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30. April 2008

February 1, 1997 - ESPN Winter X-Games Snow Mountain Bike Downhill

Actual Journal : I did my 2 “straight down” downhill runs in the morning. My top speed was 65.37 MPH. I got 19th place, but only the top 15 qualified. I was only 1.5 MPH away from qualifying. I did my runs in my underwear (my own skinsuit!) and that’s all I was wearing. I didn’t [...]

25. April 2008

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December 28, 1996 - Secret Huffy Photoshoot @ X-Mas Classic

Actual Journal Entry: I woke up at 7:30am in Columbus, OH & rode a few blocks to Rich Vittiello’s hotel (the main guy at Huffy). We had breakfast & talked for about 2hrs about their sponsorship offer for me for next year. They will pay me $30,000/year salary with bonuses & they want to sign me [...]

20. April 2008

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October 2, 1996 - Sponsorship Offer from Hoffman Bikes

Actual Journal Entry: I went to Jamie Staff’s house in the morning. We planned to go to the Haro offices & I was going to talk with them about me getting a signature bike. But the main guy at Haro wasn’t there. So we went to the Slater trails instead. We came back & played some [...]

17. April 2008

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September 16, 1996 - McGoo’s Birthday Midget

Actual Journal Entry: I went to the Orange track where Mark Losey was doing a photoshoot with Neal Wood. I watched & rode a bit. Then we went by a new skatepark in Orange, but it sucked. Then we ate & came home & went to John Paul Rogers’ house & hung out & drank. They [...]

15. April 2008

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June 24, 1996 - Kicked Out of the X-Games

Actual Journal Entry: I met up with Dave Mirra in the morn & Mike Griffin and I used his rental car & drove 40 minutes from Newport, Rhode Island to Providence. That’s where the dirt jump contest is. We checked into our dorms & put our stuff in there & drove back to Newport & watched [...]

5. April 2008

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April 16th, 1996 - Filming for British Knights Commercial

Actual Journal Entry: I woke up at 4:30AM & I went to the North Star ski resort (near Reno, Nevada). I went up there with the production crew to film me on my mountain bike for the British Knights shoes commercial. We went straight up to the top of the mountain. They made all of these [...]

1. April 2008

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March 16th, 1996 - The Miracle Boy & Wildman Roughing It

Actual Journal Entry: Woke up real early with Melissa. She dropped me off at the LAX & I flew to Brownsville, Texas. Got in at 5pm & drove to South Padre Island for the ESPN “Destination Extreme” Freestyle Contest. I got there & hooked up with Dave Mirra & the Hoffman Bikes crew. We went to [...]

25. March 2008

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March 14, 1996 - Filming for a 1-800-Collect Commercial

Actual Journal Entry: I woke up at 4:45 am & drove up to Los Angeles for the filming of the 1-800-COLLECT commercial. It was me & three other guys on mountain bikes. One was Anthony Freeman (a BMXer). We just did these scenes of going through “New York” traffic, weaving in and out of cars on [...]

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February 8, 1993 -Working at GT Bicycles

Actual Journal Entry: “I Rode to GT at 7am for my first day of work. Its one mile from mine & Bill Grad’s apartment. Im working there as a gopher/driver/warehouse dude for $5.50/hr. It seems like it’ll be pretty cool. I just basically drive around the LA area & do miscellaneous things in the warehouse. At night, [...]