Casey Neistat helped me discover my passion for tattoos | INDIE ALASKA

Tattooing became an itch Roger Sparks couldn't scratch after a particularly grueling battle in the mountains of #Afghanistan. What was the most intense combat of his career ended in a twist of fate when he met #CaseyNeistat and a group of men who helped him discover tattooing as a means of healing from the trauma.
He learned to #tattoo and opened up shop out of his Eagle River home. Now, with every moment of free time he can spare, Roger is paying the gift forward by tattooing others working through their own battles.
Video by Kaysie Ellingson
Music by Starship Amazing
Photos courtesy of Roger Sparks
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[@bagpipingpaddy]

amazing work, keep it up

[@runnann]

Excellent video

[@JeffMartinez648]

Awesome Roger, keep it up brother.

[@iN00bman]

Great story & vid

[@biteme]

so inspiring. thank you

[@benjiboi6669]

More like my strange tattoing

[@joshkilman177]

1:48 Casey Neistat

[@Van-..-z._-_z.-._-._.-z.]

Skin is perfect the way it is. Stop making dumb permanent decisions. For Your Health!

[@Van-..-z._-_z.-._-._.-z.]

Incorrect! You have to be a doctor to do a face lift! Put that in your tobacco pipe and smoke it.

[@Van-..-z._-_z.-._-._.-z.]

And stop smoking you dummy. It causes you to die

[@Van-..-z._-_z.-._-._.-z.]

+Shaun H I Wuv you

[@benjiboi6669]

It’s his choice yet he’s still more fit than you’ll ever be