TOP TO BOTTOM Powder hunting during the annual Volcom Trip to Baldface Lodge in March 0SPRL[VZ[H`PU*YHPN2LSS`»ZYVVT0JHUZLLOPZJYVZZMYVT[OL^PUKV^  HUKP[NL[ZTLÄYLK\W[VYPKL)HSKMHJLPZH]LY`ZWPYP[\HSWSHJLHUK0»]LILLU going there for many years. It’s such a tight-knit family with a great focus on ZHML[`PU[OLIHJRJV\U[Y`;OHUR`V\ 1LɈ7LUZPLYV MVYHSS[OLNVVK[PTLZ Photo: Ryan Boyes ;H]HY\H[PTL^P[O[OLMHTPS`PU6J[VILY >VSÄLSV]LZP[·P[»ZHO\NL adventure for him on this magical island. We can’t wait to go back. Photo: Scott Winer SIMPLICITY Through all my effort building Volcom, I always made time to snow-board and surf—I never lost sight of that. These days, I’m trying to simplify my life so my family and I can spend more time doing the things we love. Over the past 15 years I’ve accumulated a lot of stuff and I’ve found out I don’t need all of it. It’s like, “How can I make life easier and not be bogged down with a bunch of distractions?” It’s been a couple years now of cleaning house, reducing clutter. Ex-tra surfboards, snowboards, clothes, property, cars—whatever I don’t need, I find a good way to get rid of it. Today, I’m trying to figure out the next chapter. I spent 25 years at Volcom and gave it everything I had. Now what? I don’t know yet. I want to keep things simple. I want to keep focusing on improving my life—how do I become a better person? How do I take better care of myself? I always need to be improving. The ultimate goal is to be happy. I want to be calm. I want to be content. I just want to be peace-ful and I think that’s what many of us are looking for. Family, health, surfing and snowboarding—if you focus on those things, you’re going to be OK. Wolfgang is 6 years old. He needs his father and I’m having a lot of fun being a dad and a husband. We love traveling, surfing, skiing and snowboarding, and that’s what we do. In the summer, we’re chasing waves. In the winter, we’re chasing snow and we’ve built our life around that. We ride a lot together. We have a great time. Wolfgang is a fine little dude. He started skiing at age 2, so he’s a good skier. He’s not surfing that much yet, but I’m not going to push him. I want him to do what he wants to do. He likes the trash man, he’s into recycling. We were just down in Mexico and he got some waves, did some body surfing. He was picking up trash on the beach. Watch-ing a kid grow up and being a part of that process is heavy. We had him when I was 47, so I’m trying to keep up with his energy. Family is key. It needs your attention. If you make family the prior-ity, then everything else seems to work. It can be that simple. 084 THE SNOWBOARDER’S JOURNAL
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