In Memory of Our Friend Waide Hoyt

Waide Hoyt fully in his element. Mike Hatchett/Standard Films photo.

It is with heavy hearts that TGR has to say goodbye to another longtime member of the family. Last week, our close friend Waide Hoyt passed away. Most recently, Waide handled all music licensing for TGR productions, and was responsible for soundtracks in our ski and snowboard films for several years. Before his time working with TGR, Waide spent over 20 years working for snowboard film powerhouse Standard Films, filling just about every role under the sun. Waide’s humor and work ethic left a mark on many of us here at TGR, and he will be dearly missed.

To support Waide’s family, a GoFundMe page has been created to set up a college fund for his son Vincent.

Taking care of business. Brad Holmes photo.

Mike Hatchett, founder of Standard Films, shared these words about Waide.

Standard Films, and the action sports film world, wouldn’t be where they are today without Waide Hoyt. He worked with me for over 20 years, running everything from marketing to distribution to day-to-day production stuff for Standard. He’d be the guy picking athletes up from the airport before shoots, fixing their snowmobiles when they broke down, and then hanging out shooting the shit on shoots. He was the first person who could really handle that job, and he constantly stepped up and went the extra mile. Most of all though, Waide always had this crazy sense of humor. There would be all these classic Waide moments, like random off-the-wall texts where it would take us forever to figure out what he even meant, but then he would get it done before we even knew it.

As Standard moved away from making annual snowboarding films, Waide joined up with TGR in the role of music licensing. Funny thing was, he didn’t have a background in that, he just loved music, so he kind of just figured it out as he went. Waide was a drummer himself, and a total metalhead. He was a huge fan of the band Lamb of God, and would love poking fun within the music industry. I remember a time when Lamb of God opened for Metallica on a tour, and he asked our friend Robert Trujillo (Metallica’s bassist) and ask “are you sure you feel comfortable taking the stage after those guys?” It really showed his sense of humor and his deep connection to music and how it is engrained in our action sports world. 

Waide and his son Vincent. Mike Hatchett/Standard Films photo.

Brad Holmes, a longtime friend of Waide's and collaborator in the action sports filmmaking space, remembers Waide:

Anyone who is lives in Lake Tahoe and has seen Standard Films Movies thinks of two people. Mike Hatchett and Waide Hoyt. I can say without fear Waide was without a doubt a huge part of snowboarding's history and should be remembered for that! Waide was one of my best friends and incredible giving person. On a personal level, Waide helped me in so many ways with my transition from skier to filmmaker and the completion of my movie Shaun Palmer: The Miserable Champion. Waide was an incredible father and he would only want what is best for his son. Please help us raise funds for Vincent Hoyt at  Go Fund Me.

Waide hanging out in the Standard Films offices unpacking rolls and rolls of 16mm film with Andrew Crawford, Jussi Oksanen and Jess Gibson. Kevin Zacher photo.

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