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Being the most influential parts of his life at the age of sixteen. You felt at home on a surfboard at eight. He find him sitting at bird land in late night. Jazz sessions with his father and miles davis. It's this unique life experience which paved the way for him. Not only to become the face of espn's x. games but also a musician himself recording underneath the alias. Alica sam that's masekela backwards. His recently launched podcast what shapes us explores he and his guests human experiences who they are what drives gives them joy. It's this mission to highlight people and places through a mold breaking lens and redefine culture. He's the co founder of stoked mentoring an organization dedicated to mentoring at risk youth through action sports and the host of hyundai's series. The un adventures on tastes made network and twenty twenty salama was also welcomed on the board of directors for burton snowboards as a general adviser. Salama welcome to the podcast. My friend thank you for having me. It is a high honor to sit with you on this friday midget right to the burning question. Everyone has which is. I feel like your ears aren't very good backside one. That's because you're the second adult size man who actually back squats and muscle mass. I mean that's the kind of thing on you on the internet. You know what it's the truth and baxter's have been the bane of my existence since time just because everyone has a thing that they that they're not that is like their achilles heel like tony hawk. I forget there's a trick that he can't do the watts he's like yeah. I can't i just can't grab my boy that way. That's why i always with this win all but Yeah back are. I think it's just too much mass going on the lack of quad dominance just makes it hard for me to get back there. What i love. Is i just saw dominance. Kelly now wants to be your best friend forever. You said quad dominance and quad. Dominance is something that we say around the yard is that because you you don't you're too quad dominant or you wanna be quad dominant like that guy's quad dominant check out the quad dominance on that woman i was one squad dominant and then i learned how to recruit everything that was going on behind me and became a better athlete and so yeah now. The the quad dominance has ended. We have so much to to start with. But let's take a slightly different tack for second because a quick bio of you which everyone is heard. And i think you're living under a rock if you haven't been involved in action sports and all of the advocacy that you've been doing for a minute. Don't think you're gonna skip over all those questions coming back on me on a but you have seen the evolution of these will call. I don't actually sport is in the right word. Lifestyle sports.