About

I grew up in a very small town in western Minnesota, a place I was eager to leave, but where my roots run deep – roots I wouldn’t give up for anything in the world. Shortly after I turned 18, I gave up my little town without a traffic light and moved to Minneapolis to attend the University of Minnesota. Minneapolis has a LOT of traffic lights. I bounced my way through university with big plans. I always knew EXACTLY what I wanted to be when I grew up. Unfortunately, that exact thing changed about every two weeks. I ultimately found a course of study that I loved in Communication Studies, a degree that I graduated with in 2003. I moved away from campus, but I will always be a Gopher; my blood runs maroon and gold.

After graduating, I found myself working a job that I didn’t like. In fact, I hated it. I was never happy, and life is too short not to be happy, so I walked away from a well defined career path and got a job at a bike shop. It didn’t take long to stir up the memories of riding my little, red, garage sale BMX bike on the dirt roads to my friends’ houses, of forging a trail through the Superior National Forest on a beat down and eventually broken in half Huffy “Mountain Storm,” of racing my Specialized Rockhopper at Lutsen Mountains. I rediscovered my passion for bikes, and followed it to the most incredible job a 20-something single guy could ask for.

I spent several years traveling, working with Trek Travel, riding my bike on the most amazing trails and roads in the world. I stood on the side of the roads cheering at the Tour de France. I sipped Chianti while staring at a Tuscan sunset. I rode mountain bikes with some of the sport’s top professionals. I loved what I did, and I loved to share my experiences, through words or photographs.

Eventually I set off on a different path, one that most people would find more traditional, but I started on it later than most in my peer group. My experiences shaped my version of this path. My path to traditional has been anything but traditional, and I love it.

I have more stories to tell, and I’m always looking for new ways to share them.