Who am I?

I'm Daniel Peter Hutchinson, born on the 23rd of April 1990 in a small fishing town called Grimsby (UK).

My parents are Rosalie Hutchinson and Peter Alfred Hutchinson (deceased)

I have 4 sisters, Karen, Jacqui, Paula and Katie.

Karen and Jacqui married two of the greatest role models I'd ever need in my life.

Right thats the family background basically laid out for you. I don't really want to delve to deep but I love an respect everything they've done for me over my 27 rollercoaster years.

Early days...

So I was always referred to as 'Damien' by my Nanna, she was a great lady to be fair always fought my corner and knew from day one that I wasn't just a 'normal kid' which i'll never forget! 'Don't change son, now do you want a fruit cake for your ride home' Classic line from Nanna.

Okay so the photographs above, number uno is me and my hero... Anytime someone claims 'My dad..' I say well I have to shout pretty loud for my dad to hear me, bit dark but he always loved a good joke. That poor guy retired, relived his youth through rebuilding motorbikes and cars, oh and did I mention he had a shadow even at midday.. Yeah me, the man was a fucking super hero, he knew it all maybe a jack of all trades master of none but I was so young it seemed as if he could teach me anything I ever wanted to know! Sadly the sun has to set right? He passed away when I was 13 years old.

Photograph number 2,

I've been in more situations then a gynaecologist's thumb, no word of a lie you wouldn't believe some of the shit she's had to save me from but we're definitely not going into those! At a young age all we would do is fight and bicker until one day my father said to us 'what are you going to do when me and your mum pass away?' from that day forward I've done anything I can to protect her and also inspire her to live the life she deserves. Proud to say I wouldn't be who I am today without our travels and adventures wherever we've ended up, she's always believed in me even when she's told me to 'grow up, sort your life out' she says that with love... I hope!

A little brief background, I was skating from around 12 years old, my father saw me land my first kickflip after he passed a great group of guys brought me up. Laney, Martin, Chestnut, Kezza and Will, I still spend time with most of these guys luckily maybe not as much as we all wish we could but its probably for the good of mankind we don't after our history together.

My skateboard and best friends led me to punk rock, Tony Hawks pro skater soundtrack was and still is my life and I can guarantee it is exactly the same for a lot of people who I've met on my little life journey!

This leads me to another part of my life!

Teenage years!

Funny story the first shot was taken by a great friend and even greater videographer/photographer named Chris Mcclean. Who again has supported me and inspired me over the years to push myself towards what I love in life. Also we're working on a short film together very soon, keep your eyes open for that!!

As I progressed through the years 15, 16, 17 I became obsessed with hardcore punk, skate punk, rock and roll and anything where men wore no tops and was covered in tattoos, its still a timeless look!

I floated all over the country with friends bands, winging it as I've always done with maybe £3 in my pocket for a cheap pint or sandwich BUT I always had a camera in my hand which again shaped my future and inspired me well before I was old enough to understand. The bands and touring became a big thing in my life, well I was no Annie Leibovitz but it meant the world to me and in return I've seen plenty of Europe and met some of the nicest people hopefully I'll never forget. Again these experiences have shown me cultures and sub cultures even in the hardest places to be a 'punk' or whatever else you may be.

I'm sure my ability to wing a tour will never get old because I love music, travel and taking photographs... Virgin should start tour holidays with bands.

By now I must be around 21/22, pretty heavily tattooed and worked a few shitty jobs that had already started to kill my creativity, so what did I do? I'd quit and run away to Newquay with another really old friend Danny Young, if you ever want a perfect description of me, ask that guy!

The skinny on me basically at this point was 'I have no clue what I am doing with my life' but I carried on because thats all we can do, or is it?

The last 3-4 years..

Well 80% of you reading this already know me, yes I furthered myself in music and play for a 'successful band' with some real great guys, top photograph obviously shows my concentration face but its probably one of my favourite gigs to date. Music has always been my escape from a lot of problems I've suffered with mentally, physically and emotionally.

The second Photograph was at a very heavy time in my life, I did write a blog at this time and it was definitely the hardest thing I've ever done. Openly admitting 'I felt so weak an venerable in such a confident, happy shell'.

I took some serious time to fix myself, I felt pretty much nothing. So I'd ride my bike in to the countryside everyday and stare out across vast fields or lay back eyes half closed and let the sun flare off my eyelashes , you know?

What actually set a fire inside me wasn't just realising how much people cared but how precious seeing life right in front of me was, it tore me apart that I had stopped seeing the world through my child like eyes for a small period.

Present day.

Today I speak to a lot of friends of friends, close friends and even complete strangers on matters of life changing movements in their lives and how I've inspired these motions, to hear that from a friend is enough but complete strangers its mind blowing but i'm glad I can actually help others just by sharing my story and how I've overcome my own demons.

The hard days will always come back around, I can accept this because now I understand 'Can I climb this hill on my bike?' 'Fuck yeah I can' and this is exactly how I look at my whole life now, I owe my life to cycling.

Well there you have it, I guess if you want to know more on my life 'methods' I use that very loosely, please email me any questions I am more than happy to chat with you!

The guy who talks crap for hours,

Dan.