https://theoblossom.com theoblossom.com Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:39:12 +0000 https://theoblossom.com en https://theoblossom.com/Home Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:26:42 +0000 theoblossom.com https://theoblossom.com/Home <img width="2367" height="1558" width_o="2367" height_o="1558" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c174d5309566bb894b1fac91446161f1e2d1a1b9a2b64779aeee2e72cbc215d/NorwichScienceFestival.jpg" data-mid="132941769" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c174d5309566bb894b1fac91446161f1e2d1a1b9a2b64779aeee2e72cbc215d/NorwichScienceFestival.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2560" width_o="3840" height_o="2560" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2eb06ff9750938c30750b591e6b6fe6c2a0fa91284b2f981e0d017d9c4816f96/TheoBlossom_WebsiteShoot_US_HR-24_cropV1.jpg" data-mid="36033705" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2eb06ff9750938c30750b591e6b6fe6c2a0fa91284b2f981e0d017d9c4816f96/TheoBlossom_WebsiteShoot_US_HR-24_cropV1.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa32c134a2a67d8c02c228a50816b0399aa1985dc182dce23742c67b4d36068e/TheoBlossom_WebsiteShoot_US_HR-68_V1.jpg" data-mid="36118210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa32c134a2a67d8c02c228a50816b0399aa1985dc182dce23742c67b4d36068e/TheoBlossom_WebsiteShoot_US_HR-68_V1.jpg" /> <img width="3872" height="2665" width_o="3872" height_o="2665" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5b8f6e69c971eccc9e690f7cc756aba61a7c75ec65fed507a45660caf2b5b95/DSC09621-7-1-logo.jpg" data-mid="107601959" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5b8f6e69c971eccc9e690f7cc756aba61a7c75ec65fed507a45660caf2b5b95/DSC09621-7-1-logo.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfaa582e438ac71339c6d482c4e6835adab947b6cf8b1cf2816084f4f97fcffa/TheoBlossom_WebsiteShoot_US_HR-8_V2.jpg" data-mid="36117984" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfaa582e438ac71339c6d482c4e6835adab947b6cf8b1cf2816084f4f97fcffa/TheoBlossom_WebsiteShoot_US_HR-8_V2.jpg" /> Theo is a passionate conservationist, creative science communicator, award winning filmmaker and photographer. Theo is fascinated by how people connect to nature and why they value it. He is equally interested in how science is communicated and made accessible to different audiences. At the heart of Theo’s work, lies the power of story telling. Stories are a currency which have evolved across all human cultures in order to share information and inspire each other. Theo revels in using creative mediums to develop and share narratives derived from scientific research. Depending upon each individual project’s objectives, these stories aim to either share knowledge, inspire, or call people to action. His adventurous spirit has taken him all over the world to collaborate on numerous conservation and science communication initiatives and he has experience working with some of the world's most prestigious conservation and science institutions. He can be found leading expeditions to the woods, engaging audiences on the stage or in a classroom, and both in front or behind the lens of a camera. Click here to get in contact. To see Theo’s latest adventures with nature visit his posts on Instagram. All content is copyrighted ©2025 Theo Blossom https://theoblossom.com/Conservation-Work Sun, 17 Feb 2019 14:17:07 +0000 theoblossom.com https://theoblossom.com/Conservation-Work Conservation Work Field Work in Fiji In 2009, Theo took an opportunity to work in Fiji for the Fijian NGO NatureFiji-MareqetViti. Theo embarked on a year long expedition to search for the critically endangered Fijian Petrel, a seabird that was actually thought to be extinct for 150 years, until it was rediscovered in 1984 by Dr Dick Watling. Camping out in the cloud forests of Gau, sticking his hand down nipping crab holes searching for the nesting burrows of the petrel, Theo didn’t find the bird he was seeking. However, it started a journey for him, a window into the complexities of the conservation world – and the start of a new career trajectory. Excitingly, Theo was also charged with the task of taking DNA samples from any Fijian Banded Iguana’s he came across whilst on Gau. Samples taken from a beautiful pair of iguanas living in a lemon tree in a village, later revealed that their population is distinct enough to receive their very own species status. And so Brachylophus gau was first discovered by science.&nbsp; <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2a8e992828a28cbe7b85355fb344e1cdc45ed78f225892ff781a8b04fc59800/IMG_3890-2.jpg" data-mid="106388958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2a8e992828a28cbe7b85355fb344e1cdc45ed78f225892ff781a8b04fc59800/IMG_3890-2.jpg" /> <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6672208f44f0d2a86997eecaeb29890f01a153709cd35a5dd48e849e40c41d22/IMG_3894-3.jpg" data-mid="106392508" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6672208f44f0d2a86997eecaeb29890f01a153709cd35a5dd48e849e40c41d22/IMG_3894-3.jpg" /> <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e787834d68f754d296f0eab06ed9be1e10ebbc0d31fd6f9316011a90ba8824ca/IMG_3735-1.jpg" data-mid="106393369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e787834d68f754d296f0eab06ed9be1e10ebbc0d31fd6f9316011a90ba8824ca/IMG_3735-1.jpg" /> <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4459538351756e0b3c36134a6c7d20d68aae2ed6697b6b007ef7408f71d7f874/IMG_3736-2.jpg" data-mid="106393364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4459538351756e0b3c36134a6c7d20d68aae2ed6697b6b007ef7408f71d7f874/IMG_3736-2.jpg" /> <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92c381ca530e8c2ea42372c691ff11d4de684350457a113c45fe80e1f7fc87c3/IMG_3842-1.jpg" data-mid="106392934" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92c381ca530e8c2ea42372c691ff11d4de684350457a113c45fe80e1f7fc87c3/IMG_3842-1.jpg" /> Imperial College London – MSc in Conservation ScienceFeeling somewhat out of depth grappling with the intertwining complexities of the natural and social sciences required, in 2011 Theo started a masters programe in conservation science at Imperial College London. A course partnered with the Zoological Society of London, the Royal Botanical Kew Gardens and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, the masters programme gave Theo a well rounded foundation in applied and research conservation science. Theo’s thesis, about the role recreational anglers can play in contributing their unique fisherman’s ecological knowledge of water ways to the monitoring and conservation of inland aquatic ecosystems, can be found here. Durrell Conservation AcademyWorking for the Durrell Conservation Academy Theo supported early career conservationists from all around the world. He provided logistical, academic, language and pastoral support for students from diverse cultures and backgrounds attending the Academy courses. In 2014, the Durrell Academy sent Theo to Rio de Janerio to facilitate a week long Callitrichid Conservation Husbandry Workshop where shared learning and exchange of experience from organisations across Brazil, enhanced in-country capacity for the successful management and conservation breeding of threatened monkeys. Introduction to Conservation Online Course Theo was a core developer of the first ever conservation MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), working for the Zoological Society of London and United for Wildlife. Drawing from diverse science research partners, Theo’s job was to create a participant learning framework, plan the structure of the modules, research themes and partner collaborators and presenters. It brings together many world leading conservation organisations and takes the participants through a journey to understand key aspects of the Anthropocene, why we should care about life on Earth, and the role of people to understand it and protect it. The course has since been taken on by National Geographic and can be found here. Norfolk Broads National Park Ranger A Norfolk Broads National Park Ranger brought with it a life at 5mph. Theo worked as part of the Ranger team to conserve the national park, engaging with the public, landowners, boatyards and local communities to promote the Authority’s aims and objectives through patrolling, practical works, directing volunteers and assisting at events. <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad753951e8ef7a8d540a24befec8dbe750bdbcaea3d37aaff3b733bd3e575e3f/IMG_4771-1.jpg" data-mid="106409040" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad753951e8ef7a8d540a24befec8dbe750bdbcaea3d37aaff3b733bd3e575e3f/IMG_4771-1.jpg" /> <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcb1ad95fc4181e8f53233eb6cff11d1287937de5268a2685e8b340b2862ec3d/IMG_9907-2.jpg" data-mid="106399223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcb1ad95fc4181e8f53233eb6cff11d1287937de5268a2685e8b340b2862ec3d/IMG_9907-2.jpg" /> <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/868093d5880de6cd16bce7601afe71858492a7ea4e1d34b402dcbc48c49043a8/IMG_9006-1.jpg" data-mid="106400216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/868093d5880de6cd16bce7601afe71858492a7ea4e1d34b402dcbc48c49043a8/IMG_9006-1.jpg" /> <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4cc4d447b95008ff3508487903c4296cf6b213f572e30b3344536110a3d3375/IMG_9022-2.jpg" data-mid="106400260" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4cc4d447b95008ff3508487903c4296cf6b213f572e30b3344536110a3d3375/IMG_9022-2.jpg" /> https://theoblossom.com/Science-Communication Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:26:03 +0000 theoblossom.com https://theoblossom.com/Science-Communication Science Communication&amp; Creative Story Telling Science Communication Jobs Theo has over 10 years experience working on science communication projects at some of the world’s leading scientific institutions, collaborating with exceptional science communicators and creative story tellers. Theo has worked as a Discovery and Learning Officer for the Zoological Society of London, Science Communicator at the Natural History Museum, Family Learning Co-ordinator at Royal Botanical Kew Gardens and Head of Education and Interpretation at Durrell Wildlife Trust. <img width="960" height="720" width_o="960" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0741a609839ff07bbb2f5f92fae23de5b953027dec2d25f3639076c9ca4adb2/me5.jpg" data-mid="106350453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/d0741a609839ff07bbb2f5f92fae23de5b953027dec2d25f3639076c9ca4adb2/me5.jpg" /> Stage Shows Theo has co-develped and co-presented headlining science stage shows to 1000’s of people, including The Big Bang fair, Cheltenham Science Festival and Glasgow Science Centre. Theo&nbsp;has performed numerous sets for Science Showoff and Bright Club in London and at the Norwich Science Festival – and hosted Imperial College London’s 2018 Pint of Science. <img width="3872" height="2665" width_o="3872" height_o="2665" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5b8f6e69c971eccc9e690f7cc756aba61a7c75ec65fed507a45660caf2b5b95/DSC09621-7-1-logo.jpg" data-mid="107601851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5b8f6e69c971eccc9e690f7cc756aba61a7c75ec65fed507a45660caf2b5b95/DSC09621-7-1-logo.jpg" /> <img width="2114" height="2819" width_o="2114" height_o="2819" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cca1adf3a8927e78ceb29785e5f675952eb39da89abfc55cf6e95a5fdea97987/IMG_20180601_220728-2.jpg" data-mid="106349670" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cca1adf3a8927e78ceb29785e5f675952eb39da89abfc55cf6e95a5fdea97987/IMG_20180601_220728-2.jpg" /> <img width="1677" height="941" width_o="1677" height_o="941" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5df1ba3200836aadaa15fcad9a870858fe55f58f49fed1edae44b2a8bae7edaa/Screen-Shot-2018-04-25-at-10.45.05-4.jpg" data-mid="106349716" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5df1ba3200836aadaa15fcad9a870858fe55f58f49fed1edae44b2a8bae7edaa/Screen-Shot-2018-04-25-at-10.45.05-4.jpg" /> <img width="3453" height="2377" width_o="3453" height_o="2377" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5c08b82a7d4b5fbace632f93ea31857a6018c2478ee7a0913d313680b4bcda2/DSC09590-2-1logo.jpg" data-mid="107601850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5c08b82a7d4b5fbace632f93ea31857a6018c2478ee7a0913d313680b4bcda2/DSC09590-2-1logo.jpg" /> <img width="1679" height="942" width_o="1679" height_o="942" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b928135848056e3c71a3ab64828b8d10e371733c5811f848d67313b51687e39/Screen-Shot-2018-04-25-at-10.42.54-3.jpg" data-mid="106349715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b928135848056e3c71a3ab64828b8d10e371733c5811f848d67313b51687e39/Screen-Shot-2018-04-25-at-10.42.54-3.jpg" /> <img width="1675" height="940" width_o="1675" height_o="940" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86e5c38936a7b57954d7fe6be17048e68cfaa6d541789008239dbedd1db4cf76/Screen-Shot-2018-04-25-at-10.40.43-2.jpg" data-mid="106349714" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86e5c38936a7b57954d7fe6be17048e68cfaa6d541789008239dbedd1db4cf76/Screen-Shot-2018-04-25-at-10.40.43-2.jpg" /> <img width="1679" height="942" width_o="1679" height_o="942" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e44ab573f5f37563d8d87dc83fac8283c94658946388a8acf7885c02f6db23f3/Screen-Shot-2018-04-25-at-10.31.11-1.jpg" data-mid="106349705" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e44ab573f5f37563d8d87dc83fac8283c94658946388a8acf7885c02f6db23f3/Screen-Shot-2018-04-25-at-10.31.11-1.jpg" /> &nbsp;&nbsp; Nature League In 2018 Brit Garner asked Theo to join her as a guest on Complexly’s Nature League YouTube channel. https://theoblossom.com/Film Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:11:48 +0000 theoblossom.com https://theoblossom.com/Film Film ‘Life in Colour’ 2019 Judges Award Winning Film Exposure Science Film Hackathon Basel, Switzerland Cancer treatments are evolving. From chemotherapy, which also kills healthy growing cells, to more and more precise medicines, each step in treatment evolution reduces the side effects impacting patients and their families lives. ‘@humanity’ 2018 Grand Prize Winner Eco-Comedy Video Competition Theo and Robbie I'Anson Price were extremely proud to be announced as the Grand Prize winners of the 2018 Eco-Comedy Video Competition sponsored by The Nature Conservancy in Maryland/DC and the Center for Environmental Filmmaking. Films submitted explore serious environmental issues through the lens of laughter. Filmmakers were asked to produce a short, humorous video that communicates a clear message relating to conservation and environmental protection. GastronautTV films Theo has filmed and edited numerous films on the GastronautTV YouTube channel, receiving hundreds of thousands of views. Monkeys in Brazil In 2014, the Durrell Academy sent Theo to Rio de Janero to facilitate a week long Callitrichid Conservation Husbandry Workshop where shared learning and exchange of experience from organisations across Brazil, enhanced in-country capacity for the successful management and conservation breeding of threatened monkeys. He captured the essence of the workshop and created this film. Filming in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, 2018A pair of short films made in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.&nbsp; https://theoblossom.com/Photography Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:39:12 +0000 theoblossom.com https://theoblossom.com/Photography Photography #kilimanjarodiariesDocumenting the climbing of Mt. 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https://theoblossom.com/Memusings Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:40:00 +0000 theoblossom.com https://theoblossom.com/Memusings Memusings memusing1 noun plural noun: memusings &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. a memoir of a musing &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; “Theo thought something and wrote it down, one might make up a portmanteau and call it a memusing” Thoughts on the death of a gorilla May, 2016 I’ve had a few people asking my opinion on the shooting of Harambe the Gorilla gorilla gorilla. With a bit of experience in animal behaviour, Homo sapiens attitudes to wildlife and conservation, I would like to share these thoughts. We do not have all the information to fully conclude who is at fault for a 4 year old boy ending up in a potentially dangerous animal’s enclosure. Yes, the parents could have had him on a lead, but 4 year olds being 4 years olds, they will explore. I certainly did as a four year old, did you? Maybe it’s a bit unfair to lay all blame at the parents. How does a 4 year old make its own way into an enclosure of a gorilla, completely unassisted by someone else? I don’t know the enclosure design, but serious questions should be asked of it and the zoo’s responsibility to have a safe, suitable and sufficiently maintained enclosure. Do you kill a male adult gorilla who has hold of a human child, when there is an unknown outcome for the child’s welfare? From what I have seen of the footage, the gorilla seems agitated and pulling the child around forcefully, possibly with no intent to harm the child, but he probably does not realise that he has the child’s life delicately balanced in his hands and one unintentional, sudden movement, could be fatal. To avoid that happening, I think you probably do have to shoot to kill, sadly. Otherwise you could very easily end up with a dead child, which would have been worse all round for the boy, the parents AND for the gorilla. Being known as the “Gorilla that killed a child” (albeit probably accidentally) would be bad for his rep and for all gorillas. The killing of Harambe is a very sad situation for all involved. Condemning and judging, with little or no evidence is not helpful – time will reveal more details. What really intrigues me is the extreme global outpour of concern for an individual gorillas death. Are all these same people equally concerned about the deaths of gorillas through habitat loss in their rainforests of central and western Africa, that happens all the time? All four types of gorilla are at their greatest risk of extinction, due to human beings actions that impact upon gorilla’s habitat. I don’t think we can say “we” (I’m assuming us living in developed countries and in global terms, rich) have nothing to do with that. We buy and use products that contain metals mined and woods felled from these gorilla’s forests. “We” as individuals, communities, companies and countries/governments can make deliberate decisions on what we buy, consume, use and support and we can demand better from companies and governments to produce our products in environmentally responsible and sustainable ways. It is sad that one male gorilla had to be shot to ensure the survival of one human child. But that child was the same species as us – of course we place his life as a higher priority. That is a natural response. If people want #JusticeForHarambe then maybe that justice lies in a human awakening to the responsibility to proactively thinking about and changing how we treat the planet. We have an impact on other animal species, in this example, one of our closest living relatives, gorillas. There is a reason I started writing this with Gorilla gorilla gorilla and Homo sapiens scientific names. We are just another species of animal that shares this planet with so many other living things. The interconnection and interdependence between all these species is real and these relationships and connections have enabled all life on this planet to evolve, come and go. Homo sapiens are having a huge impact on the health and diversity of life on this planet. If there is a healthy planet for species like gorillas to survive, then quite conveniently for us, there is a healthy planet for humans to survive too. Peace out. https://theoblossom.com/About-Theo Sat, 24 Apr 2021 21:28:22 +0000 theoblossom.com https://theoblossom.com/About-Theo A bit about Theo Theo’s own connection with nature and the environment began at a young age. <img width="476" height="604" width_o="476" height_o="604" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/351c75604562b080cd440923cbab42f8d1caf6dea26bff5ca0f39a057b016313/17068_326344434687_7954918_n.jpg" data-mid="106407856" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/476/i/351c75604562b080cd440923cbab42f8d1caf6dea26bff5ca0f39a057b016313/17068_326344434687_7954918_n.jpg" /> <img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a73773a0f7eb57e3894c37b8f5f68c265582e0cb08a3a30531d4556b954b9216/PICT0018.JPG" data-mid="106312824" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a73773a0f7eb57e3894c37b8f5f68c265582e0cb08a3a30531d4556b954b9216/PICT0018.JPG" /> <img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3579dec31ae8864bebb0d378e94823d43c502d245b890e138caf21e6920908f/JBB_9564.jpg" data-mid="106407858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3579dec31ae8864bebb0d378e94823d43c502d245b890e138caf21e6920908f/JBB_9564.jpg" /> Growing up in Norfolk, Theo had the privilege of a childhood exploring the Norfolk coastline and vast network of rivers and broads of the Norfolk Broads National Park. Theo currently works at the Natural History Museum as the Young People Programme developer for the Urban Nature Project. He is developing training for youth workers to help them feel more confident in using local urban nature opportunities with their young people. Theo is working closely with The Prince’s Trust on this exciting new partnership for the museum. Theo has recently set up the museum’s first ever Youth Advisory Panel, bringing together 12 young people from ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds to share their experiences of the inequalities of access to quality green spaces – and use the museum’s platform to address some of these issues. If you want to read a gross but amazing story about Theo, you’re in luck! You can find out all about his worm, which is forever immortalised in the scientific records of the NHM, here. Theo is very proud of this. Theo spent most of his teens and 20s playing sport, captaining the London Towers England Basketball League team and represening Great Britain at handball, and nearly, but not quite, representing Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics. <img width="604" height="453" width_o="604" height_o="453" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4507949d6cb75ab09176660c25e7759961f8ecd515e44a70f1d6278a3b81667/10400604_26000457525_1628_n.jpg" data-mid="106402973" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/604/i/e4507949d6cb75ab09176660c25e7759961f8ecd515e44a70f1d6278a3b81667/10400604_26000457525_1628_n.jpg" /> <img width="400" height="518" width_o="400" height_o="518" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b640401f4003e4c9ef47e0f2673d2a701a9fcfb048eeb230f18284aaf13f6b35/Theo-Blossom-action-1.jpg" data-mid="106402312" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/b640401f4003e4c9ef47e0f2673d2a701a9fcfb048eeb230f18284aaf13f6b35/Theo-Blossom-action-1.jpg" /> <img width="500" height="332" width_o="500" height_o="332" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6132ef2b1e8e04acf4586d80b898f822147d2f0fbe35a6e621f2aec285c349b2/199339_4610534454_9795_n.jpg" data-mid="106402975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/6132ef2b1e8e04acf4586d80b898f822147d2f0fbe35a6e621f2aec285c349b2/199339_4610534454_9795_n.jpg" /> <img width="500" height="380" width_o="500" height_o="380" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/266883f4e8d340dd19ffad40b447706f3f1bd9006e739929fb11c4c04feea59a/198420_4457096522_6226_n.jpg" data-mid="106402976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/266883f4e8d340dd19ffad40b447706f3f1bd9006e739929fb11c4c04feea59a/198420_4457096522_6226_n.jpg" /> Since hanging up his Reebok Pump Omni Lites, Theo still enjoys playing basketball recreationally, for the infamous Hoxton Heat. He is interested in health and fitness and enjoys any opportunity to be outside with a camera, surfboard, fishing rod or whittling knife.