In January of 2013, we traveled to Ethiopia to make the short film below for Smile Generation and Charity Water. It was an incredible trip to document the daily lives of people with access to clean water and those without.

Please donate to our campaign which is dedicated to Andy Irons and his family. When our well is built, it will be in his name, a person very special to so many in the surfing family and beyond.

Every day, 5,000 kids die from water-related illnesses before they reach their fifth birthday. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.

100% of the money will be used to build clean water projects, and when they’re complete, charity: water will send us photos and GPS coordinates so we can see the exact community we helped.

With love and appreciation-
Taylor and Sybil Steele and the entire Sipping Jetstreams Media team
Film Credits:
Directed by Taylor
Director of Photography Alejandro Berger
2nd Unit Director of Photography Johnny Abegg
Music by MT WARNING with Aska Matsumiya & Paz Lenchantin