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Rod was born on March 24, 1978, and raised in beautiful Laguna Niguel, California. Currently, he lives at home where he loves playing big brother to his three younger sisters. In fact, Rod's little sisters helped to launch their brother's modeling career. They wanted to find modeling agents for themselves and at the last minute Rod decided to join them. The rest, he says, was plain old luck. Before he began modeling, Rod was spending six hours a day riding the waves as a professional surfer. His typical day still includes surfing in the morning and spending the evening out with his friends. With tattoos
decorating everywhere except his face and hands, Rod's latest, on the
underside of his upper arm, is a winged heart
with a banner reading "Mom" across it. Asked about
his choice in names, Rod explains, "she's the only girl
who'll never leave me." The
rest of his tattoos (five in total) are traditional, the kind
young sailors from the '40s wore, and include a pin-up girl on
his back that
he drew himself. Mindful of his modeling career, none of his
tattoos are visible when he's photographed straight on. Rod plans
to pursue his new-found modeling career, enjoying his good luck as
it comes. Someday, he'd like to return to school
and become
a professional firefighter. |