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ADAZI MILITARY BASE, Latvia -- Maj. James Howell, commander of Alpha Company 1st Battalion 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade speaks to a local reporter April 25, after a ceremony commemorating new exercises here. The paratroopers, part of a company-sized contingent, arrived here to begin exercises with Latvian troops in a series of expanded U.S. land forces training activities in Poland and the Baltic region scheduled to take place for the next few months and beyond. The multinational training fulfills the USAREUR strategic objective of preserving and enhancing NATO interoperability and demonstrates the United States' commitment to NATO allies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Cole/Released)
Portigal, Steve. 2013. Interviewing Users. New York: Rosenfeld Media. rosenfeldmedia.com/books/interviewing-users/
I have never met Jodie, aka Snuffy, in person but I feel we have so much in common. The day we met, and I really hope some day in this life, I am pretty sure it will feel like we have always known each other. I love the way she photographs her dolls, I love the way she dresses them up, I love the way she loves Blythe and I love the way she uses humor to brighten her life and others’!
Jodie is a member of the red “Aussie” team and we are all so happy to have her in the For the Love of Blythe book project. Jodie is also a fantastic fashion designer for Blythe, with a great eye for fabrics and colors. She makes our dolls look like princesses with a sassy look and this is irresistible!
Interview: www.blythe-doll-fashions.com/2013/03/10/fashion-designer-...
Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report hosts, Linda Antwi, Ashley Bornancin and Erin White were on the hottest red carpet out there, Oscars Red Carpet at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday after a busy time attending events, getting interviews and photos and bringing you the story from the events we covered. Be sure to watch out for our special magazine for Awards season 2013 coming next week.
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Here are the 2013 Oscar Winners by Studio:
•20th Century Fox - 4 Oscars
•Sony - 3 Oscars
•Universal - 3 Oscars
•Warner Bros - 3 Oscars
•Weinstein Co - 3 Oscars
•Disney - 2 Oscars
•DreamWorks - 2 Oscars
•MGM - 2 Oscars
•Sony Pictures Classics - 2 Oscars
•Focus Features - 1 Oscars
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BEST PICTURE
• "Amour" Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
• "Argo" Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers - WINNER
• "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
• "Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
• "Les Misérables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
• "Life of Pi" Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
• "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
• "Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
• "Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Amour, Austria – WINNER
Kon-Tiki, Norway
No, Chile
A Royal Affair, Denmark
War Witch, Canada
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Brave - WINNER
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Adam and Dog, Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole, PES
Head over Heels, Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare, David Silverman
Paperman, John Kahrs – WINNER
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Asad, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys, Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Curfew, Shawn Christensen - WINNER
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw), Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry, Yan England
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man – WINNER
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine – WINNER
Kings Point, Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine, Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
Open Heart, Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption, Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln – WINNER
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook – WINNER
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained – WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables – WINNER
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi – WINNER
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
John Gatins, Flight
Michael Haneke, Amour
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained – WINNER
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David Magee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Chris Terrio, Argo – WINNER
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda – WINNER
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna – WINNER
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice, Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
“Skyfall” from Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth – WINNER
“Suddenly” from Les Misérables, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran – WINNER
Les Misérables, Paco Delgado
Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood
BEST FILM EDITING
Argo, William Goldenberg – WINNER
Life of Pi, Tim Squyres
Lincoln, Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Hitchcock, Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
Les Misérables, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell – WINNER
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina, Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
Les Misérables, Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
Life of Pi, Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Lincoln, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson – WINNER
BEST SOUND EDITING - TIE
Argo, Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained, Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Skyfall, Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers – WINNER
Zero Dark Thirty, Paul N.J. Ottosson - WINNER
BEST SOUND MIXING
Argo, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Les Misérables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes – WINNER
Life of Pi, Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Life of Pi, Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott –WINNER
Marvel’s The Avengers, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Prometheus, Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson.
Drayton Blackgrove interviews Scott Ogle & Brent Norvell for a piece on the Three Rivers Rambler he's making for his Youtube channel, Delay In Block Productions. 12-15-18
Interview with me in Bokeh Magazine this month.
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Trish Levido and Zoe Dobson have been undertaking oral history interviews, for the Mosman Local Studies Collection, for a number of years.
They presented a demonstration of an oral history interview to show how simple, stress free and entertaining an interview can be for all those involved.
Part of the 2010 National Trust Heritage Festival at Mosman Library, 9-24 April 2010.
The theme of this year’s festival allows us to recognise the contributions local people have made in shaping their community. To this end a series of workshops have been devised – Stories to Tell – to facilitate the recording of ‘everyman’s life’.
This video is an interview with people who are in LGBT community. During the process of doing this interview, I have thought a lot, not only about this project but also my life. If the norm in our society is same-sex love, what kind of situation wills hetero face? Will it be similar to the homo face today? Also, I had a hard time to find people who are willing to grant the interview. Too many rejections made me frustrated at that time even though I can understand why they rejected me. Fortunately, I have found an organization called Quest, where is a place students are free to talk about sexual orientation in our college. Then I joined the meeting to introduce myself and my project. Finally, I did this interview with amazing supporters and learned plenty of inner thoughts from them, which are different from what I thought before and need time to let society understand them.
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We wanted to hand over to you, readers, so we start a new series of posts interviewing "recycled art" crafters & artists. We start with one of our best contributor: Christina Cole from Urban Veggie. If you think you deserve to be featured in the next interview, please, drop us an email.
Tell us a little more about you? Who you are? Where are you from?
Hello! My name is Christy. I am the Artist behind Urban Veggie, LLC. I am a Registered Nurse and health enthusiast by day, and a contemporary mixed media artist by night that lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Why do you craft?
I craft because I love to create new designs; I have always found joy in the organic process of creation. I have also found immense pleasure in designing a line that promotes the "greater good", a better tomorrow. Although Urban Veggie initially began as an upcycled artistic line-- it has evolved into a product line, and wellness blog that is committed to creating a beautiful, sustainable, healthy, kind planet. This line has provided a creative outlet that supports my hippie, eco-friendly heart, AND implements my background as a nurse and personal trainer to deliver wellness for the mind, body, and spirit.
How did you learn?
As a child, I crafted to make my loved ones happy with a unique, personalized, one-of-a-kind gifts... I loved watching people's eyes light up from something that I made with my own two hands. As I got older, I took various art courses throughout high school and college. I studied sculpture, woodwork, metals, pottery, jewelry and many other art mediums.
Since when are you working with recycled & upcycled materials?
I have been working with upcycled, discarded, antique, or thrifted material since my first sculpture course in college (circa 2007) when my instructor Matt had us make a project with "found objects"--one assignment, and I was hooked. As cliché as it might be, I love the idea of making someone else's trash into a new treasure.
What are your can’t-live-without essentials?
In no particular order: Leggings, Sweaters, Music, Camera, Coffee, Apples, Peanut Butter, Salad, Hummus, Cross training shoes, and a pair of Toms.
How would you describe your style? Are there any crafters/artists/designers that you particularly look up to?
I suppose I would describe my style as "Upcycled-Modern-Hipster with a Vintage Twist". I find inspiration in MANY artists, crafters, and designers--the inception of Etsy, Pinterest, Instagram, and social media as a whole has opened my eyes to many talented individuals--I feel that it would be unfair to only name a handful, when there are so many creative personalities out there just waiting to be discovered.
How is your workspace, how do you make it inspiring?
My workspace consists of a spare bedroom in our house that has been converted into an art studio. I have designed the space in a way that incorporates some of my art, and is conducive to jamming out to whatever tunes might be inspiring my little heart at the moment. On occasion I have also been known to take my crafting out to the little park behind my house to breathe some fresh air, and bask in my friend Mister Sun.
What sorts of things are inspiring you right now? Where do you look for inspiration?
I find inspiration in stories, individuals, movements, products, and companies that think "outside of the box" and fight for a "better tomorrow". As my recent inspirational obsession Mr. Kid President stated, "Love changes everything, so fill the world with it". I think that it all boils down to the golden rule that we all were taught back in kindergarten, "Treat others the way you want to be treated". I believe that if you put good into the world, that it will come back to you. It is basic karma folks. With that mentality in mind, lately I have been slightly obsessed with finding/supporting organizations that are using their product or service to "make the world a better place". I find these stories via word of mouth, the news, blogs, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook etc…
When do you feel the most creative?
I feel the most creative in the morning while spending time out in Mother Nature, or sipping on a hot cup of coffee after a nice yoga session.
We live in such a mass-produced, buy-it-now society. Why should people continue to make things by hand?
Life gives you hands, so why not make handmade? There is something to be said for quality, handcrafted artistry--something that was made with heart and soul. Mass-produced is boring... You were born and original, don't die a copy.
What is your favorite medium to work in?
I love to play with mixed media--woods, metals, papercraft, photography...pretty much anything but paint!
To complete the previous question, we saw that you work mainly with all kinds of bike parts, could you tell us a little more about this choice of materials?
My bike inspired line initially began as a wife (me) trying to create something nice for her bike enthusiast husband (Alex). What started as an attempted sentimental gift out of discarded bike parts became a calling. I was ecstatic to find a versatile, aesthetically appealing medium that conveyed a message about sustainable living. As an old Native American proverb states, "we do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children".
What are your tips for people who'd like to start crafting?
Don't be afraid. Play with different mediums, and just have fun! But if you can't take it lightly, just think--next time will be better. After all, "failure is the opportunityto begin again more intelligently" - Henry Ford.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory "Baby Bear" Apple (A granny smith apple that is covered in a sweet caramel dip that is then coated with milk chocolate, and then drizzled with white confection!)
What is your favorite thing to do (other than crafting)?
In my free time I love to spend time with friends, family, coworkers, and my rock--aka my wonderful hubby Alex. I love to spend time outdoors biking, hiking, and relaxing on the patio watching a good old fashioned sunset. I whole-heartedly enjoy traveling, live music, “mom and pop” coffee shops, snuggling up to a good movie, the smell after it rains, group exercise classes, yoga, documentaries, and creating new dishes in my kitchen.
Anything else you would like to tell to the "recycling community"?
Be kind to EVERYTHING that lives--we are all responsible for taking care of one another, for taking care of our planet. So let’s promote a beautiful healthy balance of mind, body, and spirit by "Going Green" together and doing our best to; Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, and Upcycle! "unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not" -Dr. Seuss, The Lorax.
To finish, we've seen that you have an active blog. Since how many times are you blogging? Is that a full time job or just a hobby to share your personal creations & moods? Any websites that our readers should not miss?
Blogging is a "part-time" venture for me to provide a creative outlet that supports my hippie, eco-friendly heart, AND implements my background as a nurse and personal trainer to deliver wellness for the mind, body, and spirit. My thoughts, articles, recipes, blogs, tips, and tricks are available at: http://urbanveggie.weebly.com, my daily artistic musings are on Instagram (instagram.com/urbanveggie.llc), and my artistic designs are available on Etsy (www.etsy.com/shop/UrbanVeggie).
Other websites/companies that I love include, but are not limited to: Story of Stuff, Steal Time Back, Operation Illumination, Krochet Kids, United By Blue, Feed, Giving Keys, and Sevenly. These companies spread kindness like sprinkles, and participate in practices that serve the well being of the planet. These organizations realize that eventually everything connects--"The environment is in us, not outside of us. The trees are our lungs, the rivers our bloodstream. We are all interconnected. and what you do to the environment, ultimately you do to yourself"-Ian Somerhalder.
Thanks a lot Christina for this interview! :)
To see all posts by Christina:
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This month I got interviewed by a national (Dutch) photomagazine. This staged portrait picture of me was the headliner, got a 4 page publication, I'm kind of proud it.
(For my regular visitors; PM me for a copy of the article)
Interviews are recorded by Hens Zimmerman using a portable Protools setup with a Digidesign/Focusrite MBox.
I'm a bit anal retentive. I didn't actually use half this stuff during the interview, but I'm glad I had it in front of me.
A mission participant from FAO is recording the interview with a beneficiary in Maw Ya Wadi, Maungdaw township, Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Read more about FAO and the floods in Myanmar.
Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Hkun Lat. Editorial use only. Copyright FAO
Interview with local news crew. Bachman Lake, Dallas Texas.
Paraplegics On Independent Nature Trips, AKA P.O.I.N.T.
Larissa Waters (Australian Greens Senator for Queensland and Andrew Bartlett (Australian Greens Senate Candidate for Queensland interviewed by Channel 9. In the city
Interview with a skier after a race. One of those humorous moments. :)
Part of my set Sports at an angle.
Toshihiro Oshima (Tommy Oshima) was ever so kind to let Kai interview him with 10 questions and share with us some of his photos and videos. Read the full interview: 10 Q&A with Toshihiro Oshima - Virtuoso of Visual Creation
Check out Tommy on Flickr.
Note: portrait of Tommy in the banner is taken by Masanori Miyauchi
July, 1985 Interview Magazine with Kathleen Turner. Publisher, Andy Warhol. Brittle condition.
Contents:
Upfront - Al Corley, Lisa Bonet, Hnut Slonem & Bill Campbell, Ann Magnuson, Taimak, Virginia Madsen & Helen Slater, Run-D.M.C., Ray Lata, Rob Compono, Eric Stoltz, Scott Farnsworth, Max Wigram, Toby Morris
Interviews - Kathleen Turner, Washington: Caspar W. Weinberger, Books: Baron Guy de Rothschild, Hollywood Confidential: Emilio Estevez & Judd Nelson, True Confessions: Belinda Carlisle, Music: Darlene Love, Modern Masters: Joel-Peter Witkin, Art: David McDermott & Peter McGough
Features - Pierre Franey, Stars In Stripes, The Mennonite Farmers, Art In View, Made In The Shades, In Hollywood, Beat, American Food Revisited, In Milan & Rome, Awful But True
I gathered these photos this morning as I was awaiting a telephone interview for a new job. I really, really, really want this job and I was looking for some visual inspiration. Thank you, photographers for helping to stimulate the right mind-set going into the interview. I do believe that it went super well!! I'll find out if I made it to the next step sometime next week. Fingers crossed! (later update: didn't get the job .... waaaa!)
All the these photographs are the property of the talented photographers listed and linked below. I hope you take the time to explore their photostreams because they are chock full of incredible photos. Enjoy.
1. Hope for Angel...., 2. rays of hope.., 3. My 666th Photo! Pink Sherbet Photography Celebrating 1 Year on Flickr With a Smile and 400,000 Views, 4. YIPPEE! Happy Mothers Day!, 5. Success Happens Here, 6. Yeah Yeah Yippee Yippee Yah, 7. Untitled, 8. Hell Yes!, 9. HOPE a panel-- stained glass framed with recycled wood, 10. Wi$e-Guy Money Roll, 11. Surprised by Joy - Impatient as the Wind, 12. CONGRATULATIONS, 13. ~~ Joy ~~14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available
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Article and interview from German magazine "Popfoto". About 1975.
Greta Garbo and Clark Gable have withdrawn long ago in wax figure museums. But their golden, mad Hollywood full of galmour and gags will live on: Elton John makes it possible. During his monster shows (last on the 21st of June in front of 75000 people in the London Wembley stadium) he connects hullabaloo and hot music. What he does, is well received: Since the Beatles' retirement Elton John (28) is England's new superman.
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Popfoto has managed to ask England's richest and most successful popsar out. Elton came in typical knock about clothes: Hotpants which are held by braces to the slight upper part of the body. Naked thighs, model Gerd Mueller (famous German football player - for all those who don't know him), around the stocky calves curl glittering socks which would stand equally good to a footballer and a Go-Go-Girl. The small feet are in high, silver plateau shoes. He doesn't look good: the bald head spreads fast, the wide tooth gap does not stand to him, without thick lenses he is practically blind. And his everlasting nightmare to become too thick gets him depressions and diet cures.
Here it here: www.bpfallon.com/2015/12/bp-fallon-ian-dempsey/
Photography by Patrick Haughey 2015. All rights reserved.
I did an interview with Jess Gibson who is working on a "blockumentary" on the AFOL world. I also did a little blurb about my stick bug and tire octopus with Scott Decoteau and Roger Cameron of LEGO Club TV: club.lego.com/en-us/news/NewsDetails.aspx?id=125590
All three were awesome guys, I had a great time talking with them!
Magnus Backstedt interview.
Professional since: 1996
Current team: Team Garmin – Chipotle presented by H30
He towers about the peloton. The Swedish rider is an anomaly among grand tour riders. XL shorts don't get requested much new team kit. Yet, at an astounding 93 kgs of all Viking muscle, Magnus Backstedt isn't your average Joe pro.
Born in 1975 in the small city of Linkoping, South of the Swedish capital. Cycling wasn't the first or natural calling for a Swede. Put off by long winter nights and two meters of snow he initially raced Downhill skiing for the national junior squad and started racing a bike as a way of getting fit for the ski season. Two serious crashes on the slopes and the decision was made for him and the peloton is the better for it.
We caught up with Magnus in "another really nice hotel" after a 200km stage to get his feelings about the professional the circuit at the minute:
Not a lot of bikers come out of Sweden, how do you get the training miles in, Is it lots of layers or the turbo?
I don’t live there now, but back then I had my own little set-up. I would set out on the mountain bike in the snow, went as far and as fast as I could until I was about to freeze to death, then I came back inside, did an hour-hour and a half on the turbo trainer and got warm again then went back out into the snow!
Can you talk us through the closing stages of today's stage, to give us a peek inside pro racing:
JD (Julian Dean) was on my wheel for the last five km we were just sitting behind the Columbia boys. It gets a bit dodgy with Two or Three km to go, some of the guys from the smaller teams are taking a lot of risks, heads down trying to get placed. I came up through the ranks too and I know the pressure is on to perform, but the speed and pressure are lifted again. By the final km it is fast enough, everyone who is left - should be there!
Basically, I lead JD out with 500 meters to go, and dropped him off at 200m, Cav went right and JD went left and you know the rest. As far as we are concerned we won the bunch sprint as Cav (Mark Cavendish) is in a league of his own at the minute.
You're admired both by riders and fans alike: what do you put this down to?
It is great to see people appreciate what I have done, a lot of hard work and dedication was put in to get here, but ultimately it is great to make a living from what started off as my hobby. Definitely a warm feeling.
What was your most satisfying days’ racing that you didn't podium?
Well it has to be my 4th place in Roubaix in 2005. I crashed in Gent-Wevelgem on the Wednesday before and cracked my wrist, yet on the Sunday I still managed to get into Roubaix stadium with the leaders. I couldn't hold the bars with the vibrations the day before and just about managed it. Definitely the gutsiest ride I have ever done.
So on Roubaix, your 2004 win must be a career highlight?
Yeah, I first rode the Paris Roubaix in 1998 and finished 7th, and I said to my team mate' I will win this one day'. The race is in my blood now. If I am able to pedal on that day, I will ride Roubaix; and I have had to sit a few out due to injury and that is not a nice place to be.
Do you rate Flanders as a race of the quality of Roubaix?
Flanders in a very' nice' race, but I live for the second Sunday in April.
So, is it a risk putting everything on one race in the year?
I don't do it as such, I have a season plan with other races that I will focus on, but that particular day is special and I will do everything I can to be as good as I can on that day.
Magnus, have you any advice on bike fit for larger riders?
Most bikes bigger than a 58cm are just extended up they don’t go longer. Big riders then end up riding a 15 cm stem. Ideally, you should have 13-14cm stems and the geometry matched for the larger position- a big mans bike. Big guys also turn out a lot of power so that should be taken into consideration as well. Jim at 'Felt ' has been really good and delivered what I need this season. FELT are really receptive to ideas and feedback.
You ride larger cranks 180mm. how much advantage are they?
Yes and I have even tried 190mm, but they come from the wrong manufacturer. It is a mistake to think that all riders should be on 172.5. Longer levers (legs) need longer cranks to transfer the power. Guys say its not good for your knees, but it's all in proportion, Most people ride just what comes on the bike, but it affects gearing immensely. A guy who is 170 cm tall shouldn’t be on the same cranks as a guy 25 cm taller
Do you use roughly the same training program each year?
I have been working with the same coach Steve Benton, for a few years now and it is great. We have an overall view, but will tweak it all the time. We take into account the race schedule health, depending on how I am feeling or my power output. We have contact every day on email and minimum every second day on the phone. He keeps me right on the limit between training load and recovery. He has brought me back from injury and sickness in a very short period of time quite a few times, that is probably the hardest thing you have to do as a coach.
You seem relaxed with team Team Garmin – Chipotle, what's changed here from your previous outfit?
Everything. Just a good close group, everyone from riders, staff, directors, even the sponsors. We’re one big family! If you're having a rough time they will keep believing in you and offer help. It is great. N pressure, other than to give your all, 100% all the time. I don't need pressure from the outside. The pressure we put on ourselves far exceeds what any team could put on us.
Would you encourage your children to race?
My eldest girl has been on the track in Cardiff and Newport since she was four, I came home one day and she said "Daddy I want a bike like yours" I have No expectation is on any of my children, if they want to ride, I will support them, as long as they are active and do some sport I’m happy.
You have tried your hand at commentating when off with your shoulder injury; would you like to enter that field when you hang up your racing wheels?
Yes, I have commentated a bit when injured, and I would love to do more. I speak five and bit languages and could bring a lot to the table, knowing the riders, and being up to scratch with tactics and technology.
Could you talk for six hours on an Alpine stage?
.... Yes. I have done some long stages with Martin my manager and when you have someone to bounce off and have a laugh it’s fairly easy, I believe the more fun we have, the more enjoyment the spectators will have at home.
Ok, on a lighter note; if there were a fight at the sign on for the tour what pro bike rider would you not like to meet?
Hmmm. Robbie Hunter. I'm a good friend of Robbie but he has a short fuse. I would also like to think that there aren't many who would pick a fight with me!
Future?
Next season, I’m looking forward to some good results for my team, I have had a hard year in every way; so now just relax with a month off my bike. Get recovered and my stomach sorted, then have a good winter and be ripe for the classics.
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