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“For me, it’s about a minute and a half’s worth of torture. The sensation of doing it really is indescribable” 9lk I\[ 9lcc 8`i IXZ\ g`cfk D`b\ >flc`Xe nflc[eËk _Xm\ `k Xep fk_\i nXp
“WHEN YOU’RE RIDING YOUR HORSE AND TRYING TO PLAY YOUR SHOT, IT’S A BIT LIKE RIDING A WAVE. YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT, AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS OUT REALLY GOOD, SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T – BUT YOU HAVE TO ATTEMPT IT TO FIND OUT” Gif jli]\i AXd`\ Jk\ic`e^ `j Xcjf X b\\e gfcf gcXp\i
“I LIKE TO SING, I LIKE TO DANCE, I LIKE TO BANG DRUMS AND DRESS UP, AND SOMEONE PAYS ME – IT’S INCREDIBLE” =cfi\eZ\ N\cZ_ f] =cfi\eZ\ Xe[ k_\ DXZ_`e\ n`cc [f _\i [i\Xd afY fe k_\ I\[ 9lcc Dlj`Z 8ZX[\dp jkX^\ Xk @i\cXe[Ëj Fo\^\e =\jk`mXc fe Alcp ()
“So, I’m on this jetski, holding on to Travis Pastrana, and we’re racing through flooded downtown Annapolis in the middle of a hurricane…” 9fpj n`cc Y\ Yfpj1 Z_\Zb flk n_Xk gif jbXk\YfXi[\i IpXe J_\Zbc\i Xe[ _`j _\if ^\k lg kf fe k_\`i [Xpj f]] fe gX^\ *+
“I’M JAMES PANTS… OR JAMES TROUSERS TO YOU” AXd\j J`e^c\kfeËj ;A efd [\ gcld\ ^\kj jfd\ ]leep cffbj Xk :Xi^f `e Cfe[fe# n_\i\ _\ gcXp\[ n`k_ CXk`e$jflc `Zfe Af\ 9XkXXe
“When I had my wrist troubles, my doctor told me he thought my biking days were over. But I got back on a cross-country bike for the first time on the quiet. What did my doctor have to say about that? That you shouldn’t believe everything doctors say” =`ee`j_ [fne_`cc dflekX`e Y`b\i DXkk` C\_`bf`e\e j\c]$d\[`ZXk\j fe gX^\ (.
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“MY DREAM IS TO GO TO FORMULA ONE. IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH, BUT I KEEP TRYING – I KEEP BELIEVING” Kfif Ifjjf =( [i`m\i J YXjk`\e 9l\d` _Xj X Zflj`e# Xe[ _\i eXd\ `j EXkXZ_X >XZ_eXe^% K_\ =) [i`m\i cffbj kf b\\g n`ee`e^ `e k_\ ]Xd`cp
“Someone decided it would be fun to steal my identity online, and they’ve done it really well. He or she obviously has some talent, so if they’re interested in coming forward, then maybe I can find a way to use that talent in my movie project!” 8ljkiXc`Xe jli]\i Alc`Xe N`cjfe [f\jeËk _fc[ ^il[^\j
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