THE MACNEIL TEAM |
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Where are you from? I’m from Tokyo and I was born in England. I could speak perfect British English at that time but since I came to Japan. I learn Japanese and forgot most of my English. Now I’m not a native speaker of Japanese nor English.
Birth date? 1972 April 22nd
Home town? Tokyo
Coolest guy on the team? Ali!!! I’ve seen and rode with him since he was un-sponsored. Now he is a super star but the same cool guy and absolutely fun to hung out with. Jay!!! He’s been my super hero for a long time. When he asked me to ride for Macneil. That was the biggest super honor in my life.
What kind of rider are you? Crank it and blast it!! (Is this English correct?)
How long is your seat post sticking out of the frame? 4inches? Maybe.
Favorite riding spot? Crow Trail. A Trail in Chiba Japan. I’m into trails now. Love to jump the rhythm sections and do some tweaking tricks.
Favorite rider not on MacNeil? Colin Mackay. He’s my bro yo! I’m pretty sure we will still hung out after 20, 30 ,40 years.
How wide are your bars? I don’t know. I use my bars as it comes from Macneil. No modification Darcy designs the kick ass products to ride.
Highest bunny hop? 1m 5cm
Best trick you invented? Switch handed bar spin? I’ve done super man seat grab bar spin long time ago. It’s on Road Fools 3. But butcher did it before me.
Worst trick you invented? Dead Sealor? Fart jump?
What kind of cell phone do you own? Media Skin by au, limited color edition. P.I.M.P!!!
Vacation, Los Vegas or sandy beach? Prefer sandy beach!! I’m going to Hawaii in September!! Do a lot of diving, sunset cruising, hiking. Also going to see Big Island. Fun fun fun.
NYC or LA? LA because it’s warmer!!
Paris or london? London. Because I was born near there. So I’d like to visit and hung out with Ian Morris, John Dye, etc.
Small town hick or big city bastard? Big cirt bastard. I’ve been in a big ciry all of my life. So can’t go to a small town now. But I’d love to live in a country place.
Can you play a musical instrument? I can play guitar and I can sing. I used to sing in the band. If you take me to a Karaoke I can’t rock the house!!! Also I need Ali for my lead air-guitarist.
Top five favorite web sites? 1. “How to change the world” Guy Kawasaki’s blog http://blog.guykawasaki.com/ 2.Logic+Emotion http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/
Other sports besides BMX? Free climbing. I often go to a climbing gym to enjoy climbing. Yoga. I will do it for the rest of my life. Yoga makes me a better person physically and mentally.
Brakes or sole of shoe? Brakes. Of course brakes are made to stop the bike. So I use it for that.
Favorite place on earth? Anywhere where I can be warm and have fun.
Best thing ever? Kiss the lady you love. Pull the trick you wanted so bad. Pulled the job you’ve been workin’ on.
Electric car or pave the rain forest? Save the rain forest and drive a electric car, maybe.
What‚s your gear ratio? 25t in the front and 9t in the rear.
How much pressure do you have in your tires? About 100psi
Right or left side sprocket? Left sprocket. I like to be un-normal. But left sprocket is not that un-normal these days. Ha ha ha.
Do you like to drive or fly? I like both. The good things to fly is you can do something in the plane. You can think , read, write, draw something in the plane. Good things on driving is you can see the whole sight on the way, There might be some interesting happenings, you can talk to your friends next to you and have a deep communication.
Apple or PC? PC. But I will switch to Apple next year. I don’t want to use Windows Vista for several reasons. Apple seems to kick ass recently. Apple can run both MacOS and Windows. So I will give it a try in the near future.
Full face, Pro Tec, or nothing? Protec
Have you ever read anything interesting about you on the internet? Some good things and shit talking. It’s all good.
Do you own a house? Yeap I just bought a house in the middle of Tokyo. Hope the value won’t drop dramatically. Wishing my house and the land value rise super high. Here’s a pic of my present room. (http://www.shoe-g.com/2007/04/post_107.html)
Dream car? Range Rover. But I’m not a big car fan. If my car does the job I need. That’s super good. I don’t have any desire to show off my car. Ha ha
Current car? Honda Accord Wagon. I love it. I does all the thing I require from my car. Able to carry bike. Doesn’t eat to much gas. Takes care of my lady on the seat next to me.
How many X-Games have you been in? None.
Past injuries? Torn ligaments (left ACL and right PCL). My injury diagram (http://www.shoe-g.com/shoeg_injury.jpg)
Current injuries? My left knee is not doing very good. I have a problem with my brain. I’m not quite bright.
If i had a million dollars... I will buy several houses and be a slam lord...
When I wake up hung over... I will drink water and calculate how much alcohol I drink last night.
Thing you always forget to pack for trips? Tooth brush? Pills for constipation? Air flight makes you constipated and fart a lot.
In 10 years I’m going to... Be a happy man. I’m already a happy dude. Successful man.
In 10 hours I’m going to... Drink and have fun with my class mates.
In 10 min I'm going to... Make a business document.