First and foremost, I would like to dedicate this to all my AMAZING customers, friends and family members. I thank EVERY single person that has been part of the "Epic Family" and supported us over the last two decades. YOU ROCK!!!

I would especially like to honor my DAD and hero Ken Kidd (R.I.P. 1939-2006) who taught me I could achieve anything in life as long as I put my whole heart into it. 

I’ve spent much of my life running wild along the beaches of the West Coast and in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Living in places like Oregon, Colorado, Montana & California (Steamboat Springs, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Portland, Yreka, Ashland & Medford) have all afforded me the opportunity to experience a world rich in diversity.

I had a "wild childhood". I was raised on sun, sand, and rock n’ roll. I surfed a little, played guitar in garage bands and partied a lot.  I’m still having a wild childhood however, I’m doing it clean and sober and with much more respect and reverence for life. I still love to ride my Harley Davidson and play guitar. I love hot rods, choppers, custom rides and just about anything that goes fast, is painted flat black and has pinstripes (thanks DAD!).

Tattooing is my biggest passion in life after friends and family. I live it, love it and breathe it. I can’t imagine life without it. 

My mother thinks it all started when I was 7 and my family moved to Steamboat Springs Colorado. I had long hair at the time and did not fit in well with the other kids. With long hair, I was teased as a girl. Outcast, I eventually made friends by drawing tattoos on the kids in school. In high school, I drew on binders and desks instead of studying. Later, university art classes gave me an academic appreciation for the arts and pushed my artistic skills to new heights. Around 1999 my little brother Kory scored a tattoo machine and asked if I could help him make it work. I figured if I got it running I could get free tattoos from him. So, off I went never expecting to do it myself. As I went in and out of parlors I got repeatedly shunned by the old school biker tattooers. I did not know there was a “code of conduct” or a “secret society” in the tattoo world. Information was not shared freely back then and kept a mystery to the outside world (no hashtags, just grumpy ol' bikers). I don’t know about you, but I love mysteries and couldn’t settle with “F-off and get lost” for an answer. So, deeper I delved into the mysterious world of tattoos. This ultimately led to a deeper respect for the trade and then two formal "old school" tattoo apprenticeships. I was first trained under Rolland Eddie (R.I.P) who had over 30 years of experience and then by Dave Gaggaro who owned a shop in Portland, Oregon (Thank you both, I respect you both more than you know!).

I’ve been blessed to see so many places and meet so many amazing people during my 26 years of tattooing. I feel very fortunate to be living here in one of the most beautiful places in the world with so many great people. I hope I can continue to sling ink and party like a rock star with all of you, my friends. 

... And DAD, I’m doing it with all of my heart.