Captain of the spring board diving team at Cal Berkeley, Nic’s diving career came to a sudden halt as a young sophomore. At 18 years of age, all the cartilage on the outside of his left knee had been destroyed and he was facing doctor after doctor who told him to ‘pick another sport’. Nic didn’t want to give up on his career or his search for developing a pain free body. He tried everything from yoga to sports massage to the Egosque method; he even tried Rolfing. Nothing was working. When all hope seemed lost, Chris Maher, a family friend, knocked on Nic’s door with Bob Cooley in tow. Cooley was the pioneer of a then unheard of genre of therapy known as resistance stretching. After one life-altering demonstration, Nic spent the next three months of that summer stretching three to five hours a day with Chris, forming a lasting friendship and a mutually beneficial professional relationship. Over the years, Nic and Chris began to develop their own ideas and techniques about the work. As these techniques developed, a new system emerged – what is now known as Ecentric Strength. We are honored to have Nic at EZIA! “You must Be the change you wish to see in the World.” – Ghandi