CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life in beautiful Portland, with the Cascade mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west

ABOUT ME

Back home in the US of A after a few short months of travel, I'm happy to be back and ready to settle down for a while. For now I'll be working, snowboarding, and biking. In the future I hope to work on providing food and medical supplies to areas and peoples in need.

PHILOSOPHY

I intend on bridging (directly and indirectly) as many peoples and cultures as humanly capable.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed in Germany with a great group of Berliners and was really happy with their hospitality.

Interests

I love most sport activities and attempt as many of them as possible. While not training physically I'm studying languages, histories, and reading a variety of fiction. Music is always good for the soul, so I play guitar and piano whenever I get the chance.

Sports: Surfing, snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, lacrosse, martial arts, hiking, kiteboarding, motorcyle racing, car racing, American football, football, baseball, basketball, skateboarding, ping- pong, archery, pool, darts, arm wrestling (while drinking)

Languages: Spanish, Chinese, Latin, Italian, French, German, Arabic, Hindi

Instruments: Guitar (int.), piano (beg.)

As far as music I am open to anything and already enjoy an extensive variety of genres. If anyone has any dancing skills I would love to learn.

• arts
• dancing
• dining
• running
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• darts
• music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• sailing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• sports
• baseball
• basketball
• martial arts
• wrestling
• american football
• soccer
• archery
• lacrosse
• business
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Seven Samurai, A Beautiful Mind, A Thin Red Line, Reservoir Dogs, The Emperor and the Assassin, The Big Lebowski

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I raced a black bear in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada three years ago. The bear was minding its own business, standing in the middle of A- line (a fast downhill bike trail) when I come whizzing around the corner and scared it to the side of the trail. To my surprise it began running alongside me for almost 70 feet. A few split seconds riding next to a bear on a big mountain under the shade of huge pine trees was definitely a once- in- a- lifetime experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English, mountain biking, basic sailing, kungfu
Learn: Chinese, Spanish, surfing, dancing

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States