Born in Quebec, Canada, I started travelling the world in search of adventure at a very young age and I have never stopped. Chasing waves to ride and rockfaces to climb in remote and distant places, my home became wherever I found myself.

While spending decades exploring different parts of the world, the one common thing that I kept witnessing was the always omnipresent exploitation and use of animals by humans.

Being constantly exposed, I became more aware of the endless ways that animals are exploited for human interest, regardless of the culture. I have witnessed monkeys and elephants chained up, cockfighting games, wet markets, pig being slaughtered, birds in cages, and the sound of dogs being beaten to death in the dark of night. In each of these moments, I always felt that it wasn’t right.

In 2011, I came to the conclusion that if I wasn’t able to kill animals myself, I shouldn’t be eating them. My journey to align my actions with my values began.

I became a Pescatarian

A few years later, while in India, I found myself standing in front of an aquarium at a restaurant and I was asked to choose which live fish I would like to be killed for my meal. This experience literally brought me face to face with the living being that I was about to eat. I realized that I had no justification to kill a fish either.
I became a Vegetarian

In the spring of 2018 while on an extended surf trip to Indonesia, my life changed drastically.

Within a week the click between being vegetarian and going vegan had more to do with learning about the dairy and egg industry including all other forms of animal exploitation. All done by watching documentaries, speeches, videos, etc…I remembers Gary Yourofsky’s “Best Speech You Will Ever Hear” as having a huge impact on me.

My empathy and love for animals convinced me to adopt a vegan lifestyle. For me it was a no brainer:
“I don’t want to cause harm to animals. Eating animal products obviously causes harm to animals. Therefore to live according to my values, I don’t eat animal products anymore.”

I became Vegan 

Immediately after becoming aware of these atrocities, I told myself  “There is no way I am just going to sit here and do nothing. I felt the need to do something.”                                                                                               

I became an Animal Rights Activist

AS AN ACTIVIST