Hi, my name is Corrie Vaus, and I’ve spent my life documenting inspiring stories, earning 16 Emmys and 9 Golden Mikes along the way. My documentary work has aired on more than 90 PBS stations, and I currently shoot for a long list of clients that include the USS Midway and the San Diego Harbor Police Foundation.
I'm busy and happy - but I can't ignore a compelling, charming story. So now, I'm following a bunch of scooters across America and making a documentary.
It all started when my husband bought a bright orange Vespa. Off he’d go to City Hall in Poway, CA where he serves as mayor, or on longer rides through the countryside. Then one day, he said he wanted to ride Scooter Cannonball 2023. It's an endurance scooter rally from the West coast to the East coast crossing America's backroads in 8 days. That’s 3,200 miles on tires the size of dinner plates.
If you’re hungry for a real-life, positive story that focuses on people coming together with a shared passion and goal, especially at a time when there’s so much divisiveness, you’ll love THE BIG SCOOT. I documented the highs and lows of the scooter-lovers’ experience over the course of this monster challenge. And you’ll get a taste of small town America, and the backroads that take riders from sparse deserts and scorching temperatures to dense forests a downpour or two... even a tornado!
