While on our road trip through, Baja creating content for the release of the Ford Bronco, we messed up. In San Juanico (aka Scorpion Bay) we took the Bronco onto the beach in hopes of snapping a shot of spraying water at sunset, we swamped it, but it was an adventure. The video and story below is the result.

What were we doing?

Our whole reason for being in Baja is to create adventure content for the release of the Ford Bronco ambassador program. So, what better way to do that than go off roading to a paragliding spot near San Juanico. Andrew was up in the air and I was flying the drone all around chasing him, trying out different shots. When I wasn’t on the drone, I was shooting from my camera, trying to line up shots with Andrew, Kicker, and the Bronco.

But, everything changed after the paragliding session ended.

Like a hive mind, we decided to start ripping the Bronco on the beach at sunset as the tide was out to sea. Going in and out of the waves, Andrew was spraying the golden water high above the Bronco until he went too deep.

Stalling out, the Bronco died. Concerned the Bronco would get taken out to sea, we all pushed it to safety, hoping the tide wouldn’t rise and steal away our project!

How did it get fixed?

That night, Kristin and I hitch-hiked into town to get some help from a few friends that we had met a couple of days before. Hoping in their beat up SUV we bounced down the road and onto the beach to grab Andrew and the Bronco.

Pulling it back to safety, we let it dry out. It took three stress induced days to find out we didn’t blow up the Bronco.

Highlights of the experience

While swamping the bronco was not an ideal experience, there were several highlights like the community coming together, going fishing with the locals, and getting to surf even if the waves were small.