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David Dunlop

October 2003

I took a gap year in 2003 and travelled around the world with my family. I am a New Zealander and entitled to live and work in the UK.

Schooling

Onehunga High School, Auckland.
Year 11 (5^th form) level 1 NCEA (passed with a merit average) – equivalent to GCSE O-levels
Subjects: Science, English, Maths, Graphics, Music and Geography

Bike experience

I mountain bike regularly
I like to do downhill, dirt jumping and trail riding but also like street riding.
I have been mountain biking in many places around the world including: 2003 world cup finals courses in Kaprun, Austria (4 cross and cross country tracks), Fort William, Colorado, Hollywood, Ontario-Canada, Paris, and in the forests in New Zealand.
I have been on a mountain biking camp for the last two years to improve my skills.
My current mountain bike is a Specialized 2002 Enduro comp.
I continue enjoy maintaining my bike regularly and have learned many skills over the years.
Have built up a custom bike and put most of it together myself.
I regularly buy mountain bike magazines to keep up with mountain bike technology.
I have learned a lot about the different brands, models and parts of a mountain bike

Personal skills

Get on well with people.
Enjoy helping people.
Good language skills.

Practical skills

Built wooden and dirt jumps.
Can use power tools.
Can use correctly a wide variety of mountain bike tools.

Computer skills

Familiar with Word, Excel and FrontPage
Am proficient with PTC pro/desktop (CAD)
Am proficient with Pinnacle studio 8 (digital video editing)
Can program Spice (programming language used in planetariums)
Helped make a planetarium show earlier this year (I did the programming and digital video editing)

Sports

Soccer (have been playing since I was 8)
Cricket (been playing for 3 years)
And of course, mountain biking

In conclusion I feel I have experience and expertise to offer in the biking industry and am willing to participate in any training and work opportunities