Not only is Jake Wells a husband, father and business owner, he’s a 3x National Single Speed Cyclocross Champion. In 2019, he set out to inspire and motive others by pushing his own physical limits into unknown country. In the end, he did just that. Unknown Country explores the motivation behind Jake’s quest to discover these limits and how sport, as a metaphor for life, can inspire us all.
Unknown Country was directed by Justin Balog and produced by SHARED TERRITORY. The story was filmed over the course of a year. Locations included the University of Kentucky performance testing lab, Moab Utah, The Gravel Lot Podcast Studios and Emporia Kansas. Shared Territory provided production oversight, story shape, direction, cinematography, post production, sound design, supervised color and final conform for theatrical release.