Timbuk2 Blog

OK. There was only one shark and it was on a cable car and we had Jeremiah instead of Samuel L. Jackson, but it was just as scary.

It was a foggy, rather frigid San Francisco morning and the Timbuk2 film crew hit the streets to make a cover-my-eyes-for-me-I’m-so-scared shark movie to launch our limited edition, highly anticipated Shark Messenger. Here is a behind the scenes look at the fateful cable car scene in San Francisco’s Russian Hill.

We set the scene at Hyde & Green.

Victim #2 Jeremiah arrived.

Followed by our beloved but terrifying and very powerful shark, Jonny.

Props were distributed.

Some with shark bites, some without.

And emergency shark fin surgery was performed.

It was terrifying. We didn’t even want to remember it.

After flirting with the cable car brakeman to earn a free ride for our sharky crew, we boarded the cable car headed up Hyde toward fisherman’s wharf. Every film crew needs a guy in all black.

You can imagine how this made the Euro tourists feel.

After conquering the cable car, we took care to capture the speed of the attack in one

Two

Three powerful frames.

We went to great lengths to capture the sharky devastation.

All so we could bring you the Shark Messenger.

Our limited edition Shark Messenger is made in San Francisco and is only available while supplies last. Get it before it gets you.