Donavon Frankenreiter Quotes

They say things happen for a reason You don't do them, they won't.

Nobody in my family ever surfed, but they would always bring me to the beach.

I grew up knowing [Jack Johnson], surfing with him.

I started surfing at the age of 10, and then turned professional at the age of 16, which was right around the same time I took up the guitar. So, the surfing came first.

Being a husband and a dad is my inspiration.

I grew up in Orange County, California, all over the beaches of San Clemente and that area.

I fell in love with these two passions that I made into careers, and I've never had to give one up.

[Jack Johnson]gave me my whole start in music, which was the coolest thing ever.

Through my surfing, I met all my friends that helped me out in the music world, and so that's kind of how it all began. So, it was the surfing and then the music.

[Jack Johnson] really helped me make the record, put it out, and then let me tour with him for two years. He really helped me out.

I don't really try to set any long-term goals.

Definitely my wife and my kid [are my biggest inspiration].

Traveling is also a big inspiration for me.

I travel a lot, and being in different countries and a part of cultures, that's just such a huge inspiration for music, and one way or another, you get influenced.

[The Surf Lodge performance] is sort of like an annual thing.

One Christmas, I just begged my parents like "I want to try to surf on a real board instead of these boogie boards and rafts" and they got me one.

My wife really pushed me in that direction, to write my own songs and start singing, so I think having the whole family thing is such a huge thing.

I just think it's amazing that I'm able to do both singing and surfing.