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SF: Hometown:
EM: Born in La Jolla, brought up Poway and now I live in Cardiff.
SF: Favorite surfer:
EM: Kelly Slater.
SF: Why?
EM: Because he surfs so good and he’s accomplished so much amongst so many distractions.
SF: Favorite board:
EM: Quiver…5’11…18 and 3/4
SF: Favorite local spot:
EM: Seaside
SF: Favorite contest conditions:
EM: A wave where you can get a barrels, do a turn and get an air.
SF: Travels:
EM: Mex, Costa Rica, Hawaii, South America, Europe, Central America.
SF: Favorite surf spot:
EM: Costa Rica.
SF: Where in Costa Rica?
EM: I don’t want anyone to know my spot but it’s on the Guanacasta Coast.
SF: Future goals besides surfing:
EM: Starting my own freestyle surf tour.
SF: Really? When did u think about that?
EM: I’ve been thinking about it for years.
SF: Who are you going to do that with?
EM: Jeff Simonson [Oceanside videographer]
SF: Inspiration?
EM: The young guns, Pro skater Lincoln Ueda and anyone who rides a board and flies high.
SF: How long have you been surfing?
EM: All my life.
SF: Since how old?
EM: 2yrs old.
SF: What are some of your hobbies?
EM: Skateboarding, snowboarding, riding my dirt bike and my motorcycle.
SF: Heroes?
EM: Curren, Slater, Buttons and Sean Palmer
SF: Why them?
EM: Because they’ve been there and done that.
SF: Tell me something people don’t know about you?
EM: I just got 3 surfboards stolen and when I find out whoever did it they are going get beat to a pulp.
SF: Favorite surf trip?
EM: Hawaii, 1989
SF: What happened then?
EM: I surfed Honulua Bay perfectly.
SF: How did you get started surfing?
EM: My father… I was chasing him into the ocean.
SF: Do you work?
EM: Every day…I ride my board or motorcycle
SF: A job?
EM: I once had a job at round table pizza when I was in high school.
SF: Have you had any jobs since then?
EM: No…sometimes I give surf lessons
SF: What’s on your iPod that you keep playing?
EM: Slightly Stoopid
SF: What are some of your pet peeves?
EM: Slow drivers on the road, people who won’t get out of the way when your surfing and crooked cops.
SF: What’s coming up for you in the near future?
EM: Well, I’m going to Costa Rica, Cabo San Lucas and Hawaii
SF: Favorite food?
EM: tacos
SF: Favorite wave?
EM: Pipeline.
SF: How do you stand out?
EM: My big ears.
SF: Describe your most memorable surf trip:
EM: Costa Rica with my parents.
SF: Your first good barrel?
EM: Honalua bay trip in ‘89.
SF: Describe your first air?
EM: I found a Nestor surfboard in a trash can in Solana Beach and I paddled it out and that’s when I did my 1st air.
SF: What was it?
EM: It was a frontside air.
SF: When was your 1st biggest air?
EM: In Portugal, 1995…I was 6 ft. up…my brother said it was the biggest air they ever saw.
SF: What are your favorite airs to do?
EM: Passion pop’s and frontside 360’s
SF: Any airs your trying to do that your not landing yet?
EM: Frontside flips
SF: What do you like best, barrel, turn or air?
EM: I like 2 do them all in one wave but if I have to pick one, an air.
SF: What feels best, barrel turn or air?
EM: Barrel.
SF: First surf video:
EM: Getting Lucky by Brad Anderson.
SF: Most recent surf video?
EM: The Division: Simple Math by Jeff Simonson.
SF: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
EM: In 5 years I plan on doing the same things I do now surfing, snowboarding, skating half pipes, riding bikes and motor cycles and continuing to catch air! Hopefully by then I will have started my own freestyle surf tour.
SF: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
EM: In 10 years I will be running my freestyle surf tour, Built my house in Mexico , have started my own action sports company and of course surfing and catching air on my different boards
SF: Thank you’s?
EM: I just want to thank my parents for getting me into surfing, SRH, Osiris, OG, Quiver, Kicker car stereo, gravity skateboards, FCS, Gorilla Grip, Chronic Smoothie and Strictly Boarding
SF: Anything else you want to say?
EM: If u want it, you gotta go out and get it!
