 I don't mean to alarm you. I am doing just fine. I am A-OK. Everything is fantastic. It's wonderful. It couldn't be better. I am not sick of quarantine at all, one bit, no way. I just realized that I always film pointing at the computer and I don't know why there's really no reason for it. So let's get a different angle. Okay. Ah! Hi there. I want a Scooby-Doo pillow. Yeah, I have a Scooby-Doo pillow. Okay, I'm 41 years old and I have a Scooby-Doo pillow. Maybe that's why I don't have a girlfriend. I realized that we're about 30 seconds into this video and you're thinking, Ryan, I thought this was your TV pilot. Please stop talking and show us the actual show. I will, I promise, but I have a few things to talk about first. First thing is this really awesome letter I got from a fan named Frankie. Look at this. Look at Frankie made for me. I think it's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. And this is my favorite part right here. This is the little drawing they made. And it says, we are on a bike ride and mommy is at home making homemade lemonade and cookies. There's Frank, there's MJ, there's John. And that's me, I'm Ryan. And there's mommy there with the limonada. Dear Mr. Van Duzer, when can you come to Albuquerque? Anyways, you're the best love, Frank. I gotta tell you, that letter, all these pieces of that letter, all the art just made me so happy that day. So thank you, Frankie and MJ. I appreciate you writing to me. And it looks like I need to buy some stamps and send you a letter. Before we get started with the main event, I wanna show you a new trick I learned in quarantine. Check it out. Ta-da! And I can change right back too. Watch. Boom! I can do this all day long. All right, I'm gonna stick with pink. And check this out. I just noticed that this runner on the shirt is a unicorn. All right, are you ready? Because I am finally ready to share with you the Out There TV show. And you'll notice this looks a lot different than my other content on my YouTube channel because it's a full on TV show. And it took a full on TV crew to make this show. I worked in conjunction with one of my childhood friends, Ryan, and his production company on the East Coast called Cinematic. We'd been brainstorming these ideas for many, many months. We filmed, we edited, we edited 10 more times, we tightened it up, and we're really excited to share with all of you. This has been a dream of mine ever since I started doing this show on public access back in 2006. Hello, and welcome to Out There. And it definitely looks a lot better than that show I made back in 2006. We're really, really proud of it. And it was a team effort to put this thing all together. And the reason why we're releasing it now on YouTube is because of what's going on in the world. It's like we need some good quality content out there. We wanna give you a break from all of the scary news. And I think this might just be the medicine. So please watch the show, give us your feedback, comment below. And before we get started, I wanna just give a couple of shout outs to some of the partners that helped make this possible. Alltel helped us out with the drones and Fanatic helped us out with the boards. So without further ado, here is the show. Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do. What's up, everybody? It's your friend, Ryan Van Duzer, and it is adventure time. Tomorrow I leave early in the morning for the Boston area to do some stand-up paddle boarding. You know what that is? You've probably seen people on these big surfboards with paddles cruising through water. So this is where we're gonna be. Here's Boston, and we're gonna do our little paddle. Do-do-do-do-do-do, about three miles through this bay and land over here. Uh-huh, and it is freezing cold out there right now. It is January, ladies and gentlemen, but that's okay, we're gonna have a really good time. I'm really excited also to make some new friends out there. We're gonna have time to go on a trail run, and apparently at the end of this whole thing, some dude has rigged a hot tub in the back of his pickup truck, and he's gonna be there waiting for us on the beach when we land from our epic adventure. It's gonna be so nice and warm and cozy, I can't wait. Does all this sound fun to you? Let's go do it. I'm Ryan Van Duzer, and for 20 years, my passion has been to inspire people to get outside. And now I'm bringing as many people as possible along with me, from biking to running to rock climbing and more, I'll be on the road and inviting you to meet me along the way and share in the adventure. I still get the same excitement getting on a plane that I did when I first got on a plane when I was like seven. I love this. I love the window seat. I love sitting up here and just daydreaming, looking at the clouds, it's amazing. Can you believe we can fly at 30,000 feet, get across the country in like four hours? It's nuts, and it still blows my mind. We are here in Boston, Massachusetts. My mission, if I choose to accept it, is stand up paddle boarding in the winter. Paddling this time of year is strictly dependent on mother nature and we're at her mercy. Your first time, you could feel like a pro, and then you go and give it a shot. Again, in a different spot and it's a little windy and bumpy and you fall off and you get discouraged. A lot of times I do adventures by myself. This time, I'm getting my audience involved, my YouTube audience, you guys out there. So I made a little casting call out to the world saying I'm gonna be in Boston. We got some submissions and we picked a lovely lady named Chanel, I think her name is. I've never met her and she's gonna come out with me and we're gonna have so much fun. It's gonna be great. I started putting videos on YouTube back when YouTube first started back in 2006 and really focusing in on building a community. I can put a video up, it goes to the world, people can comment right away. It's a community and these people, although I haven't met many of them, I consider a lot of them friends because they've been with me on this journey for many years but it was always just my adventure. But now I get to share it and it's very simple and it's really quick and easy with social media. I made a little video on Instagram saying hey, who's gonna be in this area at this time and come on out, make a short video saying why you wanna join me on an adventure and good chances you're gonna be able to join me. Hey, guess what my friends? I am coming to the Boston area very soon and I would love for you to come on an adventure with me. So I made that little video and then instantly got a lot of responses. Hi, my name's Carrie and I saw your invitation to get out there. Hey Ryan, what's happening? I heard you were gonna be in Boston. As you can see, snow's on the ground, the waves are breaking. I really don't wanna go kayaking or boarding with you out in the middle of the winter but I do have this amazing hot tub that I can come and meet you at the beach with. I'm gonna drink a little cold, my friend, but if you wanna get down, I'm in. Hi, my name is Chanel. I am a yoga instructor in the Boston area. Also a mother of two. I am a huge fan of what you're doing and the idea of getting out there and stepping out of your comfort zone to do more. While I don't know a lot about paddle boarding or even swimming that much, I would love to accompany you on one of your adventures and kind of step out of the norm and conquer some fears. All right, here we go. We are in Chanel's building. I think her yoga studio is down the hall and I'm really excited because it's not every day I get to meet one of the viewers of my videos. So I'm nervous and excited to make a new friend. That's here, here we go. Hello. I never met you before, but I'm a hugger. Is that cool? I'm gonna give you a hug. Ah, it's so great to meet you. Oh my gosh, you're a lot taller than I expected. Yes, that's what everybody says. She is a yoga teacher, so I know she has good balance which is gonna be great to transfer those skills to the standup paddle boarding. You know, she's busy, she's a mother of two, she runs a business. Are you ready? It's time, I think I'm ready. I'm a total, total yoga rookie. I think you're ready. Yeah? We're gonna do downward donkey? Isn't that what it's called? He's ready. I'm ready. I'm so ready. I love your studio, by the way. This is a beautiful studio. Check this out, I'm gonna do a little spin. Oh, it's called Soul City Yoga. If you're ever in Lynn, Massachusetts. This is my baby, Soul City Yoga. And I just am excited to share my passion of yoga with people who may not have access or who may have never tried yoga. And that's what I like about Ryan's videos. Sometimes the things that he does are not the most extreme but the focus is really just getting people out of their comfort zone and to just get outdoors and be active. What's up Chanel? Looking good. This is cool. Did you ever think you'd be wearing a wetsuit in your yoga studio? Not ever. This is my buddy, my new buddy Christos from SUP East Coast Style. He's the one that's gonna be guiding us on this SUP tour. The forecast tomorrow is showing some pretty strong wind. At least consistent 15 mile an hour from what I've been seeing, which is concerning, especially for a beginner. The whole idea, the whole mantra behind get out there is to take people who might not have all the time in the world to connect with nature and grab them out of their lives and take them outside. What's up Chanel? How you doing? We're going on a little hike. And we have a new couple new friends. What's going on, Carrie? Nothing. Nothing. That's true, it is beautiful. This is their neck of the woods. They all live here. This is Leah. This is Christos' wife. Christosis. Christos is top three S wife. That's how you say that, right? High five, Carrie. High five. We like your hanging. High five, high five. Christos. It's time for a headstand competition. We got yoga girls with us. I grew up in North Shore, Boston, always going outside, hiking and spending time in the ocean. We're out here in the winter and this is rail winter conditions. It makes you tough and you're super motivated to get outside because in New England you never know when it's going to be a nice day. So my personal goals for 2019 are confidence and control. And so this particular experience is taking me a long way toward the confidence part of that because a lot of times I shy away from things because I am not confident. I'm shy. I'm nervous. I'm worried about what people might think. So I think that this is going to be a great opportunity and I'm very excited to get out there and hopefully not die. It is the moment of truth. It is time to go paddle boarding. I'm excited. I'm a little bit nervous. We're heading over to the pier right now. I'm going to meet everybody and get suited up. The idea is to start from here and paddle. It's probably about two, two and a half miles straight down to Nahant. It's kind of shifted. So now it's a direct headwind if we go in that direction. And it's pretty strong. Gusts are up to around 20 miles an hour right now. Mickey, can you hold it like this while I... I'm too jacked. Yeah. Burp. Is that... There's a hole here. Is that where my head goes? Oh, now we're getting close. Hey. Oh man. Hey, is this backwards dude? Zipper and it feels a little wrong. Yes. So that'll zip in the front and then these are like kind of a knee pad. So it should be on the front too. So that's why it feels extra funny. Yeah. Whoops. It's all good. Getting this off is going to suck. It just means I need to paddle backwards. I can wear it this way, right? No big deal. Look at you. You look like a million bucks. You look awesome. Boston looks like Gotham. I know, look how beautiful the city looks. Oh, look at that. You look awesome. Does everybody feel like superhero? Yeah, I feel like a million bucks. Are we going to get like a slow-mo of us walking like the Avengers? Duh. Is this your first time in a winter wetsuit? It's my first time in a wetsuit. Wow. My first time ever in my whole life. A lot of times these shows are about watching one person do what most people can't. Thank you for the extra safety. But this situation is all of us trying something new together. What's going to happen? So paddle. It's angled this way so that it gives you a little bit more reach forward into the water, okay? We have a really strong breeze right now. It doesn't feel strong here on land, but once you're out there, you're going to feel like a sailboat, okay? The wind's picking up a bit. We might not make it all the way, but I want to at least get out there, get on the water, start heading in that direction, and see where we end up. Let's do it. All right. Let's do it. Rock and roll. Yeah, which one's mine? Let's say on the left side the whole time, you'll start to veer off to the right, and then vice versa, okay? So that's why you gotta switch sides to keep going in a straight line. If we don't make it, then what happens is we turn around and we'll head back with a nice downwind breeze, and we'll just give it another shot tomorrow. Tomorrow's showing to be a less windy type of a day tomorrow in some easier conditions. Put your paddle in the water and hold it. It will start to slow down. Who thought stand-up paddle boarding in the winter and snow would be so much fun? I think it's my new favorite hobby. It's just like so refreshing, and I wasn't cold. The instruction of Leah, learning how to turn, and I thought it was wonderful. When you start something new and you feel helpless and totally worthless like a beginner, it's frustrating. I fell in the water, I wasn't going anywhere, I was spinning in circles. Because it was a straight headwind, we couldn't make it to Nahant, but we were able to get people on the boards, have people get a little situated and comfortable, get a feel for it. It was a little tricky at first. It was tough, for sure, but by the end of it, I got the hang of it. We were out there, we saw some snow, it was a beautiful sunset, it was bright orange, and Boston was in the background, so that was really fun for me. So today was tough, but tomorrow morning, I'm gonna wake up, you're gonna come with me, we're gonna go on a trail run, and running for me always gets me full of energy and pumped up, and I'm gonna transfer that energy, we're gonna transfer that energy to a successful paddle tomorrow afternoon. We're gonna make it to Nahant. Here we go, going for a little jog. You did this yesterday? Really excited about this. No, I just can't put it in the water. You see that? It's frozen breath, man, it's cold, I think it's not even 20 degrees outside today. How you doing, Chanel? Pretty good. She's doing great. Sweet views already. Oh, I know, it's so beautiful out here, I love these forests. I'm gonna introduce you to our new friend, Anna. This is Anna. She lives here in the Boston area. She's originally from Mexico. Mexico. País favorito en todo el mundo. Oh, nice. I've quickly figured out that Anna is a little speed demon. She's hard to keep up with. How are we? Good. Excellent. Oh, I am with Laura. She's a new friend too. This is Laura. She's also a Boston person, and you've run the Boston Marathon. How? Doesn't the sun feel good? The sun feels so good. What a big hill. Come on, Chanel, you're doing great. High five. Let's do this. This is beautiful. I know this is great. We're on a little adventure. Now we're on the single track. All right, one last hill, everybody. We got this. Yep, so the city's over there. You can see the, so, forest, forest, forest, city skyline, and then there is the ocean, the Atlantic Ocean. I see it. I see a whale. Moby Dick. We're gonna have a trucked-in hot tub at the end of today. I've never heard of anything like this, but hey, man, I like... Set up on the beach? Somewhat, yeah, he's gonna be near the beach, and it's gonna be in the back of a pickup truck. Hey, what's up? Craig? Nice to meet you in real life. Go on. Nice to meet you, my man. Go on, Craig. This is Chanel. Hey, Chanel, nice to meet you. So you have a portable hot tub. How does this work? Yeah, so we've been doing this for a couple years now. This is totally portable for mint, for off-the-grid, in the middle of the woods, for what we do with it, expeditions, and it blows up. It's a heavy PVC. This is a motor or a jet drive with a heater built into it. So what time do you think you're gonna be coming in? Yeah, the idea is to finish a long beach around sunset-ish. It's a long beach, around four o'clock, 4.30, I'm there, look for the steam. My new best friend in Boston. Yeah. Don't be fooled by the blue sky and the sun. It is not summertime. I think it's about 17 degrees. All right, let's hit it. Let's do it. Going that way to Boston. That's where I'm going. Taking the old waterway to Boston. Gonna have a tea party. It was flopping around like a fool. Today, I'm still a fool, but I'm not flopping around as much. As far as my 2019 resolution for confidence in trying new things, reaching so far out of the comfort zone. Paddle boarded in 17-degree weather in January. I'm not sure what could be worse or what could be scarier. Right now, the water is flatter. So much easier, so much better today. I feel like I'm really getting the rhythm finally. You know what? It's really peaceful out here. You can hear the waves just rippling on the board. You look off in the distance, it's a beautiful evening light. The cityscape, the birds are flying overhead. And these are the moments I love about being outside. It's just nature. It's just like I'm here. The best part for me of this whole thing, it was doing a challenge with some new people and overcoming the odds and like really feeling it. You know, mother nature was pushing us. Good job, Chanel. But guess what friends? It didn't exactly go as planned. We were out paddling and everything was absolutely fine. We had one paddler that her extremities got a little bit cold. She was really doing well. It was unfortunate that we weren't able to keep going, I can tell you, because we were really cruising for a little bit. And I was able to kind of get into the rhythm of the paddling and how do you turn and how do you maneuver. So being safe is better than being sorry, especially when we have light dropping out on the ocean. So we all grouped up together. For safety, we jumped in the cars and we drove toward the beach. Why did we do that? Well, because we had the guy with the hot tub there waiting for us. Go and surf it. Surfing USA. We couldn't just let him hang there without us. So we got to the beach. We jumped in the water. We paddled a little bit more. We became a little family, kind of a unit together. We have this shared experience now forever of coming together to do this thing. And so I will miss the wonder of that weekend and just the bond we shared. So we didn't make it, but we had a great time learning how to paddle board and hanging out for the entire week, leading up to this challenge. And I hope that this inspires all of you out there watching this to go do something that you never thought you'd be able to do, something that you thought was impossible and you may or may not accomplish it. But that's okay. It's all about the process, it's about having fun. It's about making friends. It's about breathing fresh air. It's about all that stuff. It's about just getting out there. What's up, girl? They're a little cold.