Name: Gavin Lubbe
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Nickname: African American, BoBo, Monkey
B-Day / Age: May 25 1990
Residence: Monterey, CA
Sponsors: www.JoeyBradford.com
Accomplishments: 4x South African champion, received South African Proteia colors age 11, 2005 national #8,2006 national#4, 2005 Georgia State champion, 2005 7th place Big-A championships,2006 5th place Big-A championships.
Favorites:
- Food: BBQ Chicken sandwiches from
Bi-Rite by Joey's house
- Drink: Red Bull
- Rider: Mikey Day
- Track: Prunedale
- Web site: Would be www.gavinlubbe.com
- Music Artist: lil jon
What would be a normal day for you?: Wake up around 9 train then just chill
What do you do for training?: Ask JB lol
Siblings: 1 Brother, 1 Sister
How did you get started in BMX?: My Dad raced in the 80's and it just interested me so I wanted to start.
Who do you look up to?: My Dad his is my role model
What are some of your long-term goals in BMX?: 2012 Olympics
Are you still in school?: Yes, I'm in the 11th grade
Teams you have raced for: Crupi South Africa, HBR/FLY, Rite Bike/HBR/Predential
You have been moving the last few years a lot.. where have you been?: Well i made the big move from South Africa to Atlanta, stayed in Atlanta for 2 years then moved to Monterey.
How are you likin Monterey so far?: Ha ha well its cool, its a lot more laid back compared to Atlanta so yea I like it.
Do you ever see JB?: No who's JB? haha yea like everyday
How is it training with him?: Its good, I have always needed a training partner and what better than a 14x world champion lol
I hear you are being flown back to Atlanta for prom.. what's the deal with that?: HAHA well one of my friends asked me a long time ago if I would go to her senior prom with her and I said yes kind of jokingly because I knew I was moving to Monterey. About a month ago she was talking to me on the computer and asked if I still wanted to go and I said I dunno I am living all the way in California now so I cant. She said "Oh don't worry about that I already got your ticket, check your email." I check my email and there is a flight itinerary in there haha.
When you were in South Africa you got robbed of your bike.. what happened?: Haha well I was riding my bike home from the store and there was a dude on the opposite of the street and when he heard me he waited for me to pass by and then ran after me and pulled me off my bike and jacked it, there wasn't a whole lot I could do seeing i was 12 and he was like 6"3 so yea that's what happened lol
What was the racing like in South Africa?: Well racing is really small seeing like 30 odd motos in a national event, There are a lot of development riders that cant afford top of the range bikes so some show up to raced with no shoes, and their pedals are all messed up so they have to ride with a steel bar on it instead of a good pedal, but SA cycling commission combined with the lottery are helping the development riders get the right safety gear in order to race bmx so they are getting better with the whole deal.
Who taught Sifiso to jump?: Haha well i helped him jump his 1st double, that's when he was like 14 now he is former UCI junior men cruiser champ lol.
It seems as if you have a hit list back east in the NBL.. what's with that and why are there some riders who don't like you?: haha hey just don't like the way Iride
What's your opinion on that?: I mean if they rode that way I wouldn't care, so all i have to say is deal with it lol
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Any last words?: Yea i would like to
say a big thanks to my parents for always supporting me and to the famous
JB.com for making me train.
Name Game:
Logan Collins: He's cool, good rider
Diego Alejandre: Always some how gets balled up with Dustin at grands
Dustin Vogler: not afraid to throw some bows
Cory Watts: Always gets super lucky at big races
Sifiso Nhlapo: Crazy Black dude with power lol
Warren Mcdow: Always unlucky
Anders Gronsund: likes the big bald cop from Monterey
"AA" Cj Bunch: Always try's wins practice, don't think he has missed a practice in 8 years
Joey Bradford: haha... climb a tree next time JB!