1982 Lake Worth High graduate. He ran track during college and has tried skydiving.
Joined and taught the Guardian Angels group, a national street- patrol/crime-prevention group that began to organize locally in Palm Beach County in 1986. The Guardian Angels patrol the streets help deter drug sales and crime.
Dore began martial arts at the age of 16. Movies and Chuck Norris were his inspiration. He trained to get a 2nd degree black belt. Also became an instructor at the Kelly Karate Center in Lake Worth and won the Guardian Angels Karate Tournament in 1990.