Obrigado @marcoespiritosanto por me convidares a participar neste projecto que embora passe a falar sobre ele em inglês foi inteiramente filmado em Portugal, na Nazaré e partilha um valor universal que nunca - nem nas ondas gigantes, nem nos movimentos ambientais, nem em tudo o que passamos enquanto estamos vivos!! - podemos nos esquecer: GRATIDÃO. // A short film on gratitude and big-wave surfing: “Heaven is on my Side” is a documentary and a meditation on environmental consciousness through my experience at the world’s biggest waves in Nazaré and creating an activist platform @hope_zones_foundation Gratitude is such a universal value, and it cannot be forgotten in our big wave worlds as well as in our environmental movements, as well as in anything we do while we are still alive - gratitude is a basic doorway to peace and happiness - as positive a value as they come! Special thanks to: António “Tiger” Silva @antonioagsilva for his support and participation / Featuring an audio excerpt of the sermon “Heaven is on my Side” by Reverend Lavon Boatner at Old Pathway Baptist Church / Produced & directed by: Marco Espirito Santo / Director of photography: Bruno Mangas @bbrunomangas / Additional Cinematography: Rodrigo “Rod” Caetano @rodrcaetano / Edited by: Marco Espirito Santo / Music: “Fool” by Ryan Taubert @ryantaubert (via @musicbed) / Thanks to: World Surf League @wsl, The Forum, Mikey Corker @mikeycorker, Save the Waves Coalition @savethewavescoalition, Nazaré Water Fun @nazarewaterfun, Nuno Vidas @nunovidas, Ivo Cação @ivo_cacao, Ruben Constantino @ruben_sc, Gigantes da Nazaré @gigantesdanazare, Lars Peirtsegaele @larspeirtsegaele, Valerio Rossi Zweifel @valerio__rossi, Katherine Masters @katherinemasters, Caroline Schio @caroschio, Tyler Cave, & DEL @_del. / Thanks also to: Ângelo Neto & everyone at Ohai Nazaré Outdoor Resort @ohainazare for their generosity. / Big thanks to João sponsors: Patagonia @patagonia, FCS @fcs_surf, ORG Surfboards @orgsurfboards, FunBox Footwear @funboxcolifestylebrand, Piscis Leather @piscisleathersuisse, Sporting Clube de Portugal @sportingclubedeportugal, XinoGlass @xino.glass, Surf Academia Joao Macedo @suracademiajoaomacedo