(aka Al, Big Al, Muzza)
“What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger”
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Current Occupation:
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Medical Researcher, Leukaemia |
| Dream Job: | To spend my days designing, building and testing water craft |
| Passions: | Love seeing how things work |
| Ambitions: | Life – To do something I love well Paddling – To paddle some of the worlds big regattas |
| Claim to Fame/Infamy: | Absolute Cadbury kid (glass and a half and my night is over) |
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| Food: | Pork Curry made by my Nan |
| Drinks: | Don’t mind a beer or three, although quite partial to good red wine or scotch |
| Movies/Books/Music: | Am very much into local indie / “alternative” music |
| Super Hero or Villian: | None really. As a kid, thought Astroboy was pretty cool, although I think I just liked the idea of rockets strapped to my legs |
| Websites: |
No real favourites, although tend to regularly read the paper |
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PDs Stuff |
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| PD Member Since: | October 2002 |
| How I Got Into Paddling: | Had an English flatmate at the time, whom was keen to give it a go. She dragged me and a visiting best friend down to a PDs open day in the middle of winter and it went from there |
| Favourite PD Moment: | Arriving on Cats Eye Beach largely unannounced on Day 3 of Hamilton Island Cup 2003, having been discharged from Hospital 3 days prior following an emergency appendicectomy, which ruled me out of competition. |
| Worst PD Moment: | Being forced to pull out of the 2003 Hammo crew due to above medical procedure, after training so long and hard, then having to watch from the support boat, while nursing a 3 inch wound in my stomach |
| Three words to describe PDs: | Competition, Motivation, Improvement |
| How Other PDs Describe Al | quiet, gregarious, fun, stinky, huli, funny laugh, hairy, smiley, tippy, respectful, honest, cute, reliable, furry, generic, very likeable, cheerful, friendly, chops farm, confident, rather entertaining, little left of centre |
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Other Stuff |
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| Role Models, Heroes & Heroines: | Pretty impressed by anyone that achieves by hard work |
| When not paddling most likely to be found: | Sadly, working, or (this year anyway) attending weddings |
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Three people you’d like to invite to dinner: |
Kate Beckinsale, Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johansson |
| Superstitions (Paddling or Otherwise): | None, am not a superstitious person |