Cycling Team Rider - Profile

Mark Santurbane

Name: Mark Santurbane

Nickname: Santa

Age: 33

Hometown: Dayton, Ohio

Occupation: Product Design Engineer, SRAM CORP.

Marital Status: negative

Years Racing: 5

What was your very first bike and how old were you when you got it?: A Schwinn with a huge banana seat…rad!...I was three?
What's your favorite Sport other than Cycling?: Skiing and Climbing
What are your favorite hobbies?: Well, I'm a geek...so, I like to train, analyze power files, wrench on my bikes, and watch the Indianapolis Colts get crushed.
Do you listen to music when you ride? If so, whatâ€™s your favorite?: If so, what's your favorite? Yes…punk, control-alt-delete-rock, electronic…and I even throw in Jerry for those special occasions…
Favorite Beverage:: dirty martini
Place you'd like to vacation?: Australia
Favorite way to eat Strawberries?: Cereal, Kefir, milk
Favorite overall snack?: Granola
What is your typical pre-race meal?: The above with eggs on the side
Who would you take on a Dream Date and where would you go?: …Shannon Tweed…dude, hello…straight to Squaw Valley to ski untracked powder and listen to Duran Duran at late night house parties!...and we would probably have to stay at the motel 6 on the drive up!
Movie that makes you cry?: …I couldn't answer this question last year either
Favorite childhood memory?: Scoring my first "hat trick" in a hockey game at age 7
Beach or Mountains?: Mountains
What's your biggest accomplishment in racing?: Well, I guess sticking with it….I could have easily hung it up and sold all of my gear on ebay after I was hit by a truck head on while training in Park City, Utah, at the end of the 07 season…I was in the hospital for a week with 7 broken bones and a nice seven inch plate holding my arm together…good times….
Blondes, red heads or brunettes?: Brunettes for sure…curly!
What's your most embarrassing moment?: My freshman high school homecoming date was like 6 inches taller than me!