CURRENT MISSION

I have spent the summer of 2014 surfing in France, Portugal and Spain and have just spent the winter in the French Alpes. I am currently enjoying learning and speaking French, Portuguese, Spanish, and some German.

J'ai passe l'ete a faire du surf (et des autres choses) en France, au Portugal et en Espana. Pour noel jai Apres fait un tour vers Scandinavia et europe du nord avant passer l'hiver dans Les Alpes Francaise. Je suis actuellement bien amuse d'apprendre et parler des langues differents. Maintenant mon but est l'espanol et le portugais.

ABOUT ME

Kiwi boy. Born in Wellington, New Zealand. 26. Grew up on the Coromandel Peninsula. Auckland for university and 3+ years in Hamilton working. Also lived in Raglan for a little while. At home I am a civil engineer and project manager. Typically Kiwi...fun, honest, easy going.

Je viens de Nouvelle Zélande. Je suis nee a Wellington. 26 ans. J'ai grandi en le Coromandel Peninsula, l'ile du Nord en NZ. J'ai fait mes etudes a l'universite d’Auckland et j'ai bosse comme ingénieur et diriger des projets pendant plus de trois annee a Hamilton. J'ai aussi habite a Raglan pour un peu de temps (c'est magnifique pour le surf la). Je suis un Kiwi typique ... heureux, honnete, detendu.

PHILOSOPHY

Awareness of self and others. Be resiliant. Be kind, honest and respectful. Work hard and have lots of fun.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To experience the world through the eyes of those who know it the best.

Interests

Surfing, snowboarding, languages.....but above all, people.

Du surf, du snowboard, des langues....surtout des gens.

• culture
• surfing
• snowboarding
• engineering
• languages
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Regularly climb the top of Mt Ruapehu and snowboard down.

Regularly climb big hills around the place to see the view.

Regularly hunt down big scary waves on both NZ coasts (mainly Raglan and Coromandel, sometimes in Auckland, sometimes further afield).

Mad road trip through France with my amazing aunt sleeping outside castles, eating amazing southern cuisine, full immersion in French, experiencing the culture of Bretagne, the Loire Valley, the Sud.

Surfed a summer of glorious waves in Portugal and France.

Driving through the Pyrenees from France to Spain onto Portugal. First time driving on the right hand side of the road.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can surf and snowboard. I could teach you those?

On pourrais vous apprendre du surf et du snowboard?

Laughs!

I can teach English. Je peux vous apprendre d'anglais.

Countries I’ve Visited

Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Zealand