CURRENT MISSION

Exploring Chiang Mai

ABOUT ME

UPDATE (September 2014): Moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand.

UPDATE (July 2014): Moved to Dumaguete in Philippines temporarily. Come say hi :)

I live in Stockholm and split my time between developing new online products and playing music.

Currently, I am in Italy participating in 6 months program for entrepreneurs.

More about me:
http://twitter.com/pavelc
https://www.facebook.com/pavel.cherkasov
http://linkedin.com/in/pavelcherkasov

PHILOSOPHY

“We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.” ― Carl Sagan

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surf, host and travel together.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been surfing and participating in CS activities quite a few times while traveling around Spain, Portugal, Italy, Denmark and Canary islands.
Had a lot of fun hosting people during my 3 years stay in Stockholm as well. Currently, I am in Trento, Italy.

Interests

music, tech & e-commerce startups, online entrepreneurship, live gigs, music festivals, guitar, acoustic sessions, standup comedy, water sports, endurance sports, minimalist lifestyle.

• music festivals
• festivals
• technology
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• surfing
• sports
• entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Various acoustic/unplugged sessions from KEXP, NPR, KCRW, BBC and other radio stations.

Noah And The Whale/The Smiths/The xx/The Cure/Johnossi/Iron & Wine/Atlas Genius/Marina and the Diamonds/Band of Horses/Explosions in the Sky/Urban Cone/Little Dragon/Pompeya/Faded Paper Figures/John Butler Trio/Phantogram/Empire of the Sun/The Dø/Metric/Cold War Kids/Awolnation/Metronomy/Wolf Parade/The Temper Trap/Niki And The Dove/School of Seven Bells/We Have Band/The Answering Machine/Spoon/The Shoes/The Kills/The Jezabels/Editors/Blood Red Shoes/The Ting Tings/The Maccabees/Fever Ray/The National/We Are Augustines/The Wombats/Bombay Bicycle club/M83/Mumford and Sons/The Kinks/Kings of Convenience/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Foals/The Whitest Boy Alive/Erlend Oye/Chairlift/Alt-J/Ben Howard/Daughter...

Standups by Louis CK, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Ricky Gervais. Tim Minchin and more of the same style. Movies by Woody Allen.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Parachuting in Russia. Surfing in Portugal. Hiking and via ferrata in Italy. Playing music on the streets of Stockholm. Exploring Philippines on a motorcycle.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United States