Robbie

Name: Robert McNaughton
Position: Owner Manager
Store: Newcastle
Nickname/Preferred Name: Robbie
Born: 6/8/81 in Maitland
Years at Drift: Started the store in 2003!
Overall Industry Experience: Over 14 years
Started Riding: 14
First Bike: GT Outpost Trail
Must have item at swag night: Chilli Jerky from the Shell
Describe your riding as Competitive or Fun: Competitively Fun
Favourite Type of Riding or Racing: Originally started in DH but now the Club XC and Enurance Races such as the Dirt Works 100 and Coffs Pleasure and Pain are my chosen races.
Current Bikes: Santa Cruz Blur XC
Dream Bike: Specialized S-Works Epci 29’er (it will be mine)
Bike you sold that you wished you still hadn’t: Scott Sharples Intense made Haro DH
Beer of Choice: Reserva Especial 1906
Favourite Place to Ride: Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe
Favourite Local Trail: Dudley Bus Stop (preferably Down)
Describe your style of riding: Trail Pumping Action
Best Trick: Sliding
Favourite type of cheese: a whole wheel
Injuries: Broken Little Finger, Broken Thumb, 3 Broken Wrists (operation involving bone graft from hip to wrist followed by titanium pin), Broken AC Joint, Broken Collarbone, 3 Broken Ribs.
Most Enjoyable Bike to Sell: Anyone’s first dually!
Dogs or Cats: Someone else’s Dog
Favourite Gloves: TLD XC
Favourite Shoes: Specialized S-Works XC
Nix or Shorts: Nix are definitely faster
Favourite All Time Rider and why: Nicolas Vouilloz because of his consumate professionalism and 10 world Downhill Championships.
How many hours a week do you ride: 10 or so
Other Interests: Surf and Enduro
In a battle to the death what would your chosen weapon be? An opportunity to talk my way out of it otherwise a Carbon Set of road forks.
Coolest thing you have ever bought: A double mini spine ramp
Favourite Saying: Get Some
What will your next toy be: A Specialized Roubaix
Springs or Elastomers: Air
Do you hold any records: I was the fastest thru the speed trap at the 1999 World Championships
How many Monster Energy drinks have you had in one day: Only 2
Why should someone shop at Drift: Because nothing beats experience to help match each customer to the best product for their needs.

Jordy K

Name: Jordan Kopetko
Position: Store Manager
Store: Wallsend
Nickname/Preferred Name: Jordy K
Born: 1989 in Wollongong NSW
Years at Drift: 5
Overall Industry Experience: 8
Started Riding: 8 years old
First Bike: First bicycle was a malvern star cyco! First REAL bike was an 01 model Giant ac 2
Must have item at swag night: Its a toss up between my fourby or my patented chilli cookup
Describe your riding as Competitive or Fun: It was competitive originally then turned to fun, now getting back into the competitiveness!
Favourite Type of Riding or Racing: Downhill!
Current Bikes: FBM Gypsy, Intense 951, Orange Ms Isle, 2010 harley V-rod Night special
Dream Bike: All of the above
Bike you sold that you wished you still had: Hmmm, turner dhr!
Beer of Choice: Extra dry
Favourite Place to Ride: As much as it hasn’t changed over the years, Thredbo
Favourite Local Trail: Awaba
Describe your Style of riding: Hard and fast
Best Trick: I did a backie once upon a time
Favourite type of cheese: Mozarella ohhh yea
Injuries: Broken thumb, compressed 4 vertebra, fractured wrist. Countless shin bashes
Most Enjoyable Bike to Sell: Bmx, nothing like seeing a stoked kid on a brand new bmx bike
Dogs or Cats: Dogs all the way!
Favourite Gloves: Gloveless!
Favourite Shoes: kovarik 5-10’s for Riding, adidas kicks for pimpin haha
Nix or Shorts: Shorts, Although I do look pretty good in nix
Favourite Rider and why: Rennie, he’s down to party
How many hours a week do you ride: Not enough! 4 or 5 at most
Other Interests: Tattoos, 4wd’s
In a battle to the death what would your chosen weapon be: I don’t need a weapon just a swift throat punch
Coolest thing you have ever bought: So many toys to choose from, my four wheel drive is a bit of a weapon but on a coolness scale I don’t think the harley can be beat!
What will your next toy be: Something with a massive turbo and a lot of horse power
Springs or Elastomers: air
Do you hold any records: Just in arm wrestling
How many Monster Energy drinks have you had in one day: 5, way too many for my fragile body
Why should someone shop at Drift: We’ve got experience in everything we sell

Pete

Name: Peter Koh
Position: Store Manager
Store: Maitland
Nickname/Preferred Name: Pete
Born:
Years at Drift: .1
Overall Industry Experience: Too long
Started Riding: Started racing bmx in 1989 but have had huge love of all types of bikes since i can remember.
First Bike: Repco Hotfoot
Must have item at swag night: Beer and stag chilli was pretty good too, jordy better be brewing that up again.
Describe your riding as Competitive or Fun: Its always been for fun but has manifested into a addiction.
Favourite Type of Riding or Racing: BMX riding.
Current Bikes: FBM BMX bike, DMR mountain bike
Dream Bike: FBM BMX bike
Bike you sold that you wished you still had: All the frames I’ve ever had, wish they were all on wall at home.
Beer of Choice: Little Creatures
Favourite Place to Ride: Anywhere, its all good.
Favourite Local Trail: Our trails when they are going.
Describe your Style of riding: um
Best Trick: um
Favourite type of cheese:
Injuries: lots
Most Enjoyable Bike to Sell: FBM
Dogs or Cats: dog
Favourite Gloves: Don’t wear them
Favourite Shoes: Etnies and Vans
Nix or Shorts: Shorts preferably
Favourite Rider and why: Taj Mehelich just been an inspiration all throughout my riding life or Joe Rich for the same reason.
How many hours a week do you ride: As many as i can.
Other Interests: Fishin missions
In a battle to the death what would your chosen weapon be: fist
Coolest thing you have ever bought: Bike or canoe
What will your next toy be: Another bike
Springs or Elastomers: What?
Do you hold any Records: No
How many Monster Energy drinks have you had in one day: One
Why should someone shop at Drift: We have the best understanding of bikes in this day and age BMX and MTB.

Wade

Name: Wade Budden
Position: Junior
Store: Newcastle
Nickname/Preferred Name: Wados
Born: Back in the year of 95′ in Newcastle
Years at Drift: 2 years
Overall Industry Experience: 2 yrs
Started Riding: 4 years ago, 2 yrs racing
First Bike: Gt Chucker 3.0, the Red one because red is fast!
Must have item at swag night: Lots of wood, to burn of course.
Describe your riding as Competitive or Fun: Quietly competitive when riding behind Robbie, but fun in general.
Favourite Type of Riding or Racing: Downhill for sure, also xc with good downhill sections.
Current Bikes: Orange 224, a bmx that is a mix match of parts and a Norco Fluid LT.
Dream Bike: An all black downhill bike so i can name it the “night rider”
Bike you sold that you wished you still had: My Giant Faith 2, first downhill bike i owned, it was supposed to be blue but i polished it that much it was on the verge of silver.
Beer of Choice: Bunderburg Ginger Beer
Favourite Place to Ride: Hobart
Favourite Local Trail: Sugarloaf
Describe your style of riding: Well I am yet to see my self ride, but from i can make out, I am super gnarly (wade weighs 45 kilo).
Best Trick: Huck to flat
Favourite type of cheese: Tasty
Injuries: Well i dont want to say i haven’t had any cause that would be bad luck, Ive had a couple of stitches in my lip that’s it.
Most Enjoyable Bike to Sell: Any, cause it just means there’s another person riding a bike and lovin’ it!
Dogs or Cats: Dogs, i love to have staring competitions with Cats, they always run away after.
Favourite Gloves: Troy Lee XC
Favourite Shoes: Black ones
Nix or Shorts: Shorts all the way!
Favourite Rider and why: MTB Kovarik because he shreds, but my fav rider is not a pushy rider, its James Stewart MX.
How many hours a week do you ride: Before i started working at drift, every afternoon straight after school. But now mainly on the weekends and maybe 2 during the week.
Other Interests: Even though I’ve only been a handful of times i love spearfishing, but soon to be cars.
In a battle to the death what would your chosen weapon be: Something sharp not to long, about a meter, something light weight for my outrageous counter attacks and something shiny. I’m not too fussy really, just hand me a sword and hope the other guy doesn’t have a gun……..
Coolest thing you have ever bought: My tool box
What will your next toy be: There are too many things out there that catch my eye.
Springs or Elastomers: Springs, Elastomers are dead.
Do you hold any records: Not that i know of, so watch out, records are there to be broken.
Favorite Saying: More like a quote, “I am living proof that in sewage, like life, the best will always rise to the top!!” – Kenny the Sewage KING.
How many Monster Energy drinks have you had in one day: I think 2
Why should someone shop at Drift: Because Drift is hands down the most uber sick bike shop going!!

Ben

Name: Ben Jackson
Position: Junior
Store: Maitland