Top Secret Swimming Holes (Travel Channel)
Experience the genesis of our Founder's (Aaron) journey into the world of video production with the inception of his career-beginning project (back in 2016). It all started with a Youtube video shot in the otherworldly landscapes of "Havasupai", on an Indian reservation in the Grand Canyon.
Originally intended as a fun adventure with friends to one of America's best-kept secrets (at the time), this trip took an unexpected turn when a Travel Channel network executive discovered Aaron's video on Youtube. He was just posting videos for fun back then. Impressed by the content, Travel Channel reached out, acquiring Aaron's footage and transforming it into a pilot episode. This marked the beginning of an ambitious series focused on exploring epic and secret swimming holes around the globe.
While still holding an office job that he worked at for 20 years, Aaron dedicated his weekends to filming the first season around the United States. The first season of the show was called “America’s Secret Swimming Holes”. The show gained immense traction, prompting Travel Channel to go GLOBAL spanning 3 more seasons and ultimately renaming it, “Top Secret Swimming Holes”. Aaron found himself immersed in month-long shoots in places like Bali, Australia, Japan, Bahamas, UK, and Europe shooting adventures to epic waterfalls, beautiful beaches, secret hot springs, and even some of the coolest pools at luxury hotels (he went through 2 passports in about 3 years).
Taking a sabbatical from his job to film seasons 2, 3, and 4, Aaron's work on the show solidified his passion for video production. As the show ended, having covered just about every secret swimming hole on the planet, Aaron decided to continue the fun, giving rise to our video production company - Schwartzy! The adventure continues...
(this video is episode 1 / season 1 - the pilot episode)