How It All Began…

Let’s go back in time to the year 2020, when everything changed forever

I was working as a Health and Physical Education teacher, and part-time as a bartender in my home state of Pennsylvania. This was during February 2020. One morning I woke up on a weekend and saw a strange text instructing all bar staff to report to work immediately. I walked into the building and heard REM’s “It’s the End of the World” playing loudly through the speakers. Well, I won’t go into any more detail but we all know what happened throughout the next two years, and it rhymes with “shmobid”.

That year was ROUGH, to say the least. Nothing was regular, especially my paychecks, and as someone who lived most of my life in northeast America, I had grown to hate the cold. My research showed Florida was mostly open and teachers were in short supply. After a lot of thought and internal struggle, I made a huge leap of faith and moved to sunny St. Petersburg, Florida!

My Introduction to the World of Water Sports and Water Tourism

I spent my first week in St. Petersburg enjoying the scenery, exploring, and talking to locals. One night I saw on social media that a mutual friend was seeking a tour guide for his jet ski operation in nearby Clearwater. I had zero experience with jet skis; I had never even driven one before! But as a teacher, I knew how to instruct groups of people. Also, what’s not to like about getting paid to ride jet skis?! Well, we met and he hired me that day. As they say, the rest is History!

Fast forward a few years and I’m working for one of the world’s largest Water Sports operations. From my connections as an educator, and from within the Water Sports world, I’ve also been able to build an online blog about the three things I’m most passionate about; Water Sports, Water Tourism, and Health & Wellness!