What did you want to be as a kid?
A professional sports person.
Who was your role model growing up? Today?
Growing up, my role model was anybody who rode a bike. Today it would be Nathan Rankin or John Kirkaldie.
What one item could you not live without on the road?
iPod
Any pre-race superstitions?
I just try and enjoy it and have fun. Besides, why do you ride bikes in the first place? For fun!
List hobbies outside of cycling:
Friends/hanging out, riding bikes with friends, watching other sports, listening to music, PS2. I’m into anything that’s fast, goes on dirt, or is powered by an engine.
What is the strangest thought that goes through your head while racing?
Sometimes, I get random songs that pop into my head.
Who would portray you in a movie?
That’s a hard one…
Favorite TV show:
Prison Break and Grey’s Anatomy.
Biggest Weakness for a dessert:
Anything with chocolate.
Dream Car:
A van or something with a rotary engine.
Is your accent real or fake?
Real for sure.
How often do women approach you for leg shaving advice?
I try to avoid that as much as I can.
My friends would say I am...
cool, funny, mongrel and laid back.
Any pets?
No.
What reality TV show would you pick to star in and why?
Big Brother. It looks like fun, and I think I could win it because I am easy to live with, and I get on with everyone.
What is your trick for deflecting the advances of podium girls?
Haven’t had to yet, so I guess I’ll see later this year, haha.
Why would anybody choose to ride their bike UP a mountain, when you can just go downhill all the time?
Why would you do that to yourself?
What crosses your mind when you hear the words “All You Can Eat”?
Pizza Hut.
What makes New Zealand different from Australia?
We have more sheep and black sand; less population; they have Sam Hill and we don’t. NZ is colder and wetter. NZ always wins no matter what.
Describe what winning a World Championship felt like.
Unreal, you can’t really describe it. It just feels so good to know on that day you were the best in the world.
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanathu-a casual observer would think that I passed out on the keyboard, but this random group of letters actually has some sort of meaning to you, doesn’t it?
Yeah kinda does look like you passed out, actually. [ed note – this is the name of a random hill in New Zealand]
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