I started when I was a kid with a Tamiya Grasshopper and Traxxas Cat, then got an Associated RC10 and an RC10T.

When I was 14 and went to Maui for the summer to teach wilderness survival merit badge at the boy scout camp, my step monster threw all my RC away, because "teenagers do not need toys"

I took a 20 year sabbaticle from the hobby and on Jan 3rd 2007 I convinced my wife I needed a new hobby, went to my LHS and came home with an e-maxx, 2 months later I bought a Rustler.