Mother: Diane Hutchinson, Father: Kevin Hutchinson Sr.
1973 - Born at Goddard Hospital in Stoughton, Massachusetts
1975 - As a child he lived in several towns including Brockton, Quincy, Middleboro and Taunton.
1978 - Moving around made it difficult to make friends so he mostly kept to himself. This resulted in crippling shyness. In kindergarten he peed in his pants afraid of asking to go to the bathroom. A classmate made fun of him and got punched in the nose.
1983 - Alex received his first Marvel comic book. Over the following years he would be greatly influenced by characters like Iron Fist, Daredevil, Punisher, Black Panther and Captain America. From these colorful pages he was inspired to study martial arts, pursue physical fitness and believe in vigilante justice. Image: Alex's first comic book.
1984 - Settled in parents hometown of Avon, Massachusetts. Both sets of grandparents owned homes in this town and lived almost across the street from each other. Alex was often distracted by an overactive imagination so he struggled in class. Regardless he completed all four years at Crowley Middle School, 5th to 8th grade.
1984 - A teacher asked Alex what he wanted to be when he grew up? He gave four answers - Soldier, Professional Wrestler, Martial Artist and Action Movie Star. The teacher said he might have to pick only one. Alex replied, "I'm going to do everything!"
1984 - Early on Alex began suffering from a severe sleeping disorder and developed an eating disorder which caused him to frequently forget to eat. These combined with low blood sugar caused significant problems in school and later in many jobs. These three pervasive issues were never diagnosed. He would uncover them over the years and since he had no medical insurance had to treat them himself.
1985 - At a time when most people had a copy of the Bible next to their bed, Alex had a copy of the Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks. His father, uncle, both grandfathers and both great grandfathers all served in the military during war times. Alex grew up believing that each generation had to go to war so he started preparing for that inevitability as a child. He studied military techniques and tactics at an early age. He often wore his father's fatigues to school and only shopped at the local Army/Navy store.
1985 - Accompanied by a group of friends Alex broke into a factory where they snuck around until a motion detector triggered a silent alarm. Alex saw the red light start blinking and told everyone to run. The police arrived at the scene and were told by neighbors that kids had escaped from the building. Alex and his friends were never caught because they were hiding out at the Moses Curtis Gazebo which is located right next to the Avon police station.
1985 - As part of a school assignment he was told to submit three poems for consideration in an upcoming book of poetry. The students were told that only the best entries would be published. Alex didn't do the assignment. When the teacher asked for the poems Alex lied and said they were in his locker. He went to his locker, wrote three poems off the top of his head and handed them in. All three poems were published. The book entitled "Voices from the Hollow" became his introduction to the world of writing.
1986 - Started a secret homosexual relationship with his best friend. They never discussed their intimacy with anyone keeping the relationship in the closet. They stayed together for six years before parting ways.
1986 - The film Red Dawn had a huge impact on Alex when he saw it on VHS about two years after it was released. In the movie the Soviet Army invades America and a group of teenagers had to hide out in the mountains of Colorado creating a resistance movement. Alex believed these events were going to happen. He kept a camouflage duffel bag full of supplies next to his bed and created several shelters in the woods behind his house. He planned and practiced his escape routes and survival tactics.
1986 - Accompanied by a group of friends Alex broke into the abandoned Knights of Columbus building in downtown Avon. When a group of older teenagers arrived, Alex escaped with the help of his friend Gary Collier. The rest of the kids were trapped inside. The older teenagers tied them up and tortured them until someone heard the screams and called the police. The teenagers were arrested. Alex didn't know what happened until later that night.
1986 - While living in Avon he played Soccer, Baseball and Basketball but performed poorly at team sports. In Soccer & Basketball he was the worst player on the worst teams. In Baseball he was the worst player on the best team. During those years he got in a lot of fights so decided to focus on Martial Arts. In his teen years he studied Isshin-ryu Karate, Goju-ryu Karate and Chung Moo Quan. He achieved minor belts in all three arts.
1986 - Alex's father, Kevin Hutchinson Sr, was a Vietnam veteran who had post traumatic stress disorder. One night Kevin came home drunk and enraged. He barged into Alex's bedroom, grabbed the knife from the windowsill, put it in Alex's hand and held the blade to his father's throat. He screamed at the boy, "The day you take a shot at me, you better kill me!" Alex was terrified and confused. Similar threats would follow for the next twenty years.
1986 - Accompanied by a group of friends Alex jumped the fence and trespassed into a construction company. The friends fooled around on the equipment, leaped off the gravel hills and scaled the tower. An overzealous security guard on an ATV chased them off the property by firing a shotgun in the air over their heads. Everyone escaped unharmed.
1986 - One night while living in Avon, MA, a red glow shone through Alex's window. He looked out to see a triangle shaped aircraft floating above the trees in his backyard. He called his mother who also saw the strange craft as it slowly, soundlessly floated away. Three years later while sleeping on the roof of a friend's house in the same town, Alex and his friend saw a light shoot across the night sky in a zig/zag motion like the jagged line on an EKG machine. On the other side of the planet an Israeli meteorological team saw the same event. It appeared in newspapers shortly after. The triangle UFO has been seen by countless people in the years since. The photo below was taken over Texas in 2020.
1987 - Attending Blue Hills Regional Technical High School in Canton, MA he studied Electrical, Data Processing and Graphic Arts. He was socially awkward with poor grades and easily distracted by an overactive imagination. During class he was often writing short stories or creating exercise plans.
1989 - Bullied in high school he used his martial arts to defend himself. A compulsive list maker he wrote down all of his encounters: 18 street fights 9 wins, 9 losses - 13 submission wrestling fights 12 wins, 1 loss. After numerous battles he started carrying weapons to school including a full size survival knife.
1989 - Outside of school Alex continued to be surrounded by a loyal group of friends. A natural leader he called these groups military prep teams taking on names like the Junior Marines, Black Berets and most notably the HAWKS Foundation. Together they did physical training, practiced armed combat and engaged in dangerous nighttime missions. Years later he would write a three book series about their adventures. Below is an artist rendering of The HAWKS Foundation. From left to right - Tommy Gorman, Mark Silvestri, Alex Hutchinson, John Matthews, Tim Dowd and Gary Collier.
1989 - While on one of their nighttime missions Alex and The HAWKS found a decapitated body at a construction site. The head was missing and the hands were mangled. This terrifying discovery gave him nightmares for a week. Alex later wrote about it in the novel Sevlow. The HAWKS learned that the FBI found the body and kept the story out of the local newspapers. After the book was published a reporter for the Avon Messenger noted frighteningly accurate details about the town but discovered that the local police department had no record of the event.
1990 - After being given numerous detentions and suspensions for fighting in class Alex was expelled from Blue Hills Regional High School. All of his bullies were allowed to continue school and graduate. Alex was embittered by the experience.
1990 - His parents purchased a house in Middleboro, MA. He moved in with them and helped fix up the house. While living there he earned his driver's license. The photo below is of the Hutchinson family in front of the house: left to right - Lacey, Alex, Kevin, Nathan, Diane and Kevin senior.
1990 - While on another nighttime mission, Alex and the HAWKS took revenge upon a gun dealer who had ripped them off. Alex drove his Dodge van up to the dealer's apartment and opened the sliding side door allowing the HAWKS to open fire with air rifles. They quickly shattered every window in the apartment before driving off into the night. That same van was used to steal motorcycles, transport stolen car stereos and it was where Alex lost his virginity. Later it became a temporary home on the occasions when his parents threw him out.
1991 - Inspired by Bruce Lee's philosophy he continued to study martial arts developing a method of his own known as Wei Tai Jutsu. It attempted to create a structure through which fighters could practice various arts to discover which moves they should master as an expression of their unique athleticism. It took two years to develop the method which he mastered over four more years and then taught to students. The core of the system is an individualized 1000 move kata, a brief portion of which can be seen in this video clip.
1991 - Alex's first girlfriend was Christine Stupak. They met in a high school graphic arts class and started dating just before he was expelled. Christine joined Alex's new extremist group known as The Black Berets. They began training and doing missions in the town of Norwood, MA. However, when Alex revealed his revenge plan to murder students inside his former high school, Christine turned the other members against him. The team broke up and Christine began dating Tim Dowd. The two of them would move to Florida, get married and have three kids. For the first time since he was a child, Alex was without a team.
1991 - The events of his life had begun to spiral into darkness. While staying with a friend in Stoughton, MA, Alex started experiencing powerful suicidal thoughts. This drove him to ascend to the top of an electrical transmission tower during a massive storm. He assumed that the metal tower would be struck by lightning and he would die. When he survived the stormy climb he took it as a sign that it wasn't yet his time.
1991 - Along with a small group of amateur fighters he formed a Street Boxing club. They battled in backyards with store bought gloves and headgear. The matches had few rules and a fair amount of blood. He learned to box at Gomes gym in Middleboro then won the Street Boxing title and defended it several times. Amateur boxing record 11-1-1 (3).
1992 - Having attended 3 years at Blue Hills Regional High School he had almost enough credits for completion. Three remaining courses at Middleboro Evening School earned him a diploma. He graduated in the Class of 1992 with straight A's.
1992 - With his lifelong dream of becoming a soldier now shattered, Alex fell back into a deep depression. He suffered through many sleepless nights and struggled with thoughts of suicide. At this time he began reading books on self-help and popular psychology to aid in his healing process. Constant reading became a source of hope and inspiration.
1992 - Traveled to the gulf coast of Florida to visit friends and fell in love with the state. Alex would visit many times over the years making new friends and having amazing adventures. He would end up spending almost half his life in the sunshine state and still considers it home. The photo below was taken in Englewood, Florida. From left to right - Tim Dowd, Alex Hutchinson and Christine Dowd.
1993 - Attended Fisher College in Taunton, MA studying English Literature. Preferring real life experience over the classroom he dropped out after one semester. Alex repeatedly tried to go back to college getting accepted to both Bridgewater State University and Dean College. In both cases his living situation and lack of income was too unstable for him to take classes. Understanding the importance of education he decided to teach himself. He made a list of every book he studied and poured into any subject that interested him eventually reading over 1,300 titles.
1993 - A series of unfortunate incidents spiraled his life within a few months time. The bank foreclosed on his parent's house, he was laid off from his job at Sunoco, two girlfriend's cheated on him, his van blew a head gasket and suddenly he was homeless.
1994 - Suffering from severe depression he lived as an outcast in the dilapidated Middleboro neighborhood known as Juckettville. That summer was spent sleeping in tents and cars while other jobless Gen-X friends were being harassed and jailed for non-violent drug offenses by crooked local cops. The Juckettville group came to an end when his closest friend was beaten senseless by a member of the Manson gang.
1994 - Desperate for a place to sleep he visited his parent's new apartment where they informed him that he was adopted. The man who raised him was not his biological father. This alcoholic Vietnam Veteran with severe PTSD who had been threatening his life since age 13 screamed in his face, "I never wanted you!" He was thrown out the next morning. His only possessions were a backpack full of clothes and a Huffy mountain bike.
1994 - Alex rode his mountain bike 26 miles to Canoe River Campground in Mansfield, MA where his family kept a 20ft trailer. He broke into the trailer and used it as a temporary shelter. He lived there for weeks on canned foods until meeting up with a group of friends from Middleboro who also frequented the same campground. He told them what had happened, started a relationship with one of the girls and her family took him in. The photo below was taken in the summer of 1994. Left to right - Lisa Jefferson, Alex Hutchinson and Laura Johnston.
1994 - After a phone discussion with his Mother, Alex learned that for the first two years of his life his last name was Ballum. His Mother married Kevin Hutchinson who adopted Alex. She decided to keep the adoption a secret. Both extended families as well as many people within the town also knew the secret. This revelation was so shocking that Alex could do little more than laugh at the absurdity of it all. So many conflicts suddenly made sense. The fighting inside the family was about whether or not to tell him.
1994 - The pain and confusion that came from learning about his adoption ignited the writer within. While living with his new girlfriend he wrote a handful of small self-help books that he photocopied and sold at Maria's Hallmark shop in downtown Middleboro, MA. He was interviewed by the Middleboro Gazette, The Enterprise and the Standard Times. For a short time selling these booklets was his only income.
1994 - Alex has a lifelong love of the sport of bodybuilding. It started at age 13 with his first Muscle & Fitness magazine. He trained at different gyms and attended bodybuilding shows where he met legends of the sport like Lou Ferrigno, Shawn Ray and Flex Wheeler. Training with his friend Tim in Florida, they went deep into heavy lifting and beach photo shoots.
1995 - Traveling to Windham, New York in the Catskill mountains Alex and two friends joined Vidbell's Circus. Working as tent laborers they toured New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This allowed him an opportunity to visit New York City, see Times Square and watch a Broadway show. He would hook up with the same Circus a few years later touring with them on Cape Cod.
1995 - Took random classes at Massasoit Community College (Brockton, MA) including Bookkeeping and Self-Hypnosis. Both skills became useful in later years.
1995 - Alex's belief in vigilante justice didn't die with the Black Berets. Over the years he reported many crimes that he had witnessed and sometimes went after the criminals himself. On a couple occasions he filed police reports, broke up street fights and once apprehended a violent offender.
1995 - Created a cable access comedy show called, "Where's the Beef?" A group of friends known as The Tribe gathered to develop and perform comedy skits much like a low budget Saturday Night Live. Only a small number of episodes were completed. Photo below from left to right - Brad McManus, Nicole Levesque, Kevin Hutchinson (Mask), Nathan Hutchinson (hat), Robert Mackiewicz, Bruce Dean (Blonde), Gia Ventossi and Alex Hutchinson.
1995 - Started a relationship with Gia Ventossi. The two of them were trauma-bonded over having abusive experiences with their parents. However, it was Gia's mother, a devout Jehovah's Witness, who objected to the relationship because Alex was 6 years older. The two were forced to break up but met several times in secret. Five years later they were finally able to date but by then their personal lives were in shambles. They couldn't make the relationship work. In 2024 they reconnected again as friends.
1995 - He spent his days delivering flowers and his nights at Middleboro public library where he used their computers to experiment with long form fiction. He wrote three books with the titles DragonFear, Kurt Cobain Syndrome and Subtle as a Trainwreck. Each explored different facets of generational confusion, depression and personal tragedy. He even wrote a small self-help pocket guide for teenagers who were dealing with these emotions.
1996 - Worked backstage on the Middleboro high school musical Little Shop of Horrors. Helping to construct the set, he also worked behind the scenes during performances to animate the massive plant creature. Months later he played four characters in the stage play Spoon River at the Middleboro Unitarian Universalist Society.
1996 - Befriended a small religious group known as the Jesus Freaks. These youngsters attended a radical fundamentalist church while riding high on self-righteous narcissism. They watched Christian movies, read Christian comic books and listened to Christian rock. The group broke up when their personal secrets began to spill out. One kid crashed a car while drunk driving, another was addicted to pills, one was secretly gay and two were having sex out of wedlock.
1996 - A tragic car accident rocked the town of Middleboro. A group of teenagers lost control of their vehicle and slammed into a tree, one high school girl lost her life. Adrienne Harris was only 16. Despite a rough upbringing she had become quite popular in school and her social group which included Alex. This terrible event was felt by so many in the community. Her wake was attended by hundreds of people who were all faced with the fragility of life and the scarring effects of what it feels like to lose someone so young. They have since changed the name of the road to Adrienne's Way. Photo: Adrienne Harris and Alex Hutchinson.
1996 - Studied religious education at the Middleboro branch of the Unitarian Universalist Society. Focused on practicing Wicca he started the short lived Coven of Diamondwood and completed a ritual known as the Test of Fear. Local churches learned of his coven and accused him of being a cult leader. This forced him to defend his religious freedom at a public meeting held at the Middleboro library. It was a modern day witch hunt but his rights were protected by the first Amendment of the Constitution.
1997 - Alex's love of martial arts cinema culminated with the creation of a low budget movie titled BloodSport 3. He worked with his brothers and their friends to create this outdoor tournament type martial arts film. When it was discovered that they were already making a third Bloodsport movie starring Daniel Bernhardt, Alex rewrote the script and did hours of reshoots making an almost entirely new film titled All American Kumite. Below is a fight scene from All American Kumite, this clip features Alex Hutchinson and Robert Mackiewicz.
1997 - The Tribe had so much fun making the martial arts film that Alex put together another script. Guardian Angel played by Nathan Hutchinson was a redemption style superhero who fought an incarnation of evil in the form of Solid Six played by Alex Hutchinson. Filmed in Middleboro, Ma the movie makes use of beautiful background locations from all over the town.
1997 - Alex hosted the 'More Hair then Talent' Academy Awards. This was a video awards contest that included all of the movies the Tribe had completed up to that point. Actors voted for the best performances, stunts and fight scenes. Alex Hutchinson & Bruce Deane won 'Best Fight Scene' for their match in All American Kumite. Photo: Printed awards like this were given to the winners.
1997 - He befriended a pilot named Murray Randall who had a private airfield in Berkley, MA . Murray was an impressive individual who had a passion for flight and built his own planes. He took Alex up for several flights including once in a Bi-plane. This inspired him to study small aircraft aviation at the Alpha One Flight School in Plymouth, MA. After a few classes he dropped the course due to a shortage of funds. Murray passed away in 2017 but a foundation maintains his airfield for public use.
1997 - Once again his drunken father took issue with Alex returning home. He assaulted his adopted son who was now fully capable of defending himself. A neighbor saw the fight and called the police. His father was arrested for assault & battery. Alex dropped the charges under the agreement that his Dad seek help for his alcoholism. His father did not seek help and instead forced Alex to become homeless yet again.
1998 - Traveling back to Florida he assembled a new cast and crew to film a unique film titled Prime Directive. Alex plays a cult leader who wrote a powerful philosophy book called "The Prime Directive" which is so persuasive that governments and even the Vatican are trying to suppress it. He survives a plane crash only to be hunted by various operatives who intend to stop him from spreading the philosophy. Alex's intelligence, intensity and athleticism shines through in this role as it is written very intimately to his own personal story. An amazing cast supports the effort including the talents of Jason Sanders, Gene Lloyd, Terry Moore, Christine Dowd and Julie Nelson. The movie can be viewed on Youtube for FREE at this link - Prime Directive. The set photo below was taken in Placida, Florida. Left to right: Julie Nelson and Alex Hutchinson.
1998 - During filming Julie and Alex started dating. Knowing nothing about love, the relationship was a tornado of cheating, lying and fighting. They broke up and reconciled over and over for roughly four years. They both learned many lessons about what it means to care for another person. Part of that drama would later inspire his first novel Virgin Gloves.
1998 - Inspired by The Prime Directive movie, Jason Sanders wrote and directed a sequel titled Countdown to Apoc. This continued the story but this time with Jason's Vatican character playing the lead and Alex playing an NSA Agent who is pursuing him. Filmed in Port Charlotte, Florida this movie included an expanded cast with comedic moments and wild fight sequences.
1999 - Returning to Port Charlotte, FL he joined the Extreme Backyard Alliance (EBA), a backyard wrestling group that performed bi-weekly shows for live audiences. He started as a referee but quickly converted into a wrestler known as 'The Official'. He partnered with wrestler Christian Darksteel to form the tag team Reckless Denial. He also played a secondary role as a masked wrestler named Magnitude who partnered with Sacrifice in the tag team known as S&M.
1999 - Alex competed in 24 matches which included winning and defending the EBA Intercontinental title. His promotional efforts landed the EBA in newspapers and soon after he would appear on a wrestling talk show discussing the experience. In 2004 he published a book about the EBA titled 'Backyard Empire'. The EBA Youtube page displays a collection of those matches. Below is a promotional music video where Alex appears in a red costume as 'The Official.'
2000 - Hired by TransPro Courier to be a bank courier for the Metro Boston area. This job continued two trends, the first was being hired as the youngest person in a company only to become the top employee in less than a year. The second was adding significant travel in a career as a commercial driver eventually accumulating over 1 million miles.
2000 - Expanding on his experience with backyard wrestling, Alex started his own federation titled Hutchinson Freestyle. He put on 10 pounds of muscle, wrestled in a pink mask and was known as Red Scorpion. Alongside his brothers Alex competed in 18 matches that were filmed for wrestling fans.
2000 - Trained by the Massachusetts Libertarian Party in electioneering he worked on Congressional and Senatorial campaigns. His election updates were published in the Carver Reporter newspaper. Four years later he was trained by the Florida Democratic party and worked on elections for Senator Bill Nelson and President Barack Obama.
2001 - Alex was a lifelong Mallrat. This subculture was well known in the 1980-90's and is personified in the Kevin Smith movie titled Mallrats (1995). Alex spent part of his childhood at the Westgate Mall in Brockton, Ma. His late teens and early twenties he was often at the Silver City Galleria (Taunton, MA) or the Independence Mall (Kingston, MA). While living in Florida he worked at both the Port Charlotte Town Center and the Sarasota Square Mall.
2001 - Turning his sights onto the world of professional prizefighting, Alex decided that since he loved pugilism so much that he should become a boxing writer. He dived into studying the sweet science by reading over 100 books and taping hundreds of fights. He attended both amateur and professional bouts including Golden Gloves, the Olympic Trials and even a live recording of Friday Night Fights.
2001 - Alex was a part of many unfinished projects. He played minor roles in the movies Guardian Angel 2, The Grovites and The Ghost. His last screenplay was a movie titled 'Choir Boy' which was meant to be the third part of the Prime Directive trilogy. This action/comedy had hilarious dailies but went way over budget and never saw the light of day. Photo: Most of the cast and crew of Choir Boy.
2002 - Hired as a boxing publicist by HCG 5 Star Promotions in Tampa, Florida, his job was to promote the career of then undefeated heavyweight fighter China "The Dragon" Smith. He made contact with multiple boxing publications and celebrities to help raise the profile of the fighter. China Smith appeared on Showtime Championship Boxing fighting for the vacant NBA heavyweight title, a match he lost by a brutal 3rd round knockout. After that match Alex was no longer needed as the promotion fell apart. China continued to box but his profile never exceeded that of a local fighter. He retired with a record of 35-5 (27).
2002 - Started dating Terri Brashear, whom he met at a Dungeons & Dragons game in Englewood, Florida. Ten years later they would be married at Laishley park in Punta Gorda, FL and honeymoon in the Bahamas. Their relationship would last two decades.
2002 - Competed at a couple of fight clubs in front of live audiences. His last bout was at Club Neptune in Fort Myers, Florida. He defeated a Tough Man champion by decision. Both fights would later be described in his book Virgin Gloves. Below is his only boxing match caught on video. It was a welterweight bout in Sarasota, Florida.
2003 - Visited the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. During the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Alex met multiple world famous fighters including Frank Bruno, Christy Martin, Chris Byrd, Angel Manfredy and referee Joe Cortez. The biggest thrill was meeting with legendary boxing writer Bert Randolph Sugar pictured below.
2003 - Moved to Orlando, FL where he officially started his book writing career. He joined a weekly journal group and used MySpace.com to accumulate over nine thousand contacts and followers. There he wrote and published his first 6 books. Journal Group Photo: The Man in the top hat is Ed Anthony, Alex's first Editor.
2003 - Alex continued to write articles and letters to the editor of Boxing magazines. His writing and photos were published multiple times in World Boxing, KO, Boxing Digest and Ring Magazine. In the letter below he appears with Andre Berto who would later become Welterweight Champion of the World who fought the legendary Floyd Mayweather junior.
2004 - His debut novel Virgin Gloves became the first ever story in history written about a gay prizefighter. It was reviewed in the New Haven Advocate, Ring Magazine and Boxing Digest. He did several book signings while also appearing on Michigan Rock radio and the Frank DeCaro show. The photo below is from a signing at Books-a-Million in Orlando, FL.
2004 - While working at Books-a-Million he witnessed a number of dishonest and abusive actions by the general manager. Writing a letter to the CEO, signed by the store's workers, put an end to the abuses as the crooked manager was demoted and sent to another store for retraining. It was later learned that she had been stealing and was fired by the company.
2004 - Using the internet Alex searched for and found his biological father - David Ripley. They had a revealing conversation. Mr. Ripley had been a traveling salesman in his youth and fathered several children. Years later after he had settled down and bought a house in Virginia he called back for those children. Most of them moved in with him. Alex's mother had refused this offer as she had not yet told her son that he was adopted. Now Alex knew the entire story.
2005 - His second book Backyard Empire was the first ever novel in history written about backyard wrestling. It was reviewed by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and Blogcritics.org. He did several book signings at wrestling shows in the Orlando area. The book would go on to inspire an episode of the hit animated TV show South Park. The clip below is from The Wrestling Scene, a TV show where Alex appeared as a guest and described his introduction to backyard wrestling.
2005 - His third book Sevlow was picked up by PublishAmerica. Sevlow was part of a three book series about the HAWKS Foundation, the military prep team he lead in his teen years. The other two books were Almost Columbine (2006) and Before they were HAWKS (2007). Sevlow tells the real life story of when Alex and his friends found a dead body but then traced it to a mysterious house in his hometown where exotic animals were being caged. Unfortunately Sevlow was a limited print and is no longer available to the public.
2005 - As a promotional gimmick he did a nude photo shoot for Play Girl Magazine. They liked the images but needed higher resolution. Months later Play Girl offered a one time contract for a second shoot but by then he was too busy and no longer interested in the project.
2006 - Started a YouTube page that would eventually contain hundreds of videos about backyard wrestling, bmx racing, mountain biking, cyclocross and clips from his martial arts movies. His videos have over 350,000 views. The page can be viewed here.
2007 - His seventh book Anarchy Bell was a collection of dark poetry. It contained multiple poems that won peer reviewed awards. Alex was also the photographer for the book cover, model appears in picture below.
2007 - Moved to Manomet, MA where he lived by Cape Cod Bay and wrote the political novel Purple State. The culmination of eight years studying politics, history and economics, he considered this book to be his Masters Thesis on modern American elections. The article below is about a Middleboro book signing.
2008 - The literary journal Hoi Polloi 2 was published by Robert McNulty to feature works and interviews with upcoming New England writers. An author profile and interview with Alex Hutchinson appears from pages 255 to 258.
2008 - Started mountain bike racing by winning beginner medals in the Root 66 Race Series and the NECS race series. He competed in Cross Country, Downhill and Super-D races all across New England as a member of Peterson's Race Team. Racing alongside his brother Kevin they became known as the Bog Dogs as recapped in the video below.
2009 - Alex did volunteer work with the New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) while writing articles for NEMBA Singletracks and Dirt Rag magazine. His volunteer work allowed him to participate in many trail building and mountain bike events including one where he met one of the creators of modern mountain biking, Gary Fisher.
2010 - Returning to the sunshine state he jumped into the sport of Florida BMX Racing. His once popular mountain bike blog was converted into the Bog Dogs Race Report which covered racing news for the entire state. The website was sponsored by Corsa Racewear and CycleCraft BMX. He also ran the track websites for Sarasota, Riverview and Naples BMX. He hosted a six episode webseries called Unleashed TV that was funded through Kickstarter. Alex took tens of thousands of BMX racing photos and wrote hundreds of stories about the sport.
2011 - Alex's foray into BMX included volunteer work at Charlotte BMX where he held the position of track secretary for three years. This included helping the track prepare for and run local races and state qualifiers. He was a senior member of the Better Recognize race team and the Charlotte BMX race team. Finally, he was nominated to the Board of the Sunshine State Association (SSA) but turned down the position.
2012 - As a BMX competitor Alex participated in 74 races at 9 different tracks. He landed on the podium 33 times. He placed at three SSA State Qualifiers. He took 2nd in the Commissioner's Cup representing Charlotte BMX. He also won the NBL Florida State Championship in the Rookie 30+ class.
2013 - Joined the Cafe Philo discussion group in Englewood, FL where for five years he took part in conversations about historical and modern events. On many occasions he lead the group on topics like social evolution and freedom of information. In the past he was also a member of The Merry Philosophers group in Orlando, FL.
2013 - Traveling to Winter Park, CO, Alex attended the Colorado Freeride Festival. There he got to ride the trails at Trestle, one of the most prestigious mountain bike parks in America. He also wrote articles and took video of the various events. Meeting Kelly McGarry the man who created that year's CFF slopestyle course inspired Alex to film the following video about the event.
2014 - Hooking up with a crew of Cyclocross racers, Alex took to the sport that is considered a cousin to mountain biking. He purchased a Nashbar single-speed online and customized it to his build. He took part in several CX clinics to learn the sport. He then competed in half a dozen races mostly in the Dade City area plus one crazy Infinity War Race in Palm Bay.
2014 - Alex's most popular video was one where he test rode a number of recumbent bicycles. This niche sector of the cycling community has some of the most innovative creations available for the public. The video below received over 100,000 views.
2014- Taking a deep involvement in the local mountain bike scene Alex became a volunteer and board member of the Sarasota County Off Road Riders (SCORR) trail building group. The group built mountain bike trails primarily in the M. Carlton Mabry Reserve in Venice, Florida. They also took part in many events around the area. Alex carved trails, ran the SCORR website and also helped promote their annual event Piggy's Revenge.
2015 - Returning to competitive mountain biking he took on the Florida race series. With the assistance of his sponsors Bicycles International, 661 and Lushka Reconstruction, Alex was able to race full time in cross country and endurance MTB races.
2016 - Attempting to capitalize on the success of Twisted Trails he followed up with a second book on the same subject titled Twisted Trails: Least of the Beast (2016). It was not as popular as the original but did receive praise from Reader's Favorite.
2017 - On May 1st Alex's adopted father Kevin Hutchinson Senior passed away from liver failure at 66 years old. Father and son ended their tumultuous relationship on good terms. This also signaled the end of his professional writing career. Alex's overwhelming ambition stemmed from a desire to prove his worthiness as a son. No longer feeling the need, there was nothing left to write about. Kevin Hutchinson Senior (1951-2017) received a military burial, his grave is located in Bourne, Massachusetts.
2017 - Completing a lifetime goal Alex and his wife crossed America in an SUV driving 7,500 miles while exploring 20 states. They drove to the top of Pikes Pike, visited Rocky Mountain National Park and witnessed Old Faithful in Yellowstone. They camped, went caving, hiking and watched their first rodeo. They experienced a new appreciation for this incredible country. Alex captured the photo below of the Pacific ocean taken from a beach in Washington State.
2018 - Alex's childhood frenemy Mark Silvestri committed suicide at the age of 43. The two of them met in elementary school and were long time adversaries which included a well known street fight when they were the heads of rival gangs. Alex corresponded with him for years when Mark was in prison. Upon release their friendship only lasted a few months before Mark, once again, threatened Alex's life. It turned out that Mark had been lying about his crimes, he had in fact been convicted of brutalizing the women he dated. His passing was a relief both for Alex and the many women Mark had beaten over the years.
2019 - To honor his family heritage he competed in the Sarasota Highland Games. This Scottish strength competition represented a lifetime culmination of resistance training. A coaching/training program developed by former IFBB Pro Ben Pakulski transformed him from an 180 man into a 224 pound beast. He took 7th place in his age group.
2023 - Alex returned to Massachusetts to become a competitive athlete in the World Axe Throwing League. His home venue is Longhouse Axe in Plymouth, MA. During his first year in the sport Alex won the 2024 ThroWell Amateur Tournament and took 2nd at Capitol City Chaos in Albany, New York. The photo below is of the Longhouse Axe League which includes Paige Hutchinson (Alex's Sister) and Irisrose Douze (Alex's girlfriend).
2024 - Alex has found true love with Irisrose Douze, a beautiful young New Yorker that he met in Florida. They have an electric connection and share the same enthusiasm for adventure. The photo below was taken at Cedar Key Beach on Long Island, New York.
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