My name is Patrick Mittelstadt and I'm a college student that has been surfing for 12 years. I grew up on the east coast and surf at Folly Beach every time there are waves.(Surf shots to come later this month) So why wakeboarding and wakeskating? I love to wakeboard; it's what I do while I'm at school and away from the ocean. I'm on the Clemson wakeboarding club (GO TIGERS) and a full-time packaging science engineering student.

I have many goals in my life that I want to accomplish. Like most people, I want to graduate college with a good job. I want to have a great life and a loving family. I also want to eventually get sponsored for wakeboarding, downhill longboarding, or surfing.

Growing up I've been known for being very nice and conscientious. I always look for the positive outcome. And never let anything get me down; whether it is a bad grade or not landing a trick.