Hometown
Vancouver, Canada
Voyage(s)
Moananuiākea Voyage – Leg 5: Prince Rupert to Vancouver, North Pacific Gyre
Bio
Jordan is a documentary filmmaker and lifelong sailor. Jordan actually knew of Hōkūleʻa years before he ever stepped foot on board, through books he had read and videos he watched, but his first experience on a waʻa kaulua was on Hōkūleʻaʻs voyage to Papahānaumokuākea in the summer of 2021. He has since voyaged from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi and sailed in Alaska and British Columbia on the Moananuiākea Voyage.
Jordan says initially Hōkūleʻaʻs “story meant ʻpossibilityʻ to me. Hōkūleʻa and her navigators opened my eyes to a sensitivity and relationship with nature that I did not realize was possible.” He says “she represents for me an incredible branch of the human tree. In the course of making a film about Hōkūleʻa (a partnership between Patagonia Films and PVS), I have been very lucky, honored and humbled to not only sail on Hōkūleʻa, but to develop relationships and friendships with her crew, the people who take care of her and who love the waʻa deeply. So I think Hōkūleʻa has come to represent friendship and even a sense of family for me. Iʻm very grateful for that.” And, Jordan adds, that “Hōkūleʻa means beauty, grace, trust and security.”
Jordan hopes the stories and films he crafts “represent the wishes of the voyaging community,” and that they “convey even a small sense of awe, beauty and an invitation to care for and to love the natural world around us - the things that I see in Hōkūleʻa and have felt from the stories I have seen about Hōkūleʻa.” Jordan says “There is something about Hōkūleʻa that people the world over believe in. It has been amazing to witness that love and sense of connection that Hōkūleʻa brings out in people. The earth and humanity face some pretty daunting challenges, and there are a lot of negative forces at play. Yet, as it is often said, Hōkūleʻa is a light among all of that. I think stories about light are important for our world. I am grateful if I can contribute to helping transmit those messages through film.”
When Jordan isnʻt sailing and is back in his everyday life, he says he misses “the simplicity” of being out at sea and “knowing the tides day after day.” It’s two specific material things in his everyday life that he craves when sailing: “Cold Chocolate. And lens cleaning cloths that arenʻt covered in salt.”
Jordan says initially Hōkūleʻaʻs “story meant ʻpossibilityʻ to me. Hōkūleʻa and her navigators opened my eyes to a sensitivity and relationship with nature that I did not realize was possible.” He says “she represents for me an incredible branch of the human tree. In the course of making a film about Hōkūleʻa (a partnership between Patagonia Films and PVS), I have been very lucky, honored and humbled to not only sail on Hōkūleʻa, but to develop relationships and friendships with her crew, the people who take care of her and who love the waʻa deeply. So I think Hōkūleʻa has come to represent friendship and even a sense of family for me. Iʻm very grateful for that.” And, Jordan adds, that “Hōkūleʻa means beauty, grace, trust and security.”
Jordan hopes the stories and films he crafts “represent the wishes of the voyaging community,” and that they “convey even a small sense of awe, beauty and an invitation to care for and to love the natural world around us - the things that I see in Hōkūleʻa and have felt from the stories I have seen about Hōkūleʻa.” Jordan says “There is something about Hōkūleʻa that people the world over believe in. It has been amazing to witness that love and sense of connection that Hōkūleʻa brings out in people. The earth and humanity face some pretty daunting challenges, and there are a lot of negative forces at play. Yet, as it is often said, Hōkūleʻa is a light among all of that. I think stories about light are important for our world. I am grateful if I can contribute to helping transmit those messages through film.”
When Jordan isnʻt sailing and is back in his everyday life, he says he misses “the simplicity” of being out at sea and “knowing the tides day after day.” It’s two specific material things in his everyday life that he craves when sailing: “Cold Chocolate. And lens cleaning cloths that arenʻt covered in salt.”