Kia ora! I’m Elina.
An early-career Director characterized by my generation— you’ll find me telling stories on YouTube, mostly about hiking. I’m currently working on two other projects you won’t find online for a little bit. One is about hiking 800 miles through the desert, canyons, and wash of Utah and Arizona, and one… about a Korean Jesus.

Thru hiking season in North America is on… The degradation of sole* as passage to another existence. One where dirt is both comfort and pain, rhythm is bound to light— A light that lingers long in those eyes of yours Whenever you hea
Little big happy moments from the past months. 1. The beginning of the end 2. NZ Indoctrination 3. Why is everything aesthetic in Japan ft. aunties 4-7: Life below the maunga 8: The Ultra Sibling Rivalry ft. nephew & niece 9. 15 Years in the Ma
"New Zealand… When internet friends become real-life friends and empathy for the Kiwi flight path is earned, I fight the strong New Zealand urge to be the over-eager countryman and shovel pies and Lord of The Rings references and 1 mill
It feels misguided to share photos of the Hayduke, largely because they'll never encapsulate the hike-turned-survival feel this trail had... but here am I eating those words. I've been in pursuit of edit-cave-ing, and am yet to even look through th