I've been blessed to find what I like at the age of 12, I found something that made me feel alive & stoked & I can truely say bike riding has saved my life & continues to. See when I started riding it was totally for the way it made me feel, before riding I really didn't feel to alive or stoked on anything, I was searching & somehow ended up on a bike. Growing up with a lot of problems, like anger, doubt, fear & negative thoughts I needed something, my parents got divorced when I was around 6 or 7, I really don't remember, but I do remember wanting my dad back. That never happened & my family values went out the door with him. Times were tough straight up, I was born & raised in Kansas City, Missouri in a lower middle class family trying to survive the only way we knew how, I remember shoveling snow on days off of school to help buy food, my mother always worked, she worked hard in a factory, I respect her, she never gave up & I learned from her to be a hard worker & sweat it out. Money can't buy attitude that's for sure & I'm not from money, I've worked hard for the things I own, people only see me now but have no idea how hard things have been for me to get there. "Blood...Gutts...Thunder."

I have been Ridin' for 24 years, "Competing & Touring" for 21 years below is a list of some of things I have done in the past.

Contests

1988 AFA AM Overall Champion (American Freestyle Association) 1990 King of Vert AM Champion
1992-1993 BS (Bicycle Stunt) AM Overall Champion
1995 until present X-Games Athlete
1999 until present Gravity Games Athlete
1997-2002 MTV Sports & Music Festival Athlete
1999 Lipton X-Games, Puerto Rico
2000 New Zealand X-Games Champion
2002-2005 MSS (Mobile Skatepark Series) Athlete, USA & International
2004 LG Action Sports Contests, China/Korea, Russia/England
2005 Dew Action Sports Series

TV Appearances

1996 Hosted on Kids In The Way 4 ESPN
1997-1998 Hosted MTV Sports & Music Festival with Ice-T, Kennedy & Peter King
1998-2001 Hosted ESPN's X2day, Xtrax, Winter X-Games & Summer X-Games, Action Sports & Music Awards
2001-2002 Hosted NBC's Vans Triple Crown of BMX
2001-2003 Toured on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour 4 ESPN
2002 appeared on Monster Garage with Tony Hawk & Jesse James
2002-2005 Hosted OLN MSS (Mobile Skatepark Series)
2002 Hosted MTV's Sports Unlimited Reality TV Show (they followed me 4 2 weeks, non-stop)
2003 Hosted Fox's 54321 with Leeann & Wee Man
2004 Hosted Spike TV's BOOM!
2005 Monster House
2005 MTV Cribs
2005 Tony Hawk's Secret Tour #2 for MTV / Activision
2005 Tony Hawk's Diary's on Fuel.tv
2005 Boost Mobile commercial with "Travis Barker"
2005 The Ultimate Gamer" on SPIKE TV
2005 "Training camp" with Eddie George on G4 Network
2006 FUEL TV's "Project Detention" & "10 Count"
2006 CBS "CSI: Las Vegas"
2006 Monster House & Monster Garage = Discovery Channel
2006 BOOST MOBILE Team Rider 4 tha "SCION/RELEASE GOLF INVITATIONAL
2006 "The Daily Habit" on FUEL TV
2006 Hosted California Truck Jam DVD N Irvine, CA
2006 Hosted Monster Energy Drink promo DVD
2006 G4 "Attack of the Show"

Appeared on The Today Show, Warped Wednesday's on Fuel Network, Fuse Network, Animal Plant, Nicaloden, Screen Savers on G4 Network, Fox Sports, History Channel, NBC's Livin' Large..............as a guest

Here is a small sample of the people I have interviewed: Eminem, Dave Mirra, Run-DMC, Henry Rollins, Vin Diesel, Papa Roach, Carrot Top, Busta Rhymes, Hepcat, Mike Ness, NOFX, Kotton Mouth Kings, Carey Hart, Steve Caballero, Suical Tendencies, Deftones, Jack Osborne, Paulie Shore, James Cann, Tom Green, Carmen Electra, Christian Flecther, Brian Deegan, David Spade, Fabulous, Powerman 5000, Mat Hoffman, Benji Weatherly, Rancid, WC, Tony Hawk, The Used, Warren G

TV Commercials

BOOST MOBILE commerical with Travis Barker

Magazines

Tours

1985-1987 BMX Brigade Demos
1988-2001 Sprocket Jockeys
1996-1997 Big Day Out Tour Australia/New Zealand
1996-2004 Vans Warp Tour Worldwide (USA/Australia/Europe/Japan/New Zealand)
1997 Sweden BMX Tour
1997 Golden Dreams Live Tour, Maylasia
1999 Whoop Ass Tour, USA & Canada
1999 Phillipines Show
2001-2003 Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour
2002-2003 Tony Hawks Boom Boom Huck Jam (hosted & rode BMX)
2004 Vans Tour, Cuba
2004 Laruas Sports Awards, Portugal
2005 Tony Hawks Boom Boom Huck Jam (hosted & rode BMX)
2001 - 2006 Vans Warped Tour
2005 Tony Hawk's Secret Tour #2 for MTV / Activision
2006 Tony Hawk's Grand Jam, Orlando, Florida

Appeared on several other tours such as X-Games Xperience, Xtreme Wheels Live, McDonalds New Zealand, Vans Skateparks, & 2 many 1 off demos to count

Hosted 4 Slim Jim, IFMA Freestyle Motocross Tour, Vans Shoes, Boom Boom Huck Jam, Kicker Audio, KMC Wheels, Tony Hawk, McDonalds, MTV, IMG

Radio

1997 LOVELINE with Adam Corolla & Dr. Drew
2002-2006 EXPN Radio spots & 1 hour show
2004 - 2005 Host of EXPN 1 hour action sports show on 48 stations each weekend
KROQ's Loveline
LA's Power 106
Jason Ellis Radio Show On "Faction Radio"
Mark Hoppus Podcast: www.himynameismark.com

Appeared as a guest on several radion stations worldwide, Big O & Dukes in DC, 103.1 Indie & New Zealand, Riot Radio in Atlanta.................. just 2 name a few

Books

Tony Hawk's Book "Occupation: Skateboarder"
Mat Hoffman's "Ride Of My Life"
"X-treme Cuisine
Warped Tour Book

Movies

Appeared on "Triple XXX" alongside Vin Diesel
"Keeping Up With The Jonesers" played Whitey Powers the drug runner
"Mulberry Park" played Irish gang member
"Accepted" by Universal Pictures
"Jack Me" spoof on "Super Size Me"
Punx Rock Holocaust 2

Video Games & Video Part Features

Mat Hoffmans Pro Bmx Version 1 & 2 Video Game
Tony Hawk Video Game, "American Wasteland"
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4 Video Game
Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour
"Slammed"
Vans Warp Tour
Ride Magazine's "In The Life"
Transworld BMX's "How-To BMX"
'MY Way"
"Nachos"
"Kids In The Way"
VULT BMX Video

Signature Stuff

BMX bikes
Signature Shoes
Tradin' Cards
Action Figures
Soda
CD Wallet
Shirts
Calling Cards
Helmets

Music Video's

Transplanets - "Gangsters & Thugs"
Good Charlotte - "The Anthem"
Shifty

DEMO's:

1997 Boardin' 4 Breast Cancer plus a new

Showcase's

Clevend's Rock-N-Roll Hame Of Fame 4 doin' 10years of tha Warped Tour