Onscreen boarding scene

The back cover of Nxstep Films’ “The Agency” wakeboarding DVD reads: “11 riders, 17 lakes, two cameras, two men, $50,000, NO SPONSORS.”

The two men are Bruce Moore and Adam Ingraham.

Moore, 28, is a local filmmaker who has worked in Los Angeles for Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich”), Tarsem Singh (“The Cell”) and Sam Bayer, who directed the video for Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

Ingraham, 24, was active in BMX riding, wakeboarding and snowboarding until he broke his back in a snowboarding accident in 2004.

A year ago, the duo started a film company with the goal of producing a wakeboarding film that featured local, regional and national riders and musicians.

The result is Nxstep Film’s “Step 1: wake.skate.music” double feature film premier of “The Agency” and “Orange” on Saturday at the Bing Crosby Theater (formerly The Met), 901 W. Sprague Ave. Both DVDs will be for sale at the showing. Four local and regional bands will perform before and after the show.

“The Agency” is a secret agent-style wakeboarding flick with local and regional hot shots. “Orange” is a thematic skate film showcasing local riders. The movies have diverse soundtracks that include music by electronic-based artists such as locals David G. and Danny Weber and California indie-rock bands Birdmonster and Division Day.

The driving vision of Nxstep is to promote extreme sports culture throughout the Northwest. Ingraham is the behind-the-scenes promotional hustle and muscle, and Moore handles the business formalities.

Moore said, “I’m the guy who has four suits, and he’s the one that knows the secret handshakes.”

While wakeboarding is growing in the Northwest and a number of riders from the area have placed high in national competitions – some appear in “The Agency” – the sport is active only three months of the year locally, and sponsors generally overlook the Northwest in favor of larger markets in warmer climates. “Six guys from the Northwest have qualified in nationals. The top three are from the Northwest. We have two of them on our team, and we can’t get sponsorship,” Moore said, referring to some of the riders in his films.

But that didn’t deter Moore and Ingraham from their mission.

“Money has choked out the fun. I wanted to walk away, but then we came up with the idea to do this skate movie, and that brought me back,” Moore said.

Moore is already taking his next step in directing a music video for local rock band Coretta Scott and producing an album with Danny Weber.