real....
Lifestyle ·
Murphy: Simmer Down
STORY: ROB MCABEEPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: LIVE WILD STUDIOS This five-year relationship between BOTE and Sean Murphy all started with one image. An image of an attractive blond girl standing on top of a blacked-out postal truck, pouring gasoline down onto the...
Lifestyle ·
Bulletproof
STORY: WIL BEAUCHERPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: LIVE WILD STUDIOS It's not every day that you meet a person who knows how to live as primitively as possible, none the less, someone who dedicates their life to teaching others how to do so...
Lifestyle ·
Blue Bus Adventures
STORY: JESSICA PEREZPHOTOGRAPHY: NICK CAHILL Nick Cahill and Jessica Perez are a couple who recently moved from Lake Tahoe, Nevada into their tiny home on wheels, a converted 1988 Thomas school bus. Initially they didn’t have plans to live full-time...
Lifestyle ·
My Brother
STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO: COLORBLIND MEDIA As brothers, Eric and Evan Geiselman grew up doing pretty much everything together. Having parents that fostered a life on the water from a very young age, a father who shapes surf boards and...
Fitness · Lifestyle ·
City + Wild
STORY: ROB MCABEEPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: LIVE WILD STUDIOS To many, there is a clearly defined separation between living an urban lifestyle or living in nature. Living in a city can expose one to many different cultures and experiences. Living in nature...
Lifestyle ·
The Perfect Season
STORY: AMBER SCHEELPHOTOGRAPHY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO: LIVE WILD STUDIOS   If you went looking for a gritty community with a hardcore love for the ocean, even in the bleakest of winters, you’d probably end up in New England. If you stuck around long...
Lifestyle ·
Taloa
  STORY BY: AMBER SCHEELPHOTOGRAPHY BY: SEAN MURPHYVIDEO BY: COLORBLIND MEDIA From growing up surfing daily to becoming a Hollywood artist turned family man - Chris Taloa's deep appreciation for his homeland of Hawaii and mentality of always remaining pure of heart...