Float, Fly, Rhythm,and Rail Racing History, 14 Races, 10 Podiums , including 1st in California State Champ, 3rd in Nevada State Champ 1st Place in 2007 and 3rd Place in 2008 at the USA Cycling National Championships at Mt. Snow, Vermont !! My Favorites- Favorite Car: ANY Toyota 4x4
- Favorite Magazine: Decline
- Favorite Movie: The Collective
- Favorite Trick: Finishing a Race 1st Place
- Favorite Event: USA Cycling Nationals
- Favorite Rider: Wayno Howard, Owner, Yuba Expiditions, Downeiville, CA
What makes me Tick
What inspires you to compete?
To push my own limits to be the best I can, and to beat the rest !! It's "THE RUSH" from the starting gate to the finish line, to going up to the results board, and finding your name on top. That is a RUSH !!
Why do you like this sport?
GRAVITY !!! Whether it is dropping into a 50 ft chute at Jackson Hole, WY on Skis, or a 12 foot wave at "The Lane" in Santa Cruz, or at Ulu in Bali, or popping a `10 ft Table top on Live Wire at Northstar on a DH bike. GRAVITY packs the RUSH !
Describe your style...
AB+, I would call myself laid back ,but most others would consider me "On the Edge" but always looking for the positive spin, THAT IS WHERE THE SWEET SPOT OF LIFE BEGINS !
Do you train? What does your schedule look like?
Do Monkeys eat Bananas ? Training is to an athlete like Oxygen is to a life force, you simply have to have it. I live just beyond "COOL" in Caliornia, 10 minutes from the Auburn State Recreation Area in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. We have over 100 miles of sweet XC mostly singletrack with 1200 ft gain/loss on most rides. For roadie work, we have tons of mostly uncrowded 2-lane roads that have hardly a mile that is not at least 6% grade, and many steeper. The Auburn Century ride has 109 miles and over 10,000 ft of climbing. For the DH junky, we have multiple drops close with almost 1,000 ft drops in 2-3 mile runs. For the MOTO, we have 2 OHV parks within 40 minutes of home. And the cream, NORTHSTAR 1.5 hours from home, it has SICK DH and a lot of it, yeah, I have a season pass there ! We can ride 10 months a year, I go Surfing and Snowboarding for the rest !
THE GODS HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME !!
I choose one of these poisons 3-4 days per week, just to ride for fun TRAINING !
Do you like to travel? What's your best (clean) road trip story?
21 Day Date (road trip) with my now wife Jill ! We hit Vegas, Mtn Biked at Zion, Bryce, Moab, Skied at Breckenridge, and Keystone, stayed 1-night in Kansas (had to sleep somewhere) rolled into Louisville, KY (my birthplace) the day before the 1991 Kentucky Derby, went to the Infield Party, my wife will never drink another Mint Julep as long as she lives, went on down to the Tennessee Kentucky border for 5 days of fishing with my Dad, then on the southern route home to San Diego where we lived at the time.
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