Where do you see your journey heading?
At this point in my life my direction is more clear to me. A year ago I met a beautiful person who totally understands my life as she has experienced a hard life for most of her life. She constantly helps me be become a better person all the time. I’m truly lucky that she has come into my life. In the future my next dream is to become a team manager at RRD in Italy where I’ll spend half of the year there, and the other half in Tahiti. I want to continue bringing people into the ocean who are not familiar with it to share the things I love to do and appreciate. Past that, I have no plans as I’ve never wanted to plan my life out that far ahead. I always take what life gives me and make the best possible situation out of the cards I am dealt.
Last question Mat, maybe a bit deep, but what’s the most noble thing a person can do?
To give when you have nothing. For example: people who don’t have a lot of money going out of their way to give when they really can’t afford it. In Tahiti we have a lot of people like that and it truly is an amazing thing to see and makes me very happy to be from the end of the road. I have so much respect for people when I see them do something for another person out of the kindness of their heart without expecting something in return. It strikes a chord for me because I’ve had many people help me when I’ve been at my worst. Now I live my life in a way helping people out when I can to give back the help I’ve been shown along the way. SUP
Mateo. Never give up.
