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With
the Olympics coming up, you are a member of the Canadian High
Performance Team (correct me if this is not right) which is the
Canada
’s elite team of BMX athletes training for the Olympics.
Tell us how that affects your everyday life and what
rewards there are to being part of this team:
Well there are definitely good rewards for being on the
national team, including funding for travel and having everything
organized by the coach which is really nice to have. It takes a
lot of stress of my back as well as everyone else's
Tell
us about your daily training routine and how your personal
training routine differs from the High Performance Squad routine:
Well I don’t really have a routine through the
national team just because they are based out of
Calgary
and I’m over in
Vancouver
so its hard to be doing there training program. However I do have
a coach locally in
Vancouver
that I have been working with and it Is going really good.
Ill
be going to the gym most of the week and doing sprints as well,
along with going to the tracks or just some street riding on the
weekends
What
are your thoughts about BMX in the Olympics and do you think this
will benefit the sport of BMX in anyway?
Will you represent
Canada
in the Olympics? I
think that BMX in the Olympics is going to be great for the sport,
I guarantee there will be more riders signing up once the Olympics
are over. And for me to make the Olympics is hard to say as of
now, but we’ll just have to wait and see until were a little bit
closer to the date
Talk
about some things or hobbies you enjoy doing other than
riding/racing: Well
besides racing I love to play hockey, I played for 11 years before
BMX and I still go out once or twice a week to play. I also like
working on cars and doing metal fabricating. I will soon go to
school for some kind of fabricator coarse
Describe
your best racing accomplishment:
My best accomplishment would probably have to be making the
quarter finals at last years worlds in
Victoria
, and also being in a qualifying spot for the semi final
Describe
your worst racing experience (on the track or off):
Well that would have to be at the local indoor track 2
years ago when we had a national race, I got taken out every moto
by a couple idiot moves in the corners and didn’t make the main
when I should have won it. Also, when I was in
Kingston
for a UCI race the track was soft and they didn’t bother to
check the track for any soft spots and I flipped over the bars and
broke my wrist and was out for roughly 5 months of racing.
Who
is your favorite or most respected rider on the track and why:
I would have to say Randy Stumphauser because he gets the
job done a lot of the time and he is a nice smooth strong rider
that doesn’t need to show huge style to win a race and he always
seems very focused at the races.
What
racing tip or advice would you like to give other riders:
Just to try your best every race and go out there to win
every lap so you can be standing on the top of the podium at the
end of the day
Final
thoughts or anything you would like to say:
I’d just like to thank my parents for all the help and
support that they give me. There is no way that I could be here
today where I am without them. Also, like to thank Crupi for the
new ride this year, it’s really awesome, and also fly racing and
all the Scott Erwood fans.
Scott with parents Bruce and
Janet Erwood
Congratulations Scott for your
place in history as 1 of 32 riders to compete in the first BMX event ever
at the 2008 Olympics!
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