Magnus was born on November 18th, 1973; on the small island Tortola of the British Virgin Islands. He sailed with both parents aboard a 42-foot gaff rigged ketch until the age of seven. In 1980 he moved to Virginia, USA, with his mother. He left home and moved to New Zealand in 1993. In 1995 he set out for a road trip to Peru, but was robbed by the ‘Fedarales’ at the Belize border, forcing him to stay in Central America. He lived in Belize for several months and then returned to Mexico to live on a small farm along the Texas border. Magnus organized a small group to leave for Azores, Portugal in March of 1996. For six months, he camped in the jungles of the Azores. He then sailed for Sweden aboard a 50-foot Catamaran. A serious of bizarre events led to him living in Liverpool, England, for the remainder of the year. In January 1997 he moved to Tempe, Arizona; he began studying Bio-Medical Engineering at ASU the following spring. That is where he met Konswan Sirimanivong. More to come...
