A freerider to start, Mark won his debut amateur contest in 2009, then dedicated his next six years of riding to win this first of three IFWA Pro Freeride World Titles. Pro Freeride competitions are a judged surf contest, with two riders battling man to man in the surf. Judging is 50% on surfriding in the waves and 50% Jumps (FMX.)

Along the way Mark was adopted into a racing team trained and won the 2011 AM Ski Lites class world title.

In 2015 Mark won his first IFWA world tour after competing in 5 countries. Since then, he continued to compete on the tour winning the following two more years (2015-2017) and being the runner up in 2018.

Mark also adapted and took on riding flatwater freestyle contest held in the middle of race events he participated in. 

Freestyle is a two minute judged competition riding light weight, high performance watercraft capable of multiple big air tricks off of its own wake. In between chasing the freeride world titles, Mark won the US National Championship in 2016, Won his first Pro Freestyle World title in 2017 and is the 2019 & 2020 runner up.

Mark married his wife Kaley in 2019, one week after the world championship, backflipping into the wedding on his jetski and his wife coming in on her wake boat. The two have built their life together and made Lake Havasu City, Arizona their home. Mark continues to train for freestyle events while offering personalized coaching sessions, private freestyle jetski shows for venues, repairing watercraft, and generating action content on the water.