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1) I've been in this biz since early 98 and probably less than 20 people in this industry know who I am. I don't even tell people who i am at shows.
2) I was born in Alaska and grew up fishing in the Bering Sea
3) I ran away at 16 years old and never went back
4) I have seen more boats sink and more people drown and lost more friends than I can count
5) I once tackled a black bear on the side of a mountain while hunting. Ironically/luckily, it scared the shit out of the bear and it went up a tree. That tops my list of "why the fuck would you do something like that" stunts.
6) I speak Russian fluently
7) I got into this biz because of Kmans "best friend" - Kmans "best friend" cost me well over $150,000.00 (though it was not entirely his fault)
8) I have never stolen a single penny from anyone in this business
9) I was hit by a Ford 150 truck when i was 8 yrs old and ended up under the rear wheel with the truck parked on my stomach (perfectly missing my rib cage and pelvic bone), when he stopped and got out to see what happened... in spite of that, i was uninjured. Doctors refused to believe I wasn't hurt and medivacked me to another hospital.
10) I killed a 9 foot brown bear when I was 17, from a boat, by accident with a .22 magnum rifle from about 400 yards away causing a massive investigation by the Alaska Dept of Fish and Game/Federal Fish and Wildlife Dept and didn't get in trouble.
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