So if you could have a bike that was the same proportions as the DK but was better made, would you rather have that?
Yes.

Do you ever get bored riding and what keeps you interested?
Yeah, I do get bored riding. Not as much just now, but I have been getting bored of it, but then Dumbarton opened, and that made me more interested and seeing other people ride at Dumbarton gave me new ideas for things to do.

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Was it just because you were always riding the same places?
Yeah, because there were no skateparks to go to, so we just rode street every night - EVERY night, the SAME places.

How's your bike set up at the moment and why?
I've got Hoffman wheels, Federal forks, a shiny, red, glittery seat, my rad BSD chainring that Grant made for me, which is red. Terrible One bars, Macneil frame, redneck stem, a gyro, a back brake and two pegs.

Is there anything you'd change on it?
No, I like it the way it is, it's quite light and the wheels are the best wheels I've had. I've thought about running a full set of pegs to try and learn new tricks, but I'd never take my brake off or put a front brake on.

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I've seen you ride with no pegs recently. What's up with that?
Yeah, that's because I sort of ran out of things to do, and found myself doing the same tricks all the time, so I thought that if I took them off, I'd learn some new stuff.

How long did it take you to learn to manual and grind so well?
Well, when I first started, manuals were all I used to do, because I thought it looked really cool. So that took me a good two years to learn to manual as far as I can, and grinds, well, that's all we ever did, so I got quite good at them quite fast.

Even though, as a woman, you have no balls, you do have a pretty 'balls-out' style of riding. Do you ever get scared, and how do you get psyched up to try something big?
[Laughs] Yes, I do get scared, everyone gets scared, don't they? So I just sort of need to go for it and you always know that you can do something but you've got to prove it to yourself that you can. That's why I do it.

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Do you have any techniques for working through the 'fear threshold'?
No, I usually just don't do things [laughs], and then when I leave it for a wee while and I feel that I can do it then I go for it. You just need to go for it really and see what happens.

What do the other girls at your school think about your riding?
Yeah, they all think it's really cool. They think I'm dead adventurous, but there are two sides to me, so on my bike I'm more of this aggressive rider, but then at school I'm more OOOO-OO [makes girlie noises and laughs].

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