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The First Time I went Couch Surfing
The first time I went Couch Surfing was in New Orleans, when I went to watch my friend play for the New Orleans Saints. In college I had a roommate, named Mitch, who became a NFL player. I met this guy because we both happened to live with a large family of nine kids who…
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How Cars Changed My Life
This is the story of how cars changed my life: Cars in Mexico Like most boys from the 90’s, HotWheels were a part of my life growing up. Even in Mexico, I remember coming home after elementary school and rushing to my bucket of toy cars and using them as the base for whatever adventure…
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My Visit to the Koenigsegg Factory
The first time I heard about Koenigsegg was on AutoWeek magazine in 2006. On their annual new car issue there was one snippet about a car from a company I’d never seen before called Koenigsegg. I knew nothing about cars at the time. I didn’t understand the facts and figures at the bottom. I was…
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My First Formula One Race: The 2019 Monaco Grand Prix – Part 2
I have been a fan of Formula 1 since 2007, when Lewis Hamilton was a rookie. I was 14 years old. I had just moved to the USA and I learned to speak English by reading car magazines. The back section of AutoWeek Magazine was dedicated to motorsport. Through this I learned much about Formula…
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My First Formula One Race: The 2019 Monaco Grand Prix-Part 1
Anyone who is a car enthusiast, and even some who are not, have heard of the legendary Monaco Grand Prix. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious races in the world, where Formula 1 cars drive through the narrow streets of Monaco surrounded by celebrities, yachts and glamour. Some say you can find…
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My Aerobatics Ride in a Gamebird GB1 Airplane
Who would have thought that one of the coolest aerospace companies in the world is found in Northwest Arkansas? Allow me to introduce you to the Game Aerospace company, which makes really cool aerobatics airplanes. You know? The ones that do flips and that can pull 9G turns? Well, they make one called the Gamebird…
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One Lap Around the Nurburgring Racetrack
I have only been inside a race car at the legendary Nurburgring racetrack in Germany once in my life. And it happened to be with my friend Jesse. Meeting Jesse Jesse is one of the most interesting people that I know. The day that I met him was a beautiful sunny day. I was walking…
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How I Fell In Love With Paddle Boarding
I was introduced to Paddle boarding on the shores of Lake Garda, Italy. A truly lovely place to fall in love with anything or anyone. It happened in the middle of the pandemic, in 2020. A few weeks into my job with Hilti, I got invited by my friend Patrick to go spend a long…
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The First Time I Rode a Roller Coaster
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” This quote is widely used by sports events to motivate people out of stagnancy and routine, and into adventure and excitement. At age 17 I was the epitome of unchanging habits and beliefs. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was…
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Swimming in the Freezing Icelandic Sea
For most of my young life I had a poor relationship with water. There are many reasons for this (queue the memory of my dad holding me underwater to “help me” like it more), but the main one is that I am typically a cold person. I like being warm better than I like being…
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