Occupation: Musician Birth: December 10, 1972
I just think that's the most amazing thing to be able to go to places like Japan and surf all day and then that night, play music. It's never been on….
I grew up knowing [Jack Johnson], surfing with him..
Traveling is also a big inspiration for me..
Nobody in my family ever surfed, but they would always bring me to the beach..
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….
Definitely my wife and my kid [are my biggest inspiration]..
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….
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]gave me my whole start in music, which was the coolest thing ever..
[The Surf Lodge performance] is sort of like an annual thing..
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….
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..
[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….
I just think it's amazing that I'm able to do both singing and surfing..
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….
They say things happen for a reason You don't do them, they won't..
Being a husband and a dad is my inspiration..
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….
I grew up in Orange County, California, all over the beaches of San Clemente and that area..
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….