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Sam's Profile
Name: Sam BlenkinsopDate of Birth: 28/10/88
Height (cm): 175
Weight (kg): 67
Residence: New Zealand.
Why do you ride: I love it.
What/who started you racing: My friends were doing it, and it looked like fun.
Weakness: I get bored easily.
Marital status: Not!
Most important people in your life and career: Mum & Dad, Doug from the BikeShed, Matt from Wided Open.
Racing since: 2001
Professional since: 2006
Best part of racing: The adrenaline rush.
Hardest part: Controlling the nerves.
Worst moment in career: Crashing at The Worlds in Rotorua.
Best moment in career: Beating Fabien Barel at the NZ National Series in Napier.
General career goals: To be a professional DH mountain biker.
Favourite food: Mum's lasagne.
Favourite reading: Mountain bike magazines.Favourite music: All kinds of music.
Best idea of having good time: Riding my bike on a good DH course.
Favourite place to travel to: Europe.
Most respected mountain bike riders: Sam Hill, Greg Minnaar, John Kirkcaldie.
Other most respected athletes: Bubba Stewart.
Favourite riding spots and courses: Schladming, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Brazil.
Advice to beginners: Just try to have fun on your bike.
Other sports: Motor Cross
Other interests: Riding motor bikes and skiing.
If I was not a professional mountain biker….. I would be racing motor cross.
Training week: Riding every day, road riding, cross country, dirt jumps.
Training "secret": Riding every day, stay on your bike.
Sam's Career Highights
Career Highlights: Winning silver at the 2006 World Championships, and beating Fabien Barel at the NZ Series race earlier in the same year.Year 2005 Highlights: 8th in Junior at the World Championships in Italy, and 2nd in the U19 NZ National series.
Year 2006 Highlights: Beating Fabien Barel, 3rd overall in Pro-Elite in the NZ National series, 2nd Oceania Championships. Silver in the junior Worlds, 12th in Schladming World Cup and 2nd Junior overall in the World Cup Series.
Objectives for 2007: To be in the top 10 in The World!
Results for 2008:
NZ DH Open -3rd
NZ NorthIland Cup-overall-1st
Sea Otter Classic DS-Monterey(USA)-7th
Sea Otter Classic DH-Monterey(USA)-15th
Norba DH #1-Fontana-California-4th
Test Event-Worlds Italy-7th
World Cup DH #1-Maribor-Slovenia-31st
Lisbon Downtown-(Por)-13th
IXS DH-Winterburg-Germany-3th
World Cup DH#2-Vallnord-Andorra-5th
World Cup DH#3-Fort William-Scotland-9th