Hometown:

Apex North Carolina

Age:

49 (50 in April)

Hobbies:

Engine building, mountain biking, scuba diving.

Favorite Food:

Ice cream

Years Competing:

30

Training:

Running, biking, lots of cardio, pushup, pushup, pushup

Race Craft:

Bullett Gen 2 - ZXI Engine and hull setup by Hurricane Performance. The wide tray provides the most comfortable stance of any of my prior skis. I continue to push the equipment and have not found the limit of it's capabilities.

Sponsors:

Hurricane Performance, Amsoil, Imagination Fabrication, Advent Ignitions

Career Highlights:

7x National champion, 6x World Champion

Most Recent Accomplishments:

2013 - 2nd Masters ski open, 1st Nordic Championships

Future Plans:

2014 - US National tour, a race in Europe, World Finals

Biggest Thrill:

Surviving a ride through the Chain of Rocks on the Mississippi river on a JS440

Best place you have ever raced:

Henan Sweden

Best place I have ever ridden:

Sea of Japan