Q&A

• When did you start your sport? Age 10
• What is more important to you than mountain biking? Family and friends.
• If you could be someone famous, who would you be? Valentino Rossi no doubt
• What are your favorite songs currently loaded onto your Thump? Postal Service, Kanye West, The Smiths. A whole lot of different music, I have my Frank Sinatra days!
• What move / trick are you working on? Get faster, jump better and bigger stuff.
• If you were not a pro mountain biker you would be? For sure a motocross rider.
• Do you have any other special talents (music / write / draw / paint)? My only real special skills in life are my riding skills.
• Number of years participating in your sport 14
• 5 Items I can't live without Thump, Cell phone, Oakley watches, and Oakley sunglasses.
• Who / What inspires you? The best athletes in any sport, commitment is to be admired.
• To me, Oakley is The best eyewear sponsor by far. Product range, strength, reliability, I have complete confidence when racing with Oakley eyewear.
• Party animal or mellow TV on the couch? Party animal
• Years as a professional 9
• Favorite Bands: Foo Fighters, Radiohead, The Smiths, Joy Division, and Metallica. Films: The Others, The Skeleton Key, and Gangs of New York. Books: Lance Armstrong's TV Shows: Some of the Spanish comedy shows. Drink: Gallons of water, but coke and beer as well.
• Any last words? I'm so thankful to all the people who have helped me, and all the sponsors that have supported me so much in good and bad times, I owe them my life.