Dreamseller

Dreamseller

By Brandon Novak
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Skateboarder 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 US 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.

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  1. Odin
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    Herioic efforts

    Some may think that being a skateboard and Jackass star would be sufficient fame and fortune to satisfy anyone of such talents. Yet, as has been shown many times in the past, fame and fortune comes at a price. Brandon Novak paid the price and has chosen to write a book about his rise and fall, succumbing to drugs in his addictive nature. It took some courage to write this book and perhaps we can assume it wasn’t until he found that his fantasies were all wrapped up in drugs did he come to grips with the epiphany that allowed him to pursue a path he’d not chosen, but seemed to have chosen him. His profession continually haunted him with the idea if he always get up after a skateboard crash, so could he rise above the crash or all crashes… his determination to overcome his addiction. Recommended.

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