Everything white. My nose and throat full of mist, my feet disappeared, I can see no further than the variometer in my lap, which reads 832 meters- surely that can’t be right? I jumped 270-feet in five seconds? Alex’s voice crackles on the radio. “Go west, go to the beach. West!” The compass says I’m …
The greatest moments in my life are when everything I believe, love, wish, hope and desire come together at once. When my skills meet their equivalent challenge. In the Flow. From the age of six age until my mid-thirties I pursued Flow relentlessly. Skateboarding and snowboarding went from hobby to business to lifestyle followed by …
The summer drought ended today and the frogs are beside themselves. Loud bellowing from every hollow. Crazy birds I’ve never heard before are nattering at each other. Trees are flush with colour and the ground, finally relaxed, lets go of all the rich smells and creatures it was holding. But the frogs. My god what …
Last Thursday at approximately 10:30 pm a motorcycle carrying Wilson and Mery Mendez and their two young sons Gino and Josue, was struck by a SUV traveling at high speed on one of the main roads through Ojochal. The driver of the SUV (a resident ex-pat) continued to accelerate, dragging the bike and it’s passengers …
This little critter was curled up in my friend’s shoe yesterday. It’s the tail end of summer here, hot as hell and just weeks away from rainy season. Prime time for hatching snakes to leave their burrows for higher ground before the inevitable flooding. Red touch yellow kill a fellow, red touch black venom lack. …
“There was a fire”, he said. My mechanic Heiner and I stood in front of a burnt out Mitsubishi 4×4. The engine compartment was already empty and the body of the car had both fire and smoke damage. The ‘Firestone Destination’ tires however looked OK and I needed some. When I lived in San Diego …
It took me 21 years to write this song. The lyrics represent what happened and how I felt when my first big break fell apart and took just about everything down with it. In the fall of 1990, I signed the legendary pro skateboarder Gator to my burgeoning skateboard company, Fishlips Skateboards. If you don’t …
When I sang this to my Producer and co-creator Mitch Girio for the first time his only comment was, “Are you sure you want to record this? It’s kind of mean”. Perhaps. But it is a true story. Had my friend and I spent fewer days with the girl we met in an airport lounge …
I am super excited about our new Prince Perry record! In addition to releasing 15 new songs, we are using proceeds to support an amazing children’s environmental education program in my second home-town of Ojochal, Costa Rica. Please check out the indiegogo campaign. All of the money raised from the song ‘When I Think of …
Happiness is a choice. More than that, it’s a choice we must make for ourselves every day. It’s that simple and that hard. The demands of our work, family and lifestyle challenge us to prioritize things that don’t make us happy. When we push back we are confronted with the beliefs and values of our …