My wife really pushed me in that direction, to write my own songs and start singing, so I think having the whole family thing is such a huge thing.

Through my surfing, I met all my friends that helped me out in the music world, and so that's kind of how it all began. So, it was the surfing and then the music.

I fell in love with these two passions that I made into careers, and I've never had to give one up.

I just think that's the most amazing thing to be able to go to places like Japan and surf all day and then that night, play music. It's never been one of those things that's disrupted the flow of one and other, they've just enhanced one and other. It's incredible. It's beautiful that I found these two things that help each other out.

I travel a lot, and being in different countries and a part of cultures, that's just such a huge inspiration for music, and one way or another, you get influenced.

Nobody in my family ever surfed, but they would always bring me to the beach.

My wife really pushed me in that direction, to write my own songs and start singing, so I think having the whole family thing is such a huge thing.