Twenty Questions

1. What did you have for breakfast this morning?

Raisin Bran


2. What's the best thing you did in surfing that no one saw?

A big Frontside air that I didn't land


3. If you could take back one act in your life, what would it be?

Wasting eleven years of my life bodyboarding when I could have taught myself to surf (ages 6-17)


4. What are the last two books you've read?

A Surfer's Guide to Hawaii and Good Things Love Water


5. What would you like to try that you haven't?

Towing in on four to six foot days


6. What word do you love?

Gnarly!


7. What word do you hate?

Rural (hard to pronounce)


8. What's your greatest fear?

Getting sick of surfing


9. If heaven exists, what do you want God to say when you arrive at the pearly gates?

Wow, You made it!


10. What sound do you love?

When the spray flies out behind the wave after I do a big turn


11. What sound do you hate?

Master P going, "UHHHHH!"


12. What manmade object best represents your personality?

Um, a beaten-up board that rides beautifully


13. What's your favorite scene in a movie?

The wave in Deep Impact; unrealistic, but still GNARLY!


14. What's the worst wave you've ever surfed?

Rosarito Beach in Baja


15. Who are your heroes?

My mother, Occy, Tom Curren, and Eddie Aikau


16. Villains?

The idiot that dropped in on me two days ago and rogue waves when it's already too big for me


17. On a scale of 1 to 10, how often do you drop in on other surfers (1=never; 10=always)?

Two. I only drop in on my friends after they have dropped in on me.


18. If you could be a star in any television show, what would it be and why?

H3O because I'd be getting filmed at all the good surf spots on Hawaii


19. What's your favorite smell and why?

Coconut-scented Sex Wax because it reminds me of home


20. If you could arrange a private concert with any three musicians/bands in history, who would you include?

Brad from Sublime, Bob Marley, and NOFX


Thank you for your time

OK


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