ABOUT ME

I am 28 years old and this is my first experience of travelling (I've led a very sheltered life!) I worked in the UK as a graphic designer for a few years but have been planning my trip to Australia since I was a teen except life kept getting in the way (degrees, commitments....excuses!) I love to surf and have been going to Cornwall since I was a kid which inspired my travels here. I am a warm, friendly fellow and very respectful. I love to meet people and hear their stories as I think there are so many great ones to be told. Everything great that has happened to me in my life has been through meeting people and making links and I plan to continue that tradition :)

PHILOSOPHY

I am a firm believer in 'do good things and good things will come'
I live my life by very strong morals and believe that every person should be treat with kindness and respect.

One quote which I love as it scares me as much as it inspires me is:

If you always put limits on what you can do,
physically or anything else, it’ll spread over
into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your
work, into your morality, into your entire being.
There are no limits. There are plateaus, but
you must not stay there, you must go beyond
them. If it kills you, it kills you.
A man must constantly exceed his level. (courtesy of Bruce Lee)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I am unable to host as I have no address in Australia, but as soon as I do you can rest assured I will be joining the hosting community.I am looking to do surfing and will help out in any way I can if someone is kind enough to put me up. I love to be active and enjoy any kind of venture as I am here to experience and enjoy!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As of yet I have no CouchSurfing experience...but I hope that will change in the near future.

Interests

I love to surf and snowboard...but surfing is top priority. It has been a huge passion of mine since I was a child and have had some of my most enlightened, serene moments whilst riding a pristine, glassy wave!

Another of my favorite pass-times is martial arts. I have studied various different styles of the years, but of all of them my 2 favorites would have to be Kung-Fu and Muay Thai. I spent a brief time training with Shaolin Monks in London a few years ago and was such an amazing experience. Someday I hope to be able to go to Thailand and train with some of the great martial artists there (before my body gets too old to cope with it)

I love music! I have played in bands, been a DJ and am a digital music producer too. I love all aspects and music to me is as much about exploration as it is knowing what you like...'cos you never know till you have explored enough!

• arts
• folklore
• design
• graphic design
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• snowboarding
• martial arts

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmmmm, I gues I have seen a few great/crazy things in my life but the first one that springs to mind would have to be a recent encounter during Christmas of 2011. I was spending the holidays with some friends in Robe, South Australia. While me and my mate were out surfing we were joined by a school of dolphins, I couldn't describe this feeling in words really, it was just plain amazing and I couldn't believe my eyes, being a city boy from the north of England we don't usually experience things like this.