I'm Awesome

by Ellis, Jason; Tully, Mike (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780062098214
• ISBN10: 0062098217
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-17
• Publisher: It Books

Summary

X Games skateboarder, pro mixed martial arts fighter, and outspoken SiriusXM satellite radio host Jason Ellis shares his jaw-dropping and inspirational life story, from the depths of addiction to the glory of victory to the joys and ordeals of fatherhood. Fans of The Jason Ellis Show and the MMA-meets-music festival "Ellismania" know Ellis as a fearless daredevil-and as the new voice of action sports in America. Now, fans can learn how he got to be the man he is: the struggles, the setbacks, and the fight he put up to make it through to something better. Fans of Griffin Forrest's Got Fight and Tony Hawk's Hawk won't want to miss this unbelievable tell-all from a larger-than-life icon, and a fighter through and through.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Things Really Sucked When I was Little	p. 7
Then Again, They Were also Kind of Sweet	p. 22
Skateboarding is Awesome	p. 35
Getting the Fuck Out of Australia	p. 48
The First Time I Went to America was Awesome	p. 61
But Then I Had to Go Back to Australia	p. 75
My Three-Year Endless Summer	p. 88
Fuck You Rollerbladers	p. 100
Getting Paid, Finally	p. 108
Out with the Old Bitch, and in with the New	p. 129
BallinÆ	p. 142
TV Dickhead	p. 153
Cocaine is Really Bad for You	p. 165
Holy Shit, I've Got a Baby!	p. 181
Bad Times	p. 192
Radio Overlord	p. 210
Harden the Fuck Up	p. 226
Acknowledgments	p. 244
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