CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to find awesome waves, cool people, interesting places; to enjoy this life to its fullest potential by taking advantage of every intriguing opportunity that arises.

ABOUT ME

Update to profile 12ish years later (wow, how time flies): backpacking through Europe. Looking for cool people to share a beer or a meal with! 🌈

I left California in December 2010 on a sailboat with my parents when I was 22 years old. I arrived in Australia two years later after sailing through the South Pacific. During this adventure I spent a lot of time with sharks and other tropical fish, surfing epic reef passes, meeting cool people, husking coconuts, drinking coconut water and other tropical concoctions, brushing up on my Spanish, French, Polynesian, Samoan, Tongan and Fijian. So, hello, hola, bon jour, iorana, talofa, malo e lelei, kia ora, alo, bula and g'day mate!!

PHILOSOPHY

Education and birth control = a better world for all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate in life by living each day to its fullest potential.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Done a lot of surfing, not so much on couches, but hoping to get more experience.

Interests

Surfing, sailing, traveling, music, diving, languages, people, food, drink, nature... pretty much anything if it is presented in an interesting way.

• fish
• education
• dining
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• fishing
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sailing
• teaching
• history
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

I just read "Lolita" by Nabokov. I never thought I could have sympathy for a pedophile. Read the book and you will know what I mean.

"City of Thieves"
"Pride and Prejudice"
"The Great Gatsby"
"100 Years of Solitude"
"Shantaram"
"A World Lit Only By Fire"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I sailed across the Pacific Ocean (3 times so far). It was awesome, horrible, terrifying, boring, long, fast, calm, rough and pretty much anything else you can imagine.

Teach, Learn, Share

Intellectual conversation: history, religion, philosophy...
I can teach guitar, ukelele, surfing, Spanish...
And beyond.

Countries I’ve Visited

American Samoa, Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Morocco, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Portugal, Samoa, Singapore, Tonga, United Kingdom, Vanuatu

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Mexico, Singapore, Spain