Life After X

I'M MAKING A DOCUMENTARY!

Life After X unveils the stories of the best action sports athletes on the planet as they confess the good, the bad, and the ugly of their industry and life after living under the spotlight of fame and glory. The rise and fall of action sports is a rarely examined topic and those within the industry pinpoint the key factors contributing to it and how it's affected their lives.

My name is Barrett Perlman and Life After X is my passion (project). But it's more than a passion project. Everything in my life has brought me to this point and enabled me to tell this story. From starting off as professional wakeboarder, to working as a TV and film producer today, all roads have led me to this: sharing with the world the evolution of action sports over the last 20 years and shedding light on where the athletes we idolized growing up have gone. But my team and I can't make this documentary without your help!

The narrative on action sports has gone quiet in recent years. Hollywood no longer thinks that action sports is a profitable industry to pursue or topic to cover. I've pitched countless shows based in our worlds and am always met with the same "No." We need your help to finance this project and ensure that it gets made and seen by the MILLIONS OF US WHO DO CARE. 

As a female filmmaker and former top professional wakeboarder, I’m excited to tell this story because I’ve lived it. After the rise and fall, I myself had to find my way “after x” when I retired. Through my own experience and interviews with top athletes including Travis Pastrana, Parks Bonifay, Andy Finch, Chad Kagy, Eddie Wall, Chris Pastras and many more, I'm bringing to light the differences between retiring as an action sports pro versus a team sports or “mainstream” pro, what mental blocks we struggle with, and the real-world challenges we've had to surmount.

Media coverage, consumption, and in some cases, participation, have declined over the past decade and I'm on a mission to unearth why. We've already faced pushback from several major companies in the industry who don’t want to admit or cover this decline. That’s all the more reason to tell this story.

We're bringing this project to the masses to ask for your help. All of our favorite industries are coming together to help with this project. From the riders themselves donating product and posters to skateboard companies providing decks and action sports facilities donating passes. We all LOVE our sports... we eat, sleep and breathe them. Whether you surf, skate, snowboard, wakeboard, ride BMX or motocross... you GET IT. The passion that drives us is unparalleled. Please help fuel this documentary and donate to ensure this story can be told!