TROY ELLIOTT
Nick name: “Bubba” “TroyBoy”
Age: Just turned 10 (Oct 08)
Currently living: Toowoomba – South Qld - Aust
How did BMX find you: Toowoomba president saw me trash’n around the old, then bulldozed Toowoomba track when I was 3, he said I might be “BMX MATERIAL.. perhaps…?”
Unknown fact: I Like Cars.., specially.. Drag cars… Drift cars.., V8 Super-Cars, SpeedyWay… I Play the Drums.
Years racing: 6
Current rankings: 2008.
Sth Qld ShootOut Series
2nd – Cruiser
2nd – 20”
South Qld Championships
5SQ – Cruiser
7SQ – 20”
QLD Championships
3Q – Cruiser
3Q – 20”
Australia National
Championships
7A – Cruiser
6A – 20”
Local Club: Toowoomba BMX Club
Other states or countries you have raced in: SA & NSW
Current race bikes: RL 2009 Flight Expert 20” + RL 2007 Flight Expert Crsr 24”
Favourite BMX event: Aussies, Adelaide – 2008.
Favourite tracks: Toowoomba, Nerang, Ashmore, Cairns, Aussie Adelaide SX track, Jubilee Park Twmba- Down Hill, 4-Cross track Twmba, bush trails…
Riders or other sports people who have inspired you: Michael Vock, RL Team, Wade, Glenno, Limmy, Jamie, Kama, Bubba, Jared Graves
Favourite part of a track: The WHOLE lot… start to finish…!!! … cause you can’t win on just part of a track, ya gotta do it all… - But pump sections I like…!
What’s on your IPod: WolfMother, LinkinPark, Crazy Frog, Pink Floyd, GreenDay, ACDC, Robbie Williams, Oils, INXS,
Favourite food: Pizza, SubWay, Fish, mums SpagBog, BBQ’s…
Favourite TV show: Simpsons, Fuel TV, Pimp My Ride.
Favourite movies: A.I., XXX, Need 4 Speed, The School Of Rock.
Favourite web sites: BMXULTRA, XBR, BMXmania, BMXinternational.com
Favourite sports or hobbies outside BMX racing: Soccer, Footy, MTB, Street Ramps, Playing the Drums & Music, PS2, Fish’n, riding my Thumpster.
Scariest thing that ever happened to you: Snorkeling at Green Island when a huge ray swam just under me.. thought it was a shark.
Worst crash on a bike: Qld titles semi Gladstone 2007 – fractured elbow.
Best thing about racing BMX: Meeting heaps of great new friends from Aust.,
Career highlights: I won Sports Darling Downs awards, 2005, 2006 & 2008. Rider of the Year – Toowoomba 2006. Making every Championships final 2008.
Long term Goals: Only SHORT term goals… Hav’n a Blast at the track with my BMX mates…. & doing well at School….
What keeps you motivated: Killing a new track, meeting new BMX friends, the unknown.., & my family, friends, & supporters…
Advice for
young BMXer’s: Toowoomba – Kerry, Donna & “SHARPY”..
the best BMX mechanic in the land, BMX International / RL Aust. (Bill
& Kylie & RL HQ Team), Mum & Dad, JV-RL Team Manager &
Jeff in Townsville, Sports Darling Downs, and all the hard workers who
make BMX happen.
