CURRENT MISSION

One Love

ABOUT ME

Laid back, easy going guy who can't get enough of new travels and meeting amazing new people. Like to spend my free time with my dog or doing any board sport really (snowboarding, surfing, skateboarding, etc). Absolutely love music to its fullest, with my personal preference of listening to reggae, hip hop, and classic rock. As for going out and about at nights, I can pretty much be talked into anything worthwhile, but I definitely consider myself more of a dive bar guy than some clubber who needs to buy a table and be seen (thats atleast how it is here around Hollywood). Basically, my personal mission is to see everything I possibly can in this crazy lil world and make some amazing connections with good people along the way.

PHILOSOPHY

Like I mentioned earlier, my life is currently all about working hard so I can be fortunate enough to retire my Mom in the next 5 years and get some travels in along the way. My ideal goal is to experience as much culture and opportunity this world can offer me, and give back as much as I can in the process. Hence my mission, "One Love." (Thanks to my golden-hearted sister and Bob Marley himself)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am available for all your touring and friendly needs if you're ever in the greater LA area.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had a great experience during my recent trip to Europe and was hosted by two awesome girls and a really interesting photography lover in Zurich, Switzerland. I have also had coffee and provided little tours of Glendale on the "hosting" side.

Interests

See above, all about me... basically anything outdoors and active, I am your guy! but I can definitely appreciate the slower side of life like art galleries, museums, quiet get togethers with good people and red wine, etc, etc.

• animals
• dogs
• arts
• culture
• photography
• wine
• red wine
• coffee
• drinking
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• sports
• tourism
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Reggae, Hip Hop, Classic Rock (and almost anything else in between)
Artists like Rebelution, Damian Marley, his dad of course, Barrington Levy, Ini Kamoze, Pepper, Natural Vibrations, Ooklah the Moc, anything to get that irie feeling...

Movies - absolute lover of action big battle war movies and anything related with the Medieval or Viking days: 300, Gladiator, Boondock Saints, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, as well as any movie thats an instant good laugh: SuperBad, Harold and Kumar, Old School, love love Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, and all the old Jim Carrey classics (Ace Venturaaa)...

last but certainly not least, BOOKS. I have had a really significant change in the books I read over the last year. I basically went from epic Medieval fictions (to relive in the old knights and castle days) to now I read more and more books on improving the quality of life and attaining success (Napoleon Hill, Robert Kiyosaki, John c. Maxwell, on and on)...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The sunrises I have seen on some mountaintops are by far my favorite experiences in my lifetime, but I think the most amazing and rare thing I have witnessed is a lion kill in the wild. While out in the Serengetti a few years ago, my guide was just fortunate enough to stop his truck with a lioness to his left and a pack of gazelle to his right. Most of the pack darted off when they saw the lioness creeping, but this little one kept drinking away. The female lion soon went from a slow creep to a lightning spring and BAM, big cloud of dust with the tackle, and after it settled, the gazelle was just hanging by the neck in her mouth. Absolutely no blood, just a clean broken neck. I don't mean to offend any hardcore animal lovers, but it really was beautiful. Circle of Life...

Teach, Learn, Share

Willing to teach anything in my broad skill set from beginner lessons on guitar to rolling sushi to surfing your first wave, or even something as easy as teaching California slang to use with your English.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States