Vancouver Island man earns global fame on TikTok with tap-testing videos

Travis Stock is grateful to have grown up from a shy boy to a fearless man — who was inspired by his big sister to overcome adversity through giving back — by finding a creative way to spread joy and positivity.

As Travis Stock approaches the random building and notices a water tap attached to its wall, he couldn’t be more curious.

“Is there going to be majestic flow?” the 35-year-old wonders. “Is it not going to work at all?”

To appreciate Travis’ excitement, we need to go back to when he was a shy child and didn’t feel comfortable posing for his school picture.

“The photographer kept saying, ‘Look up! Look up!’” Travis recalls, before revealing a picture of himself as a boy with a strained smile on his face. “That’s the face I gave when I looked up.”

Travis wasn’t used to being the centre of attention yet, unlike his big sister.

“She was the Lake Cowichan penny drive girl,” Travis smiles proudly, while looking through old newspaper profiles of her.

Nichole Stock made headlines for inspiring donations of countless thousands of dollars worth of pennies each year to support a sick kids charity, before dying from complications during heart surgery when Travis was 11.