As soon as I stood up on that hard surfboard, I went so fast and it was such an incredible feeling that I was obsessed, and I fell in love with it, so I never stopped. So, that's how it all started, being around people at the beach and other surfers and then finally getting an actual surf board, and falling in love with that feeling.

Definitely my wife and my kid [are my biggest inspiration].

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 grew up knowing [Jack Johnson], surfing with him.

I grew up in Orange County, California, all over the beaches of San Clemente and that area.

Traveling is also a big inspiration for me.

One Christmas, I just begged my parents like "I want to try to surf on a real board instead of these boogie boards and rafts" and they got me one.