The Real Bio Ben's a virgo, loves candlelight dinners and moonlit walks on the beach... Okay, so this isn't a personals ad, but we can make it sound like one. He's ambitious, hard-working and respectful. Loyal to a fault, and never one to say "I quit." After 8 grueling years of racing before winning, and 2 years just to even finish, he's learned that life and sports do parallel each other, and it's never as well choreographed as a Michael Jordan/Gatorade commercial. Persistance and dedication are some of his strongest traits. He's a man of many talents, mostly on the creative side. Although with his technical background, he's also very well organized and can remember some really useless phone numbers and zip codes. Not one to settle for "status quo", Ben has been a serial entrepreneur and has taken lots of risks and learned plenty of lessons to get to where he is today. But he doesn't mind, it's been a great learning experience and a great way to meet a plethora of personalities and characters. He's an excellent chef, especially for a single guy and very well organized and responsible. Some friends say he'd make a great housewife, although he won't admit it publicly and will leave his shoes untied to prove them wrong. |
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Personal Accomplishments Cycling:
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Other Hobbies Travelling, exploring nature, music, movies, cooking, gardening, kayaking, extreme channel surfing and auto racing.
He also enjoys playing with his gizmo (no, not that one!)
Dream To finally be cast in a movie and not wind up as a police officer again. 3 times in 3 movies is enough!
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Fun facts! Most fun job - (other than my current one of course!) mechanic/souigneur for the Italian Mercatone Uno team during the US Pro Cycling Championships in 1994. Millions of spectators, non-stop action and those boys were insane, especially the team manager! Most boring job - telemarketing for a credit consolidation company. At least the 2 minute walk from my apartment to the office was convenient... Best life experience - competing at Olympic Trials in '96. Racing by schools outside Charlotte with kids lined along the streets cheering and waving US flags was incredible. Scariest life experience - getting stabbed in the chest by a burgular who was trying to steal my roommate's socks 2nd scariest experience - seeing the $25,000 medical bill the next week. Thank goodness for insurance! Biggest accomplishment - Producing "Deuces", an internationally-released feature film and world's first completely shot and edited in HD 24p. So bleeding-edge, we were giving Sony advice on technical issues. Coolest accomplishment - I was part of the space program when a college project I worked on flew on the Space Shuttle in '94 (STS-66) Favorite childhood memory - my high school musicals. Even though my parents thought I was "wasting my time", having to balance nightly rehearsals for months with school taught me to be extremely efficient with my time Favorite Quote - Don't let your journey be defined by history, let your journey make history. |
