Chris Kovarik

NICKNAME: Karver

AGE / DOB: 31, 01/03/78

HOMETOWN / LOCATION NOW Deception Bay, Queensland (still living out of a suitcase).

FIRST TIME ON A BIKE: Too young to remember.1

YEARS RIDING: Pro MTB since 1998

RIDING STYLE: Crutch on the stem, elbows out, head tilted backwards.

INFLUENCES: Metal music, drifting, moto, positive people.

NUMBER OF BROKEN BONES: 4 and a shattered ankle

COMPOUND: Don’t actually have one, but the gold coast area for training and racing is sick.

DRINKS: Beer and Jack Daniels and Coke.

DRIVES: Matt Black Hiace, R31 Skyline drift pig.

MUSIC: Metal

YOUR RULES TO LIVE BY: Ride like there’s no tomorrow.

TYPICAL DAY: Have breakfast, check my emails, maybe go to the gym or take a spin on a bike, go to the beach, ride, hang out with friends, have dinner, then to bed.

SPONSORS: Unit, Chain Reaction Cycles, Intense Cycles, Electric

WINS / ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1999 2nd DH Worldcup USA
2000, 2001, 2002 Australian National Champion.
2002 MTBer of the year. 1st DH Worldcup Scotland.
2006 3rd 4x MTB Worldcup Scotland,   1st DH Worldcup Canada                                                 2007 4th 4x mtb Worldcup Austria.
2008 6th DH Worldcup Andorra. 1st DH Australian National round goldcoast.
2009 1st DH National round South Africa. 12th DH Worldcup Andorra.

SPARE TIME: Catching up with friends and having a beer, beach, drifting, building trails, working on cars, camping and training.