What age did you get your first motorcycle? When I was 6 years old.

When did you start racing? 7.

What year did you turn pro? 1995.

Why did you stop racing professional motocross? No support, not enough money, and a near death injury on July 22, 1996.

What started your professional freestyle career? Filming for the video Moto XXX.

What advice do you have for people wanting to get into freestyle motocross? Practice at your own pace, be ready to overcome obstacles (broken bones).

Have you ever been injured? Yea, July 22, 1996 I ripped an artery out of my heart, flatlining 4 times, lost my Gall bladder, lost my spleen, lost 60% of my liver, lost all of my original blood cells using 250 units of blood. besides that crash I've broken my tibia and fibula in both legs, I have no ACL ligaments in either leg, I broke all my fingers on my right hand while ripping off all of my fingernails, I've had compound fractures on my pinky and ulna, I've broken 5 ribs, broken my collar bone, broken my shoulder, and had a full calcaneous reconstruction.

What inspires you? Knowing death, and being alive.

Final words? Learn from pain.