• When he was 12, he saw a skateboarding demo at the park, and gained interest in skateboarding

• Skateboarding turned into snowboarding, which became a big turning point in his career later on.

• High school drop out and ran away from home at the age of 17 to discover his passions.

• Got a job in the mountains as a lift operator. Things went south along the way and lost the job, and lived in a tent in the snowy mountains for a while.

• His hard work was recognized and was offered job at Volcom, and was paid to snowboard and build snowboards, and took on painting as a hobby when he was out due to injury. Was offered to do some painting designs for snowboards by Volcom.

• He decided to no longer do painting for other people and do it for himself as a personal hobby, and traveled to Europe to expand his studies.

– By Kristin Frost