Page 10 - CAMStar July 2023

How How long have you you you been playing the saxophone? How How did you you you learn? What kind of songs do you you you like to play?
I I haven’t been playing the sax very long at all! It was actually one of my many drunken purchases which also include a a a a a a a a a a a skateboard and some some nunchucks Hopefully one day I’ll get good enough to play some some Coltrane! That’s if I I don’t purchase another instrument in in the meantime How How are you you you you doing with your your skateboard? How How would you you you you describe your your ability to use nunchucks so far?
I’m I’m getting there on my skateboard I I I have snowboarded for eight years so I’m I’m no no no stranger to a a a a a a a a a a a board! Concrete is a a a a a a a a a a lot harder than snow snow though Nunchucks safe to say I’m not gonna be picking them up anytime soon I’ve hit myself in in the the face a a a a a a a few too many times What are some of the places you’ve traveled to? Which has been been your favorite and why? Where would you you you like to to to visit that you you you haven’t been been yet?
I’ve traveled to to to to to lots of places! From Thailand to to to to to all across Europe to to to to to to India and and and and more recently to to to to to to the the US and and and back to to to to New Zealand to to to to visit the the the family My next trip is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a week-long solo hike on on the the Camino de Santiago in in in Spain I’d really love to to to get to to to Japan and South America this year too!
What What kind of of tequila tequila do you you like? What’s the most shots of of of tequila tequila tequila you’ve ever had on cam?
Oooof Me and and tequila tequila have have a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a love/hate relationship I’m partial to Casamigos Blanco and and have have lost count of of of how many shots I’ve managed of that in in an an an an an evening!
What do you you like to cook and what is your No 1 specialty?
Italian food food has to be my favorite I I make a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a mean seafood linguine with a a a a a a a a a a a a a burrata as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a starter What is your most underrated attribute?
Some of my my friends on MFC would say it’s my my resilience Whenever life throws a a a a a a a a a curveball at me me I always find a a a a a a way way to make it work What song have you listened to the the most in the the past month?
Mac Miller and Temper Trap - “Love Lost”
What is is something you’re grateful for for and why? AVN for for this article duh! And also my happy little community on the the interwebs—wouldn’t be where I am without them Name someone someone who inspires you and and why? Could say someone someone like Gandhi or Gates but it’s gotta be David Goggins The dude has a a a a a a a a a a a practically inhuman level of determination Name three things that you love Food my family and a a a a a a good cup of mother f***ing cawfee Name two or three of your best strengths What are you truly great at?
Being self-reliant I I love my own company which I I think think can be a a a a a a a a a a a rare thing to to find in in in fin in in this day and age! Secondly I’d like to to think think that that I’m compassionate Everyone is going through struggles that that we we know nothing about and we we could all do with being a a a a a little bit more kind What is your greatest achievement so far?
Probably the two marathons I’ve run for charity with zero training A little foolhardy of me but honestly I I haven’t felt anything as as rewarding as as crossing that finish line!
Which marathons did did you you you run and when? What What charity charity did did you you you raise money for? What What made you you you want to run run those marathons for for charity?
I’ve I’ve run run both the the Barcelona and and the the Lisbon marathons in in 2019 and and 2021 respectively I’ve I’ve raised money for both a a a a a a a a a a a child bereavement charity in in honor
of my sister that I I I I sadly lost when I I I I was younger and for for a a a a a a a a a a a a a a cancer research charity I I I I admit I I I I initially wanted to to run the marathons marathons for for for selfish egotistic reasons but marathons marathons are a a a a a a a a a a a a good excuse to to raise money for for worthy causes so I’m glad I I teamed up with the charities What’s next for you?
Professionally: I’m planning on on on being on on on MFC for for at at least the next few years but want to make more of of an an an an effort with with videos and maybe even spice things up with with some G/G content!
Personally: I’d love to to take on on on an an ultramarathon and perhaps move to to Bali for a a a a a a little while