Oooft, didn't think he'd earn more than Webber!
Fair play though, with those skills he earns every penny!
Fair play though, with those skills he earns every penny!
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Tennessee
Agreed, for a long time, he was way behind even Mladin's 3 million dollar AMA salary. Good to see him getting a salary that goes with being the best in the world.
Checking up on the names on the list, as an Aussie expat in the UK I was taken aback to see number one was someone I had never heard of, so had to get myself up to date.
Noticed that Chad Reed and Casey (and another Aussie champion) were born in the same (small) town. So what do they put in the water at Kurri Kurri?
Noticed that Chad Reed and Casey (and another Aussie champion) were born in the same (small) town. So what do they put in the water at Kurri Kurri?
Joined Jun 2007
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Norah Head
Not really sure they were born in Kurri ....... but they did have racing upbringings there.
I have taught at a school in that area, and water or not, its refreshing to me to go there because were the usual school has say 50% of the students follow rugby league, in that area 50% of the kids have motos, so god knows how many follow them. And then there are the bmxers etc .....
Had one student who was a pretty "rough" looking girl, she just came back from a 20 day suspension ...... she was great the first day back then the second day ..... whooooohaaa!! shocker!! ....... the next day she heard me taking motos with another student. Then she asked me if I ride dirt bikes ..... turns out she also rides. From that moment on she has been the most polite princess of a girl to me ........ I now rather like her and mysteriously ... don't even see her as "rough" anymore
Its not obscure for one of the students to come back from a weekend interstate racing and fill me in on how they went. I love it there cos the kids all know I'm a rider and are nice as pie to me
. For sport I take the kids down to the gym,and one bubbly, exceptionally cute ( pink ribbons in the hair and all ) and tiny girl started chatting to me, she informed me that she is an age champion in mx, and of her sponsors and the motos she races ......and she's a top academic student! ..... unreal. She has to be picked up to do chinups on the bar but when you put her there ...... nobody beats her!
Its not uncommon to be in the middle of class and have your lesson interrupted by the scream of a small 2 stroke ..... as some "at home sick" student buzzes past the school down to the shops
....... then you see dad go flying past on his moto ........ I kid you not, its just a very bike rich culture .... I love working there.
And the kids there still ride their pushbikes to school
some on the back wheel all the way I'm sure..There's some pretty skilled riders ....
I have taught at a school in that area, and water or not, its refreshing to me to go there because were the usual school has say 50% of the students follow rugby league, in that area 50% of the kids have motos, so god knows how many follow them. And then there are the bmxers etc .....
Had one student who was a pretty "rough" looking girl, she just came back from a 20 day suspension ...... she was great the first day back then the second day ..... whooooohaaa!! shocker!! ....... the next day she heard me taking motos with another student. Then she asked me if I ride dirt bikes ..... turns out she also rides. From that moment on she has been the most polite princess of a girl to me ........ I now rather like her and mysteriously ... don't even see her as "rough" anymore
Its not obscure for one of the students to come back from a weekend interstate racing and fill me in on how they went. I love it there cos the kids all know I'm a rider and are nice as pie to me
Its not uncommon to be in the middle of class and have your lesson interrupted by the scream of a small 2 stroke ..... as some "at home sick" student buzzes past the school down to the shops
And the kids there still ride their pushbikes to school
Not really sure they were born in Kurri ....... but they did have racing upbringings there.
I have taught at a school in that area, and water or not, its refreshing to me to go there because were the usual school has say 50% of the students follow rugby league, in that area 50% of the kids have motos, so god knows how many follow them. And then there are the bmxers etc .....
Had one student who was a pretty "rough" looking girl, she just came back from a 20 day suspension ...... she was great the first day back then the second day ..... whooooohaaa!! shocker!! ....... the next day she heard me taking motos with another student. Then she asked me if I ride dirt bikes ..... turns out she also rides. From that moment on she has been the most polite princess of a girl to me ........ I now rather like her and mysteriously ... don't even see her as "rough" anymore
Its not obscure for one of the students to come back from a weekend interstate racing and fill me in on how they went. I love it there cos the kids all know I'm a rider and are nice as pie to me. For sport I take the kids down to the gym,and one bubbly, exceptionally cute ( pink ribbons in the hair and all ) and tiny girl started chatting to me, she informed me that she is an age champion in mx, and of her sponsors and the motos she races ......and she's a top academic student! ..... unreal. She has to be picked up to do chinups on the bar but when you put her there ...... nobody beats her!
Its not uncommon to be in the middle of class and have your lesson interrupted by the scream of a small 2 stroke ..... as some "at home sick" student buzzes past the school down to the shops....... then you see dad go flying past on his moto ........ I kid you not, its just a very bike rich culture .... I love working there.
And the kids there still ride their pushbikes to schoolsome on the back wheel all the way I'm sure..There's some pretty skilled riders ....
This sounds creepy. (hides)
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Norah Head
How!!??
As creepy as some sad .... who gets on here to judge posts ? ...... Get real buttercup
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Pangea
Please explain to me how any of what BM wrote there is "creepy".....
You sound like one of those clowns that gives me a mouthful of abuse every time I point my camera towards a child now as if I am some kind of kiddy fiddler....as such I no longer bother photographing people in general because its way more trouble than its worth. This only hapens in western countries....I have zero problems in 3rd world countries. People are paranoid to the point of hysteria these days.
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Gold Coast
.... yeah, its out of control hey. i saw a jap tourist trying to take photos of kids on a ride at movieworld a while ago and he was getting vilified for it. I believed he was completely legit, but the most other aussies didnt see it that way.
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Pangea
It is digger....I have been confronted with rather large men who became quite agro, wanting to physically abuse me because I happen to take a photo of something that I beleived at the time was completely innocent....its kinda scary when it hapens and it has made me stop photographing children which is a pity as they make great photographic subjects.
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Norah Head
Whoa there fellas! I wouldn't worry about what frethammer said, its his usual modus operandii. No matter what I write he/she has a whine.
In reality, as a teacher, you need to be wary of folk who come out with such tripe as Frethammer, one has to wonder how such thoughts can spring from everyday life/ actions/ speak. ......
In reality, as a teacher, you need to be wary of folk who come out with such tripe as Frethammer, one has to wonder how such thoughts can spring from everyday life/ actions/ speak. ......
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Norah Head
Aye he is a walloper, but a very fast 1! Still surprised he's making so much when last year he wasn't sure he'd even be racing, hence why he set up his own team.
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Out of Nowhere
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Norah Head
Possibly so ...... but Mladins ethos was always "make hay while the sun shines". Would explain why he is now absent.
Yeah, everyone can go calm down now. haha. I looked up that andrew bogut guy. Damn NBA ..... on everything. Well Valentino ..... on him but if only MotoGP has the amount of quality stars NBA has then this I got paid more than you .... would've been more close (in all countries/nationalities I'd say). Good for Stoner though. He's finally earning what his worth. Though, he still longs for more respect than anything else from what I'm hearing. Well anyway, all fun and games. Off season sucks.
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Your Mom's House
Keep in mind this is 'Australia's' top paid. Andrew Bogut wouldnt probably even make top 20 in NBA.
I think Stoner is a bit undervalued, im sure he will get more come contract time. He'd make more money if he was sponsor friendly. About respect, i think he gets plenty for his riding and it increased quite a bit this year. Its his personality that gets him moderately disliked.
Chad Reed sux.
I think Stoner is a bit undervalued, im sure he will get more come contract time. He'd make more money if he was sponsor friendly. About respect, i think he gets plenty for his riding and it increased quite a bit this year. Its his personality that gets him moderately disliked.
Chad Reed sux.
Not so sure on the personality part though. All I see off of him is him throwing tantrums then being mildly(or overly) apologetic afterwards (DP, Rossi is well an exception on all of that). He's good friends with Spies (another boring character; more likable though), Pedrosa (likable midget) and Lorenzo (hated by everyone, turned everyone around this year). Hayden didn't seem to mind the comment made by Stoner on him (one of the qualies this season, can't remember). So I'm not really sure about Stoner being a "bad" person etc. He just doesn't know how to work the camera/journalist. Haven't been anywhere near the paddock but by what I'm seeing, he seems to be pretty "normal" on it. I really see him as like spies really. Both are quiet, shy type of guy unlike the ever so enthusiastic Spaniards, French, and Italians when it comes to this sport.
Do Aussie Rules football stars get paid much?
I'm guessing there is no megastar futbol (soccer) stars from Australia currently either.
I'm guessing there is no megastar futbol (soccer) stars from Australia currently either.
