CURRENT MISSION

Explore Australia and New Zealand (again), hopefully do some bodysurfing, spearfishing, and diving.

ABOUT ME

I'm a guy with roots in NZ and the USA. I teach high school art and am lucky to have two beautiful daughters.

PHILOSOPHY

Spend as much time in or at the ocean. Try to be a great dad to my kids and be a supportive and encouraging adult to the young people I coach and teach. Make the world more beautiful!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

meet new friends, explore the world

Interests

I like to draw and paint, dive, fish, spearfish. I also love dogs and, when I'm home, go hiking almost day with my dog, Skipper.

• dogs
• fish
• arts
• cooking
• coach
• reading
• painting
• drawing
• music
• fishing
• hiking
• scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: whale rider, it's a beautiful life, swept away (the lena wertmuller version);

music: iron & wine, vance joy, beatles, paul simon, lana del rey, lorde, shiny toy guns

books: endurance, the jo nesbo books, adrift, kon tiki, into the wild, growth of the soil

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I don't know if it counts as amazing but I did my best to hitchhike around Australia.

Teach, Learn, Share

drawing, painting, spearfishing, ultimate frisbee, silkscreen t shirts

What I Can Share with Hosts

art, music, dog care, reading to kids, diving, cooking (I'm not very good, but I try)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Norway, United Kingdom, United States