I fell in love with these two passions that I made into careers, and I've never had to give one up..

I just try to enjoy the moment and enjoy what's happening. I mean, I want to be conscious of what's going on around me, and be aware of if I can make….

My wife really pushed me in that direction, to write my own songs and start singing, so I think having the whole family thing is such a huge thing..

I just think it's amazing that I'm able to do both singing and surfing..

[The Surf Lodge performance] is sort of like an annual thing..

Nobody in my family ever surfed, but they would always bring me to the beach..

Through my surfing, I met all my friends that helped me out in the music world, and so that's kind of how it all began. So, it was the surfing and th….

I grew up knowing [Jack Johnson], surfing with him..

They say things happen for a reason You don't do them, they won't..

[Jack Johnson]gave me my whole start in music, which was the coolest thing ever..

I grew up in Orange County, California, all over the beaches of San Clemente and that area..

Definitely my wife and my kid [are my biggest inspiration]..

Before I actually got a hard surfboard at the age of 10, like a real board, I was always just trying to stand up on boogie boards or rafts or whateve….

One Christmas, I just begged my parents like "I want to try to surf on a real board instead of these boogie boards and rafts" and they got me one..

[Jack Johnson] became a superstar and started his own record label, and then he made and produced my first record, he co-wrote the songs on there, an….

Being a husband and a dad is my inspiration..

The things I try to do with Surfrider Foundation, SurfAid, Love Hope Strength, which is a cancer foundation, I try to do as many benefits and fundrai….

That was like the best start I could've had, the best way I could've started in the music scene. I owe [Jack Johnson] a lot for the beginning of my c….

Traveling is also a big inspiration for me..

That's how it all started, when I met my wife. My music career, even though I started when I was 16, it never really started till I was like 30, when….

I travel a lot, and being in different countries and a part of cultures, that's just such a huge inspiration for music, and one way or another, you g….