Charley Patterson is an athlete and actor. Born in Grangeville, Idaho Charley was raised in Central Oregon. Going to Redmond High School, Charley was recruited to Division 1 colleges for Football, Wrestling and Track & Field. Recruited by University of Oregon after the 1991 Oregon Track & Field State Championships, Charley spent the next three years, 1991 - 1994, Pole Vaulting for UofO, studying Biology as a pre-med student and served as VP of Ceremonies of Kappa Sigma fraternity. 1994, Charley caught a vision of the new sport of Wakeboarding, deciding to leave college moving to Orlando, Florida in pursuit of Wakeboarding Professionally. 1994 - 2004, Charley had a successful 10 year career as a Professional Wakeboarder, contributing magazine editor, Professional Wakeboard Association President, owner & operator of mission2ride promotional tour, Pro Wakeboard Tour Judge and announcer. 2004 to present, Charley built a global distribution business with sales of $100's of millions. Charley is now putting the same attention and focus resulting in previous successes on his professional acting career, training with acting coach Lauren Patrice Nadler at LPN Studios and Eric 'The Trainer' at Hollywood Muscle Show less «