I’m a skateboarder for life, its the foundation of what I’m all about. I think about it all day everyday, and sometimes find it hard to break away from. When I’m not skateboarding or doing something skateboard related. My beautiful girlfriend Andrea Marino takes up the rest of my time. She’s the most amazing girl I’ve ever met and she’ll tell ya it sometimes feels like there’s not enough time in my day for her either. But I’m working on it. Aside from skateboarding and my girlfriend, the rest of my family fits in there somehow. I bet I’m supposed to say that I get wasted on weekends and party it up, but I’m cool with saying that’s a straight out lie. Truth is, I’ve seen many follow down that path, livin it up in the care free party environment, but there’s a point in our life where all the repercussions of our choices come back to meet us face to face. And from my personal experiences they either come back as rewards from all the blood sweat and tears one’s out in, or consequences from lack of perparation for ones future. I’ll tell you one thing, you can’t expect opportunities to come fall in your lap. You got to get off your butt and get hustlin. You only get out what you put in.

SMITH GRIND GAP OUT, VANCOUVER, CANADA. AS SEEN IN COLOR MAGAZINE ISSUE 5.5

RE-EDIT PART FROM DIGITAL SKATEBOARDING’S “GET TRICKS OR DIE TRYIN” 2006

CROOKED GRIND TO DROP, SANTEE CA. FEATURED AS A CONTENTS PAGE IN THE NEW SKATEBOARD MAG ISSUE #48

I got the opportunity to shoot with Dave Swift for the first time a couple months ago. Its kind of verve racking going and shooting with such an established photographer for the first time. Lucky I kept it together to pull off the trick. This was the 2nd time I went back to try this trick as the first time we got kicked out in minutes. We decided to com back in the morning as its a urban legend that skateboards don’t wake up until noon, this guy never saw us coming at 8 30 am.