Skateboarding, Surfing, Wakeboarding, Wakeskating, Skimboarding, Snowboarding, Tubing, Fishing, Hanging out with friends, wipeouts, injuries, crutches, broken bones, torn ligaments, sprains, constant soreness, drag racing, scuba diving, free diving, wind surfing, jumping off of pilings in my backyard into the intercoastal (style points awarded), half court shots, souping up styrofoam gliders, getting pulled behind a golfcart on a skateboard w/o wheels or trucks, rope swings, driving over shit, Helga (the Bronco), freestylin', Broadway calzones with pepperoni and sausage at 4:00 a.m., karaoke, jumping out of speeding boats, swan dives, barrel's, long ass waves, late tricks and stylish tricks, law stuff, bike rides, ultimate frisbee, NOSE MANUALS!!!, Classic Rock, editing skateboard videos, working at BC Surf and Sport and riding for them, the GE-ALLSTARS, FULL PULL CAR CLUB- my bad mother-fucker domestic car club, did i mention chillin' with friends....friends are a huge part of my life along with my family.
Pretty much met all of the pro skateboarders I'd like to meet, anyone that is really chill and loves to skateboard, Bruce Brown (Film maker of "Endless Summer" and "Endless Summer 2", Boss Coletti- The man that invented the Mustang Mach 1 and the Mustang Cobra (the two fastest production Fords ever to roam the streets), Nicholas Cage, Raab Himself, Caroll Shelby and Jay Adams.
ALL CLASSIC ROCK, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac, Boston, Chicago, Kansas, The Doors, The Who, Deep Purple, The Allman Brothers, The Animals, Bad Company, The Beach Boys, 311, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Bon Jovi, Boston, Bruce Springsteen, The Byrds, CKY, H.I.M., Charlie Daniels Band, Crosby-Nash-Stills-Young, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Don McClean, The Eagles, Earth-Wind-and Fire, Elton John, Eric Clapton, George Thorogood, Guns N' Roses, Hoobastank, Linkin Park, Incubus, Jack Johnson, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, Jets to Brazil, Jimmy Buffett, John Lennon, John Mellancamp, The Kinks, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mamas and the Papas, Modest Mouse, Offspring, Paul McCartney, Pennywise, PINK FLOYD, The Police, Queen, Simon and Garfunkle, Sprung Monkey, Steve Miller, The Styx, Three Dog Night, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Turtles, U2, Unwritten Law, The Verve Pipe, ZZ-Top, Depeche Mode, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, and any classic rock band I didn't name. As far as the newer stuff- The Killers, Bob Marley, OAR, Incubus, 311, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sublime, Alice and Chains, Pearl Jam and Slightly Stoopid.
All skateboard videos, Gone in 60 Seconds, Bad Boys 2, Malibu's Most Wanted, The Dukes of Hazzard, Meet the Parents, Sin City, Big Wednesday, Step Into Liquid, Riding Giants, Dogtown and the Z-Boys (The Original), Topgun, Day's of Thunder, Anchorman, Napoleon Dynamite, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Magnificent Seven, Harold and Kooooouumars Trip To White Castle, Friday, Next Friday, Friday After Next, Half Baked, Bullitt....any funny movies
Boston Public, Law and Order, ER, Entourage, King of the Hill, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Everybody Loves Raymond, Seinfeld, and the King of Queens.
The Road Less Traveled By - Robert Frost, I know its not a book but its a philosophical piece from the most influential writer in my opinion of all time.
RODNEY MULLEN, Daewon Song, Chet Thomas, Stevie Williams, Nate Sherwood, Tony Hawk, Jamie Thomas, Chris Cole, Joel Tudor, Kelly Slater, Bruce Irons, Damian Hobgood, Cory Lopez, Andrew Reynolds (kickflip shifty's), Chris Haslam, Blair Hess, Rick McCrank, Mark Gonzalez, my parents and most of all GOD.