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Paddle to Purpose

For a new journey to begin, the old one has to end.
This is my story and my truth. My paddle to purpose.

A Film by DANIELA KOHLER & tontheater productions

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The Story

Vision

This Film takes place over 3 years, in 6 Countries and is 35 years in the making! My journey starts with the hardest decision I have ever made in my life. At 32, I decided, in one day to turn my back on the life that I thought I wanted.

Stuck in a vicious cycle of dependancy, self sabotage and depression, the choice, in my state of mind was… do or die.

I decided, that same day, without even knowing it, to enter the wilderness of a quest to find….. something. Something my soul was crying for.

Facing the fear of the unknown, feeling the pain of an epic break-up and also tasting freedom, I felt compelled to document this process.
I also felt compelled to surf and travel. And so I did.
From confronting my past in Malaysia, discovering my roots in the Philippines and in the Austrian alps, to pushing my personal limits in Zurich and Portugal.

I learnt so much from the challenge to become a stronger surfer, a stronger person and what begins as a paddle out of something, becomes a paddle into something bigger than I could have ever imagined.

As I paddle to myself. I paddle to who I will become.

Making the film was such as organic, raw process. What began as mere phone recordings, had evolved over the years, into a full feature documentary. Yes it was a beautiful creative growth process that totally paralleled a real life process yet it also meant it wasn’t really planned nor was the massive budget!

Like life itself, this is an independent go-with- the-flowy kind of production. And in order to complete this vision, and FINALLY get the film out …
YOU are all graciously and humbly invited to be a part of the film. To  join the last stretch, walk the final mile by supporting and investing in this films purpose.

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The Film

The ocean does not give you what you want. She gives you what you need.

 
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TEASER

Buddha once said
‘Your Purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.’ Thats thing though with Purpose, you have to find it.
This is a story about my journey across oceans.
Taking the plunge into Freedom.
Confronting myself.
This is a story as I paddle to Purpose.

(Austria, Portugal, Philippines, Malaysia, Switzerland)
DOCUMENTARY 00:55mins, English – German Subtitles

PADDLE TRAINING & LIFE LESSONS

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PADDLE TO PURPOSE

Events

It’s time to shine! So grab your dates and your mates and find your nearest film screening, we’ve got the popcorn sorted!
See you there – July. Aug. Sept 2019

SUP in Bregenz

Hard, Austria

10.08.2019

Stedepark Hard
Seestraße 32
6971 Hard

CREATIVITY, NATURE & GOOD VIBES

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ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

01.09.2019

URBANSURF
Geroldstrasse 11c
8005 Zürich, Schweiz

CREATIVITY, NATURE & GOOD VIBES

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SUP in Portugal

ERICEIRA, PORTUGAL

02.10.2019

Boardriders Quiksilver Ericeira
Avenida de Saõ Sebastião ,36 A
2655-319 Ericeira, Portugal

CREATIVITY, NATURE & GOOD VIBES

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Fill your life with positive light and you will see the magic and light it is already filled with.

friends and partner

Thank you from the mountains to the sea
For your support, understanding and your belief in me.
I am so grateful and even more excited to share this ride with you.
So please take a curtsey, take a bow for the applause is yours too.

 

Surfing is like life, its not the wave behind or in front that counts.. it’s the one you’re riding on that makes you feel alive.

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