Lasso’s Acid Western universe is a sacred place of radical acceptance where unity is found in ecstasy. When surfing, how do you practice radical acceptance?
By trying to step away from that prevalent surf culture, and just surf for me is really helping me with that radical acceptance. Understanding that everyone is on their own journey and people got their own problems in life, really just let that be them, and let me do me.
Where do you find ecstasy outside of surfing and how do you pursue it?
I worked as an active travel guide for 9 years guiding cycling and hiking tours, but because it was work, I didn't always enjoy the cycling. It wasn’t until COVID when I was able to reclaim this relationship with cycling and mountain biking as something joyful.
Biking in the mountains has now become the place where I’m just being me. I’m having fun going at my own pace and there’s no outside pressure to ride a certain way or climb all the biggest hills. Being up here is really where I’m able to find that peace, think, let go and do what I want to do.
What excites you about the journey you’re on?
I love that I'm back working again as a travel guide. Visiting other countries, speaking different languages and experiencing different cultures allows me to tap into different parts of myself. Who I am in Belize is a completely different person than who I am in California, and I like that.
Being in California, it's easy to get pigeonholed into one little box, so going back out and exploring again has opened me up to new experiences and different ways of thinking and living.