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\"\"Photographer John Cocozza<\/a> interviewed me for Surf Shot Magazine. \u00a0He asked a lot of great questions that let me tell a couple stories that don’t normally come up in an interview, like the “town surfboard” when I was a kid, my favorite all-time painting, and being robbed in Peru.<\/p>\n

Here’s part of the interview; for the complete interview go to Surf Shot Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When did you start surfing and who got you started? <\/strong>My older brother Tommy put me on a board when I was about 4 or 5.\u00a0 It was an instant addiction!<\/p>\n

What was your first board and do you still have it? <\/strong>When I was a kid, there were only a few small boards in my hometown of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.\u00a0 The smallest board in town was a 5\u20198\u201d Bing \u2013 it was like the town bicycle \u2013 everyone in Myrtle Beach rode it at one point.\u00a0 We all got our turn.<\/p>\n

My first real surfboard that I owned was a used David Nuhuiwa 5\u20198\u201d \u2013 it was faded red and beat up so I taped it off and painted checkerboards and lightning bolts on it.\u00a0 It was the first surfboard I ever painted.\u00a0 I was about 9 or 10 at that time.<\/p>\n

Who have been some of your major art influences?<\/strong> My father influenced me early on \u2013 he was always drawing and doodling, and my sister Julie was an art major.\u00a0 As I got older, I was inspired by artists I saw in surfing magazines like Bill Ogden, Jim Phillips, Jim Evans and Rick Griffin.\u00a0 I remember, back in the 80\u2019s, when all of the Town and Country art was wild and crazy.\u00a0 I thought it was cool.<\/p>\n

What was the 1st piece of art you sold and to whom?<\/strong> It was probably… GO TO SURF SHOT<\/a> TO READ THE REST OF THIS INTERVIEW…<\/p>\n

And while you’re here – below is the CRUZIN’ TO SANTA CRUZ Episode 3 of The Paint Shop TV Show. \u00a0Check it out!<\/p>\n

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