activities. When not at school Jeff's summers were spent surfing in Hawaii, playing Goalkeeper on a US select Soccer team in Ireland, or living in Oregon along the Columbia River Gorge.

It was here Jeff met his worst of influences; well not really. Living in the small town of Hood River, which is in the Gorge, Jeff lived with a world champion sailboarder, and a seven time world champion snowboarder. The days spent at this house were like something you would read about in a book or an adventure magazine. A typical day was comprised of waking up early to go snowboarding up on Mt Hood, only to be followed by an afternoon of mountain biking, kayaking, climbing and Ice Blocking. The goal was always to see how many sports could be done in a day. After that, they would jump in a car and head south to spend the night car camping so they could be on the first load of the day, freefalling, and flying like the birds, to start yet another day of fun.

One day while climbing at Smith Rocks, one of Jeff's friends fell while climbing. It was at that moment his life and career