Dreamseller

At only twenty-two, Brandon Novak had accomplished more than most people dream of in a lifetime. By the age of fourteen, he had been discovered by legendary skateboarders Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek and signed on to skate professionally. By eighteen, he had traveled the world, signed autographs for thousands of fans, won big-time sponsorships, and had his photo plastered all over the skate magazines.Yet as swiftly as his career peaked, it crashed just as quickly, brought down by a force far more powerful than his greatest ambitions--heroin. One day he had it all, the next he was living in an abandoned garage, begging for spare change on the street and bathing in gas station restrooms. Brandon lived for one thing only--his next fix. Only the through the intervention of his childhood friend Bam Margera was Brandon able to begin turning his life around.In a new update, Novak describes his hard-won sobriety and his struggles to stay clean. Vivid, harrowing and heartfelt, Brandon's story is a riveting and unforgettable journey from a dream life to a nightmare existence."Skate, drugs, and rock 'n' roll!"-Kat Von D, LA InkForward by Tony HawkSkateboarder and Jackass star Brandon Novak comes clean about his crazy rise to fame, tailspin into addiction, and other death-defying stunts on the road to recovery...At seven, Brandon was a skateboard prodigy. By the time he was fourteen, he was living the dream. Discovered by skate legends Bucky Lasek and Tony Hawk. Touring the U.S. with the elite Powell-Peralta team. Signing autographs and appearing in films and magazines. Brandon had it all. Then he got hooked on heroin.Soon the up-and-coming star was living a down-and-out life in a garage, begging for change, and hustling to score his next fix. He stole from his family and friends. He pushed the fantasy that everything was okay, that he was going to rehab, getting help, and getting better. But it was all a lie.This is the story of an addict-a dreamseller who stopped believing the lies he was selling and started believing in himself. With the help of his celebrity buddy Bam Margera of Jackass fame, Brandon joined the cast of MTV's Viva La Bam and made an honest reach for sobriety. The road was hard, and he had some falls. But like any great skateboarder, Brandon Novak was always determined to get up again . . ."Entertaining, shocking, crazy, unimaginable."-Bam MargeraWith 24 pages of photosUpdated with a New Epilogue

Brandon Novak is an actor, skateboarder, TV personality, artist, radio show host, motivational speaker, and author.He currently resides in West Chester, Pennsylvania.Joseph Frantz is an artist, writer, media personality, and a producer and cinematographer of film and television. He also lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

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