General Information
| Steve Wilson has been vouched for |
| VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Verified (3) more info |
| Couch available | No |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 100% |
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| member since | September 4th, 2006 |
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| profile views | 2101 |
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| age | 35 |
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| gender | Male |
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| membername | STEVE-WILSON |
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| occupation | organic gardener/farmer, freelance web designer |
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| education | B.A. in Communications, school of wwoof |
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| grew up in | Winter Garden, Florida USA |
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| Direct Profile URL |
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Languages- EnglishExpert
- SpanishBeginner
Groups I Belong ToAthens Ohio Couchsurfers 35:39
Why: interested in Athens as a possible place to live ...
| WWOOF 2390:1641
Why: the wwoof organization is great!
|  Europe 469608:30413
Why: I spent a year there - 2007 and loved it!
|  Backpackers 7217:6641
Why: I want to backpack! (why else?)
| Active in 1 more groups.
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Couch Information
No couch currently available for surfing. I'm living on a farm, in a small unheated cabin with a single bed. I can't exactly host right now. (However, now that I think about it, we have a tent setup ... so if you want to camp out, we might be able to accommodate.)
Otherwise, I'd be willing to meet up for coffee or a drink. And, since I'm so new to Athens, we could do some exploring together!
I live in a small town east of Athens by about 15-20 minutes. It's beautiful here ... Friends (32)
 James McKey
36, Male
Sorrento, Florida
United States
Friends since August 1988
"Met Steve when we were both in the Drumline together in high school."
Friendship Type: Best Friend
  30+  30+ |
 Gertrud Althausen
54, Female
Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since January 2007
"I couched him"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
2 |
 Adrián Puga (kamalain/cyborg)
29, Male
San Sebastian, Basque Country
Spain
Friends since January 2007
"Steve was my first CS guest in Málaga, Spain. We couchsurfed and wwoofed together in Cabo de Gata. He's my goat cheese teacher. He rocks!!!"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Steve Wilson
9 2 |
 Kevin Connell
35, Male
Seattle, Washington
United States
Friends since January 2001
"Steve and I go way back... "
Friendship Type: Close Friend
30+ |
 Damiañ Nenadic
27, Male
Zagreb, Zagreb City
Croatia
Friends since April 2007
"I meet steve at farm in south Spain wher we been woofing together. Steve is remarkeble person full of good fgoood jokes. Like to spend time with him and we have realy nice druming session. Stay positivie u litle cowboy:)"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Sophie Patterson
20, Female
Appleton, Wisconsin
United States
Friends since May 2009
"WWOOF"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Jeff LaForge
22, Male
East Lansing, Michigan
United States
Friends since June 2008
"We worked on an organic farm"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Jason Zumstein
33, Male
Asheville, North Carolina
United States
Friends since August 2009
"Steve surfed with me"
Friendship Type: Friend
2 |
 ZAMORA2
29, Female
Nuremberg, Bavaria
Germany
Friends since April 2007
"WWOOFing in Almeria"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Karen and Conor Swedrock
27, Several people
Charleston, South Carolina
United States
Friends since January 2007
"Met in Spain during our travels"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Personal DescriptionI'm in Athens, Ohio! Technically I'm living in Amesville, OH, working at Green Edge Gardens until turkey day, after which I will have to figure my next adventure out. Maybe I'll stay in Athens for the winter? Get a job? Who knows. The world is an open book and I'm just flipping through the pages.
During winter and summer 2009 I was an apprentice on another small organic farm called Sun Island Farm on Vashon Island in Washington State. It's right down the street from Plum Forest Farm, where I was an apprentice for the 2007 season.
I traveled for a year between October 2006 and Oct. 2007. I did some sight-seeing around Europe, some safari-ing around Africa and then a bunch of wwoofing to pursue my passionate interest in organic food and farming. I'm back in Seattle now, settling back in a little bit, dealing with a bit of culture shock and trying not to get too depressed with the sad state of the nation. I hope next year to be traveling/couchsurfing/freelancing again and some wwoofing next year probably.
Before taking a year off, I had been working in an office for too long (for 9-feckin years) and as of July 2006 I quit that damn corporate job and decided it is time to go and see the world. Traveling was an absolute amazing adventure, just unbelievable. Couchsurfing has added so much to the experience. I've made some new excellent friends to add to my group of great long-time friends that have been very supportive and encouraging, I don't know what I'd be doing without them.
My "professional" occupation has been web/graphic designer. I definitely enjoy web design and like to teach people about the web, html, flash, etc. I'm sticking to freelance work due to the flexibility and freedom it allows, and I am open to pro-bono work to help out worthy causes.How I Participate in CSI wish I had more time to participate in the project. When I finally have a decent place to be a decent host, my door will be open! I can't wait!CouchSurfing ExperienceI have couchsurfed quite a bit so far and all were incredibly great experiences. It truly is inspiring to meet and become friends with people in the couchsurfing network. Every one has been very generous. The concept is awesome and hope to surf even more couches in the near future! One of these days, I hope to be as generous of a host as I have experienced in traveling!Interestsmusic, cooking, hiking, biking, playing drums, reading, yoga, farming, gardening, renewable energyPhilosophyI live to enjoy life, enrich myself and my surroundings, eat good veggies and have a good, but responsible existence.
My travel philosophy is to be spontaneous and venture on a loose idea of a plan. Some of the best things that have ever happened have been as a result of not making plans.Music, Movies, Booksmusic: Iron & Wine, Karine Polwart, Calexico, Interpol, Jackstraw, Coldplay, Andrew Bird, Sondre Lerche, M. Ward, Cardigans, The Shins, Wilco, The New Pornographers ... the list goes on
books: All Flesh is Grass - Gene Lodgson is my current read. Someone just recommended "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay". I have a book list at http://www.steve-wilson.net/books/
movies: my taste in movies is dated - matrix, pulp fiction, usual suspects, the illusionistTypes of People I enjoyI enjoy people who have traveled, or who live overseas and have a broader, open-minded world-view than most Americans. People who enjoy good conversation and talk about more than just drinking, cars and sports. I'm not a big drinker and do NOT enjoy people who get drunk or drink a lot. Teach, Learn, ShareI really enjoy talking and teaching people about good food, organic farming and the web, about internet technologies and what a great communications medium it is. I love helping people design, build and implement web sites (and would be glad to assist with the CS site if I ever have time!!!)One Amazing Thing I've Seen or DoneHiked the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim in one day. According to a lot of people, quiting my job and traveling for 9 months is pretty amazing too ... and it is! but anyone can do that and enjoy it!Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org ProjectThe couchsurfing site definitely makes it easy to find people to meet and there are so many people willing to give advice. It has made traveling into much more of an adventure!Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Belgium, Botswana, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Bahamas, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia
LIVED: United States
WANTS TO GO: Egypt
References
 From dan Clem Bozeman, United States
Aug 28  Positive steve stopped in late and was looking for a food and a sit, we chilled back and talked a bit before going to meet some other surfers at the molly brown. It was a good brew and fine company, the next morning we were both off to our perspectives hastily but steve was easy going and liked mountains, a ok. come back again sir the couch is resting.
dan From Jason Zumstein Asheville, United States
Aug 8  Positive Great guy.True to the spirit of CS. I really enjoyed our bike tour of Asheville, the conversations about Seattle, and our shared views on life and careers! Steve is welcome back to my home anytime!
 From Dave Lowe Charlotte, United States
Aug 8 Positive What a great dude! Loads of fun to be around. Beat me up on the pool table a bit, but I forgive 'em. Looking forward to wwoof-ing his future farm in Ohio!  From Samantha Simons East Lansing, United States
Jun 15 Positive During my travels out West, I WWOOF'ed on a Vashon Island, WA farm where I met Steve ! We played cards, watched movies, worked outside, and he introduced me to many wonderful folks on the island! Getting to know Steve was a highlight of my trip--he's a very interesting, intelligent, and personable guy. Hope to run into him again!  From Theresa Sparkes Philadelphia, United States
Feb 23 Positive steve is interesting and easy to get along with. between working in the field, sitting around eating raw corn on the cob and riding his motorcycle downtown, he was definatly great company. hope to see ya again soon!  From Jessica Boam Bellingham, United States
Nov 29, 2008 Positive Steve was a cool guy, with good juggling skills! He liked my cooking, and brought me delicious apples and dried plums from Vashon Island. Definitely had a fun time. From Kevin Connell Seattle, United States
Sep 15, 2008  Positive Steve stayed with me this year for a couple of months, he is a stand up guy and we have know each other for a long time. I think he put up with more from my than I did from him :) I owe him a debt of gratitude for helping me with my house project(s) while he was here.
From Jeff LaForge East Lansing, United States
Jul 30, 2008  Positive Steve is a great guy, very relaxing and easy to talk to. He has traveled all over the place, and is an inspiration for the fellow wanderer.
From Adrián Puga (kamalain/cyborg) San Sebastian, Spain
Dec 1, 2007 Positive Steve's a great person: funny, easygoing, intelligent, creative, with nice topics to talk about... i've found out he's kind of my colleague and has things in common with me. We spent a great time in Malaga and i'm really happy to have hosted him for my very first time within CS. After an incredible safari in South Africa, he came back to Malaga. We had a lot of fun in Granada with our lovely CS host Lilie!!! We wwoofed together at an organic farm in Cabo de Gata (Andalucia, Spain) during April-May 2007. He's my best CS friend. We've shared lots of stuff together: goat cheese, life experiences, darbouka jamming while looking at the Mediterranean, etc, etc, etc.... Hope to see u in Cancun for Christmas and/or New Year. Hasta luego, bro..
 From Jelka Schillmöller Muenster, Germany
Nov 1, 2007 Positive I had a great time hosting Steve. He is a good guy and you can definitely share some good conversations with him.
Steve you added one awesome experience of couchsurfing to my small list. Thanks for staying with me, I had a blast being your host and spending time with you. From Damiañ Nenadic Zagreb, Croatia
Jul 7, 2007 Positive extremly exelent
From ZAMORA2 Nuremberg, Germany
Jun 17, 2007 Positive Ohh yes, if Steve manages to bring the drums to the campfire, for sure there will be good music. And a nice party tooo...
I really enjoyed the time with you at Paolas, THANX!!!
 From ALEJANDRAYAGUA Minneapolis, United States
May 16, 2007 Positive he is a sweetheart  From Colby Simmons Kansas City, United States
Apr 19, 2007  Positive We met Steve in Malaga when we were both CS in the same place. It was nice to meet someone who broke the mold of the easy, boring life in the USA. We hope to meet up again.  From Lilie Grenoble, France
Mar 18, 2007 Positive Unfortunatly, he stayed only 2 nights at my place with adrian but i really enjoyed the time he was here!  From Sarah Langston Columbia, United States
Jan 28, 2007 Positive We hosted Steve for 3 days and he was a great guest! Super nice, fun and interesting guy. Hopefully we will meet up again for more seafood lunches!!  From Carlo Antonicelli Bari, Italy
Jan 26, 2007 Positive Steve is very intelligent and we got along very well talking about politics and american culture as compared withthe european one. Plus, i found out one important thing about Steve: he likes tall girls(he knows what i'm talking about:)!!  From Ara Pulido Malaga, Spain
Jan 24, 2007 Positive Steve was the perfect guest: nice, talkative and tidy! I am sorry he came to Malaga during the week, I couldn't spent too much time with him. I wish we will meet again. If he asks you to stay at your place, do not hesitate :-)  From PAGNOTTINA Marina di Massa, Italy
Jan 22, 2007 Positive Steve is a very interesting man, I will met him again in Italy From Karen and Conor Swedrock Charleston, United States
Jan 22, 2007 Positive Conor and I met Steve in our travels in Spain.. at first it is always nice to speak English since our Spanish is so bad, but soon we made plans to visit the sites together and make our way around Malaga! Would definitely share a couch!
 From LIFESABEACH Bath, United Kingdom
Jan 13, 2007 Positive Another in an increasing series of american CSers that are doing a damn fine job of convincing us that there are actually plenty of really top people in the US! And I am loving the Blue Scholars too - nice one. Good luck with the rest of your trip ... hope you find the sun!  From Tristan Schmurr Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Jan 7, 2007 Positive He's one of those techies who take all their stuff with them - like I do - and a very nice person!
He did even take care of small details that only a few people think about :-)
A+ From Gertrud Althausen Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Jan 5, 2007 Positive Steve is awsome, a spiritual young man who turned round his whole life and is going to experience this new kind of life. We talked a lot and I liked it very much because sharing believes and spiritual knowledge is what I love most.I wish Steve all the luck in the world.
 From FABRI Marina di Massa, Italy
Dec 23, 2006 Positive Steve stayed in Marina di Massa for only one day with James. Both were an interesting and polite guest. Steve and James were very interested in the area and in the italian languages and was a great guest. Always welcome.  From STEFANO VIOLA Rome, Italy
Dec 19, 2006 Positive I have Steve and James at my place for 2 nites ...not problem at all ...very good conversation and completelely easy going people...if u have the chance do not hesitate to host them....hope to meet them again... |
