ABOUT ME
ive always loved traveling.
new places, new people, new experiences...
keeping life fresh, and fun!
these days i work about 6 to 8 months of the year,
and take the rest of the time off to see the world.

PHILOSOPHY
small people talk about people.
important people talk about things.
great people talk about ideas.

CURRENT MISSION
1968 pontiac GTO resto-mod

NOTE
if you are addicted to wi-fi please do not contact me.
i have no interest in hosting travelers who are more closely connected to their devices than they are to the world around them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i've been couchsurfing since the early years!
i spend about 6 months looking for a couch,
and the other 6 offering one... straight up!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

driving up to jackson hole from park city, utah a friend and i were about to spend the night in the back of the truck at -5F when he suggested CSing.
He claimed to have made a contact, so we got in touch and two hours later we were all drinking beers at 'the cutty.' we stayed with them for about 4 nights.
it was great.
that was my first CSing experience.
since then i've been CSing in Central America, Canada, Australia, and all over the United States.
i offer my couch to travelers when i'm at home in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Interests

...in no particular order.
soccer, snowboarding, fishing, camping, poetry, mechanics, surveying, punk rock, reading, snorkeling, cooking, sailing, atmospheric physics, running, hunting, photography, dancing, structural dynamics, singing, table tennis, hiking, organic chemistry, woodworking, x-country skiing, agriculture, welding, dog mushing, packrafting, candlemaking, whitewater, scuba diving, theater, snowmachining, homebrew, steel design, bartending, gardening, concrete design, materials science, family, friends, pyrotechnics, song writing, sustainable energy, sewing, health science, cold climate engineering, archery, bird watching, celestial observation, surfing facebook, love.

• dogs
• birds
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• theater
• design
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• beer
• running
• drinking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• homebrewing
• woodworking
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• hunting
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• sailing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• soccer
• tennis
• table tennis
• archery
• agriculture
• chemistry
• engineering
• physics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

i listen to everything.
and when i say everything, i mean everything.
classical, country, punk, hip hop, folk, reggae, IDM... etc. everything!
currently: SBTRKT, james blake, doc watson, the alchemist, phoenix
i do not watch television.
i only watch movies that come highly recommended by sources with taste i trust.
i read anything but fiction.
current affairs, historical, technical, biographical, periodical... etc.
currently: autobiography of a yogi
by: paramahansa yogananda

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i was the first alaskan soccer player to score a goal while representing the united states in international competition.
united states u-17, region IV vs. costa rica u-17
march 20, 1996
san jose, costa rica.

Teach, Learn, Share

keep it real.
-O.D.B.

What I Can Share with Hosts

check out my cabin at the end of fox hollow road for a quiet, comfortable place close to town and incredible viewing of the northern lights.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States

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