TransWorld's feature film KICKSTART has been nominated for Best Freestyle/MX Movie of the Year at the 2010 Impact Video Xtremey Awards. In honor of this honorable nomination, we decided to pick TransWorld Editor Donn Maeda's brain on the difficulty of filming and editing his first feature film, as well as get some funny behind the scenes tidbits out of him. Check it yo.

How did you come up with the name KICKSTART?

Well, I wanted to make the movie feel like an extension of the magazine, with a little of everything in it. KICKSTART is the name of the section at the front of the magazine that is made up of a bunch of fun stuff, so it was a no-brainer.

How many shots did you ruin trying to backlight them like you do in photography?

Dude. I'm a beginner with a video camera. I didn't try to do anything fancy like that. I barely used a tripod, guy! You, Taylor Congdon and Chris Williams probably got sick of me texting with camera questions. [laughs]

What was the most memorable moment of the whole process?

There were a lot of memorable moments, it's hard to narrow them down to just one. Am I allowed to list a few? Chris Kinman [Associate Editor] and I had a lot of fun jacking with Ryan Dungey when we were at his house. I kept asking him questions that made him uncomfortable, and he finally just looked me straight in the eye and said, "You make it awkward, man." Kinman and I couldn't stop laughing.

Then while we were in North Carolina filming with Josh Grant, Cody Cooper actually roosted me so hard that it blew the camera out of my hand.

Also, filming the skit with Brian Deegan was straight comedy. The whole time, I was thinking that the piece was gonna come out way too contrived, but his kid Hayden brought it all together by always crashing at just the right moment.

There are a lot of great moments and memories, but now that I think of it, the best memory of all was turning my laptop off when I was finally done with the movie. A little over a year ago I didn't even know how to plug the camera into my computer, and diving headfirst into a movie project was a way bigger bite to chew than I expected it to be. It damn near killed me.

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So when do you start on number two?

Dude, I don't know. Since I finished KICKSTART, I haven't really wanted to even pick up the video camera. That was the hardest four months of my life. I am slated, though, to produce another TransWorld MX movie in 2010 though...

Anyone you'd like to thank closing this out?

I'd like to thank my wife and kids for putting up with all the travel and late nights I had to put in while making the movie. I'd like to thank Taylor Congdon for teaching me how to plug my video camera into my laptop. Brendan Lutes helped a ton and actually filmed the entire Tarah Gieger section. Of course, I have to thank all the riders who agreed to be guinea pigs in my first attempt at making a movie.

Editor: Click here to view the KICKSTART trailer.