Steven is an avid outdoorsman, serial entrepreneur, brand developer and innovator.
His triple-degree classical training in photography and visual arts from Brooks Institute includes a degree in underwater photography and serves his passion for oceanography and scuba diving.
His has held an USHPA advanced rated hang gliding certificate since 1974 leading to businesses in ultralight aircraft distribution, construction, sales and flight park development.
A lifetime automotive enthusiast, Steven has pioneered several award-winning passenger safety products and well-known ProNet®, Supertruck® and Bladewing® accessories and equipment.
Also a lifetime boater, Steven has owned, maintained and operated 15 boats of all sizes and types, and aspires to build the world’s most environmentally advanced yachts via his Cousteau-inspired TrekkerYachts.com start-up enterprise. He is currently leading a joint development effort with Jean-Michel Cousteau and Body Glove to fund, build and operate a unique Trekker® vessel platform that will introduce Inner Space Tourism and feature multiple “clear-bubble” 3-man submersibles taking guests comfortably to amazing destinations as deep as 3,000 feet.
His Trekker brand is currently expanding into the action sports arena with a series of accessories and safety equipment for Stand Up Paddleboards (SUP), stand up surf boards, paddles, and small boats including kayaks, outriggers and wave skis. Steven competes in SUP, loves long pulls in his OC-1 HUKI outrigger, and has recently joined the rapidly-growing community of stand up surfers.
Born and raised in SoCal, he lives just two miles from Dana Point Harbor in San Juan Capistrano.
He recently completed 2 busy years as a Director for the Dana Point Boating Association where he produced a comprehensive traffic study that quantified paddlers as the harbor’s largest user group.
On October 8, 2009 Steven launched the Human Powered Watercraft Association in a well-received presentation to the California Coastal Commission in Oceanside, California regarding the significant need for additional human powered watercraft facilities in the harbor’s revitalization plan.