MY
BIOGRAPHY

I was born in September, 1980, in a small town called Fort St. John and grew up in a home raised by a single mom, and one sister. Back in the good old days, we were forced to use our imagination, rather than video games to fill our time. With mom working full time, I had to keep myself occupied. This led to track and field interests early in grade school, followed by basketball, baseball, and soccer. Junior High came, and music lessons commanded by my mother filled a large portion of my time. However, I managed to still develop an interest in anything that gave me an adrenaline rush. I got into everything; rollerblading, skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and many others. These led to broken bones, sprains, strains, and lacerations. I also graduated from dirt bikes to street bikes. Which, I still enjoy to this day.

I believe my first day in the gym was March 4th 1996, 15 years old; I was dying to move the medical weigh scale past the 100lbs. My gym idol, mentor, life coach, heavy metal band member, and good friend Tomm took me to the gym. I had pestered him often trying to determine how he got so “big”. Tomm took me, and another friend under his wing. Taught us how to work out and consume “Rocky style” drinks that consisted of horrible chalk protein type powders, raw eggs, ice-cream and jams. This continued on as no more than a hobby. I did not get serious about working out, til after a horrible dirt bike accident that left my foot severely damaged. My gym at the time was putting on its first bodybuilding show in 2002. Jeni, the owner, asked me to compete. At this point, I was on crutches, hadn’t walked in 5 months, and weighed roughly 160lbs. With the support of my own willpower, Tomm, Jeni, friends and family, and reading every bodybuilding magazine I could get my hands on, I was able to compete. I won first place and had gained over 20lbs of muscle for the show. I was hooked from that first show!