I'm Awesome: One Man's Triumphant Quest to Become the Sweetest Dude Ever

by Jason Ellis, Mike Tully

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062098221
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/05/2013
Pages:	243
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jason Ellis is a pro skater, host of SiriusXM's The Jason Ellis Show, and New York Times bestselling author of I'm Awesome: One Man's Triumphant Quest to Become the Sweetest Dude Ever. He lives in Los Angeles, where he continues to kick ass on a daily basis.

Mike Tully lives in Los Angeles. He can be heard daily on The Jason Ellis Show.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1

1 Things Really Sucked When I was Little 7

2 Then Again, They Were also Kind of Sweet 22

3 Skateboarding is Awesome 35

4 Getting the Fuck Out of Australia 48

Part 2

5 The First Time I Went to America was Awesome 61

6 But Then I Had to Go Back to Australia 75

7 My Three-Year Endless Summer 88

8 Fuck You Rollerbladers 100

9 Getting Paid, Finally 108

Part 3

10 Out with the Old Bitch, and in with the New 129

11 Ballin' 142

12 TV Dickhead 153

13 Cocaine is Really Bad for You 165

Part 4

14 Holy Shit, I've Got a Baby! 181

15 Bad Times 192

16 Radio Overlord 210

17 Harden the Fuck Up 226

Acknowledgments 244