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Updated 06/09/2008 

Kris Van Nest - Actor/Host/Precision Driver - 646-452-3386

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Kris Van Nest - Sunset Caravan, Mongolia

KRIS VAN NEST
PRECISION DRIVER/
PRODUCT SPECIALIST
HEIGHT: 5'8"
WEIGHT: 170LBS
HAIR: BLACK
EYES: BROWN

 

What is precision
driving for film/tv?external link opens in a new window

 

12/1/2005 | Product Specialist, Range Rover Sport 06external link opens in a new window for Land Rover

Sascha, New York, NY
Present and demonstrate safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2006 Range Rover Sport for "Abigail's Party" (w/ Jennifer Jason Leigh) after-party with Interview Magazine at Sascha, NY.

09/06-09/2005 | Product Specialist & Driving Instructor, International Motor Press Association (IMPAexternal link opens in a new window)

Jack Frost & Pocono Raceway, PA
Present and demonstrate on and off-pavement safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport & LR3. Pre-qualify guests and staff on off-road demonstration course.

08/16/2005 | Precision Driver & Product Spokesman, Range Rover Sport Supercharged 06external link opens in a new window for Land Rover/Plum TV

East Hampton, NY
Technical driver for taped Plum TVexternal link opens in a new window segment.


08/09-11/2005 | Precision Driver & Product Spokesman, Range Rover Sport Supercharged 06external link opens in a new window for Land Rover/Plum TV

Aspen, CO
Technical driver for taped Plum TVexternal link opens in a new window segment.


04/27/2005 | Product Specialist & Presenter, Range Rover 06external link opens in a new window for Land Rover

New York, NY
Present and demonstrate safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2006 Land Rover Range Rover for Condé Nast "Hot List" Party.

03/29/2005 | Product Specialist & Presenter, Range Rover Sportexternal link opens in a new window for Land Rover

Marriott Times Square, New York, NY
Present and demonstrate safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport for Media Awards.

11/29-12/03/2004 | Product Specialist & Driving Instructor, Land Rover Creating the Magicexternal link opens in a new window Program

Tucson, AZ
Present and demonstrate on and off-pavement safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2005 Land Rover LR3, Range Rover, and Freelander.

09/10-11/21/2004 | Product Specialist & Driving Instructor, Land Rover LR3

Montebello, Canada
Present and demonstrate on and off-pavement safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2005 Land Rover LR3.

09/08-10/2004 | Product Specialist & Driving Instructor, International Motor Press Association (IMPAexternal link opens in a new window)

Jack Frost & Pocono Raceway, PA
Present and demonstrate on and off-pavement safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2004 Land Rover Range Rover & Freelander HSE. Pre-qualify guests and staff on off-road demonstration course.

06/17-09/2004 | Product Specialist & Driving Instructor, Range Rover Experienceexternal link opens in a new window

Dallas, TX; Basking Ridge, NJ; Leesburg, VA; Irvine, CA
Present and demonstrate on and off-pavement safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2004 Land Rover Range Rover HSE.

06/10/2004 | LR3 Product Specialist, Land Rover

Nicole Farhi, New York, NY
Present and demonstrate safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2005 Land Rover LR3 for GQ Magazine.

04/22/2004 | LR3 Product Specialist, Land Rover

Hotel Gansevoort, New York, NY
Present and demonstrate safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2005 Land Rover LR3 for Condé Nast "Hot List" Party.

04/12/2004 | LR3 Product Specialist, Land Rover

Marriott Times Square, New York, NY
Present and demonstrate safety, comfort, and technical aspects of the 2005 Land Rover LR3 for Media Awards.

05/29-07/14/2003 | Driving Instructor/Product Specialist, Land Rover

Multiple 5-Star Locations, USA
Land Rover Range Rover Driving Experience 2003external link opens in a new window.

09/09/2002 | Host, Trekken™ Adventure Travel Television Series

Paragon Adventure Park, Hazleton, PA
NEUROC 2002 Rock Crawling Competition. http://www.trekken.tvexternal link opens in a new window

06/17/2002 | Host, LGA

Columbia, NJ
Let's Go Aero Herman AT Sports Performance Trailer Promotional Video. http://www.letsgoaero.comexternal link opens in a new window

06/01/2001-03/30/2002 | Host, Trekken™ Adventure Travel Television Series

Multiple Adventure-Sport Locations, USA
Trekken National Broadcast of Jeep® Jamboree Series. http://www.trekken.tvexternal link opens in a new window

9/09/2000-9/09/2000 | Host, FREESPORT-TV Adventure Sports Television Series

Jack Frost/Big Boulder Resort, Blakeslee, PA
FREESPORT-TV Episode 5: Splatter Paintball. FREESPORT-TV; http://www.freesport-tv.com/external link opens in a new window

8/10/2000-8/12/2000 | Host, FREESPORT-TV Adventure Sports Television Series

Oak Ridge Estate, VA
FREESPORT-TV Episode 4: Camp Jeep 2000. FREESPORT-TV; http://www.freesport-tv.com/external link opens in a new window

6/2/2000 | Host, FREESPORT-TV Adventure Sports Television Series

Emmaus Park, Emmaus, PA
FREESPORT-TV Episode 3: Bouldering Emmaus. FREESPORT-TV; http://www.freesport-tv.com/external link opens in a new window

10/15/1999-10/17/1999 | Host, FREESPORT-TV Adventure Sports Television Series

Bronx, New York
FREESPORT-TV Episode 2: Hi-Tec ARS. FREESPORT-TV;  http://www.freesport-tv.com/external link opens in a new window

10/10/1999 | Host, FREESPORT-TV Adventure Sports Television Series

Shawnee Resort, Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA
FREESPORT-TV Episode 1: Ironjack. FREESPORT-TV; http://www.freesport-tv.com/external link opens in a new window

5/7/1999-5/10/1999 | Precision Driver & Lead Driving Coordinator, Jeep®

Glammis Sand Dunes, San Diego, CA
Jeep Dune Driving Promo (Commercial). Lead driver and coordinator for Jeep dune driving commercial in the Glammis sand dune area. Jill Smith, President Jeep Jamboree USA, P.O. Box 1601, 2776 Sourdough Flat, Georgetown, CA 95634; http://www.jeepjamboreeusa.com/external link opens in a new window; J.W. Productions; 213-386-8896 10/7/1999

8/5/1999 | Precision Driver & Lead Off-road Driving Coordinator, Camp Jeep®

Paragon Adventure Park, Oak Ridge Estate, Charlottesville, VA
Camp Jeep '99 Virginia Designed and developed guide management/scheduling database. Coordinated trail guides and drivers. Trail captain for "Crawford Climb" trail. Jill Smith, President Jeep Jamboree USA, P.O. Box 1601, 2776 Sourdough Flat, Georgetown, CA 95634;  http://www.jeepjamboreeusa.com/external link opens in a new window

10/4/98-10/4/98 | Off-road Driving Instructor, Land Rover Wheels Event

Paragon Adventure Park, Hazleton, PA
Lead guide for Land Rover West Chester customer event; Off-road 101 Instructional Talk Paragon Adventure Park. Reid Block, Paragon Adventure Park;  http://www.paragonap.com/external link opens in a new window

9/20/98 | Outdoor Sports Show Host, 2-the-Xtreme (renamed FREESPORT-TV)

Blue Ridge Cable TV-13, Lehighton, PA
Host of outdoor adventure sports/travel show, renamed to FREESPORT-TV. Kim Bell, General Manager, Blue Ridge Communications TV 13, 936 Elm St., Lehighton, PA 18235; http://www.brctv13.com/external link opens in a new window

7/5/98-8/27/98 | Competition Staff Member, Camel Trophy '98 Tierra del Fuego

Santiago, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina (round-trip)
Camel Trophy Tierra del Fuego 98 Competition Staff. Competition staff to designed and selected 225 competition locations for off-road driving, mountain biking, snowboarding, skiing and kayaking; compiled competition directory of all locations; one of two computer operators to catalog competition locations in Access database; created maps for competition locations in directory using Visio; co-drove Land Rover Defender 110 from Ushuaia to Santiago during July, and from Santiago to Ushuaia during August; navigator, co-driver, and support for Workshop 1 Land Rover during competitions in July; GEM, D3, U.K.

5/16/98-5/16/98 | Off-road Driving Instructor, OK Four Wheel Drive

OK4WD, Stewarstville, NJ
Off-road 101 Instructional Talk at Annual Four Wheel Drive Event OK Four Wheel Drive. Reid Block, Paragon Adventure Park; http://www.paragonap.com/external link opens in a new window

10/10/97-10/13/97 | Off-road Driving Guide, Land Rover Wheels Event

Geneva, WI
Guided Wheels Event for Land Rover Lake. Setup off-road course, guided customers in their own vehicles safely around course. Webb Arnold, Land Rover Driving Instructor.

9/24/97-9/28/97 | Off-road Driving Guide, Jeep Jamboree USA Special Events

Ouray, CO
Guided International Journalists for Jeep. Introduction of the new 5.9L Jeep Grand Cherokee. Jill Smith, President Jeep Jamboree USA, P.O. Box 1601, 2776 Sourdough Flat, Georgetown, CA 95634; http://www.jeepjamboreeusa.com/external link opens in a new window

7/30/97-8/3/97 | Off-road Driving Instructor, Jeep 101

Camp Hale, CO
Camp Jeep 1997, Jeep 101 Driving Instructor. Jill Smith, President Jeep Jamboree USA, P.O. Box 1601, 2776 Sourdough Flat, Georgetown, CA 95634; http://www.jeepjamboreeusa.com/external link opens in a new window

5/7/97-6/3/97 | Adventure Race Team USA, Camel Trophy Team USA

Ulanbataar, Mongolia (including Gobi desert & Lake Hövsgöl regions)
Camel Trophy Mongolia ‘97 Team U.S.A. Placed 5th overall, 4th in driving and mountain biking, 8th in kayaking and orienteering, 3rd in Land Rover driving award. Tom Collins, Team USA Coordinator

4/24/97-4/27/97 | Adventure Race Member Team USA (Training), Camel Trophy Team USA

Grand Junction, CO
Camel Trophy Mongolia ‘97 U.S. Team Training Weekend. Tom Collins, Team USA Coordinator.

4/3/97-4/6/97 | Adventure Race Member Team USA (Training), Camel Trophy Team USA

Grand Junction, CO
Camel Trophy Mongolia ‘97 U.S. Team Training Weekend. Tom Collins, Team USA Coordinator.

3/16/97-3/21/97 | Adventure Race Member Team USA (International Selections), Camel Trophy Team USA

Seville, Spain
Camel Trophy Mongolia ‘97 International Selections & Driver Training. 1 of 2 team members. Ranked 1st for U.S. Team. Youngest American in 18 year Camel Trophy history. Tom Collins, Team USA Coordinator.

2/20/97-2/23/97 | Adventure Race Member Team USA (Training), Camel Trophy Team USA

Grand Junction, CO
Camel Trophy Mongolia ‘97 U.S. Team Training Weekend. Tom Collins, Team USA Coordinator.

12/6/96-12/9/96 | Adventure Race Candidate (US Selections), Camel Trophy Team USA Secondary Selections

Seville, Spain
Camel Trophy Mongolia ‘97 International Trials & Selections. 1 of 4 candidates. Tom Collins, Team USA Coordinator.

9/15/96-11/7/96 | Adventure Race Candidate (US Prescreening), Camel Trophy Team USA

Little Creek Farm, Social Circle, GA
Camel Trophy Mongolia ‘97 U.S. Trials. 1 of 10 candidates. Tom Collins, Team USA Coordinator.

3/25/96-8/1/96 | Best New [Whitewater] Guide of the Year, Pocono Whitewater

Pocono Whitewater, Jim Thorpe, PA
Terry Breslin, Guide Manager, Pocono Whitewater Adventures, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229.

3/25/96 | Whitewater Rafting Guide, Pocono Whitewater

Pocono Whitewater, Jim Thorpe, PA
Terry Breslin, Guide Manager, Pocono Whitewater Adventures, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229. http://www.whitewaterrafting.com/external link opens in a new window
   

 

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