TOM MARSH (Scotland) - INTERVIEWS | BMX Direct Thailand (EP3)
BMX Direct - South Africa - Thailand
[{'start': '1.600', 'end': '34.160', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '32.000', 'end': '36.000', 'text': 'When I first came here in 2006, I would'}, {'start': '34.160', 'end': '38.079', 'text': 'never have imagined to still be here.'}, {'start': '36.000', 'end': '39.760', 'text': "Wife's from here, kids are from here."}, {'start': '38.079', 'end': '41.920', 'text': 'Got a lifelong connection to the country'}, {'start': '39.760', 'end': '44.160', 'text': "now. So, it's it's pretty awesome. It's"}, {'start': '41.920', 'end': '46.260', 'text': "been it's been a wild ride and it's it's"}, {'start': '44.160', 'end': '47.559', 'text': "only it's just getting going"}, {'start': '46.260', 'end': '51.360', 'text': '[Laughter]'}, {'start': '47.559', 'end': '54.640', 'text': 'basically. My name is Tom Marsh, 43'}, {'start': '51.360', 'end': '56.559', 'text': "years old. I'm from Aberdine in Scotland"}, {'start': '54.640', 'end': '58.680', 'text': 'and I live in a little village just'}, {'start': '56.559', 'end': '61.920', 'text': 'outside Aberdine called'}, {'start': '58.680', 'end': '65.159', 'text': "Banker. So I've been riding flatlands"}, {'start': '61.920', 'end': '68.880', 'text': 'since about'}, {'start': '65.159', 'end': '71.840', 'text': "1998. So that's what 26 years or"}, {'start': '68.880', 'end': '73.600', 'text': 'something. Not not consistently on and'}, {'start': '71.840', 'end': '75.119', 'text': 'off. I mean life throws up things that'}, {'start': '73.600', 'end': '77.920', 'text': 'you get married, you got kids, you move'}, {'start': '75.119', 'end': '80.240', 'text': "house, you you can't ride all the time."}, {'start': '77.920', 'end': '82.479', 'text': "We've got one spot in my village which"}, {'start': '80.240', 'end': '84.880', 'text': 'is Bankry Skate Park. We can ride flat'}, {'start': '82.479', 'end': '86.240', 'text': 'land in a tiny little corner of it. Good'}, {'start': '84.880', 'end': '89.360', 'text': "place to ride. It's great atmosphere"}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '93.759', 'text': 'there as well. So, first ever trip to'}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '95.840', 'text': 'Thailand was in 2002 with work, but I'}, {'start': '93.759', 'end': '98.720', 'text': 'came back properly to Bangkok with my'}, {'start': '95.840', 'end': '100.799', 'text': 'bike in 2006.'}, {'start': '98.720', 'end': '103.840', 'text': "My wife's from here, kids were born"}, {'start': '100.799', 'end': '106.320', 'text': 'here. So, we come back to visit uh'}, {'start': '103.840', 'end': '109.040', 'text': 'family and have a bit of a tour about at'}, {'start': '106.320', 'end': '111.159', 'text': 'the same time as well. I mean, coming'}, {'start': '109.040', 'end': '114.079', 'text': 'here in 2006, it was fantastic'}, {'start': '111.159', 'end': '116.720', 'text': "experience. I'd got um Ton's phone"}, {'start': '114.079', 'end': '119.520', 'text': 'number from Sha Lie in Singapore. Yeah,'}, {'start': '116.720', 'end': '121.280', 'text': 'I tried to contact him. I got his mom.'}, {'start': '119.520', 'end': '124.000', 'text': "Couldn't speak English. I couldn't speak"}, {'start': '121.280', 'end': '126.320', 'text': 'Thai. I ended up just shouting BMX down'}, {'start': '124.000', 'end': '129.440', 'text': 'the phone and she gave me what I thought'}, {'start': '126.320', 'end': '132.000', 'text': 'was the name of a place and the next day'}, {'start': '129.440', 'end': '134.080', 'text': 'I set out to try and find it. I was way'}, {'start': '132.000', 'end': '136.480', 'text': 'too early for the session. Maybe got'}, {'start': '134.080', 'end': '138.959', 'text': 'there 2 3 in the afternoon and just'}, {'start': '136.480', 'end': '140.959', 'text': 'waited waited around waited around 4 or'}, {'start': '138.959', 'end': '143.360', 'text': '5:00 at night riders started coming out'}, {'start': '140.959', 'end': '145.760', 'text': "and um I mean that's the start of kind"}, {'start': '143.360', 'end': '147.440', 'text': 'of kind of lifelong friendships here and'}, {'start': '145.760', 'end': '150.560', 'text': "uh it's kept me coming back ever since."}, {'start': '147.440', 'end': '152.640', 'text': 'So the best things I think here is is'}, {'start': '150.560', 'end': '154.720', 'text': 'the people definitely. I I just find'}, {'start': '152.640', 'end': '157.040', 'text': 'everybody so enterprising in this'}, {'start': '154.720', 'end': '158.879', 'text': 'country. When you venture out of'}, {'start': '157.040', 'end': '161.280', 'text': "Bangkok, everybody's running a little"}, {'start': '158.879', 'end': '163.599', 'text': "business out of their home. They're all"}, {'start': '161.280', 'end': '166.239', 'text': 'just just doing something doing some'}, {'start': '163.599', 'end': '168.000', 'text': "kind of business. Everyone's wanting to"}, {'start': '166.239', 'end': '169.920', 'text': 'better themselves, wanting to build a'}, {'start': '168.000', 'end': '171.120', 'text': 'business, and I I really like that and'}, {'start': '169.920', 'end': '173.120', 'text': "appreciate it, you know. I think it's"}, {'start': '171.120', 'end': '174.400', 'text': "it's fantastic. So that's one of my"}, {'start': '173.120', 'end': '177.120', 'text': 'favorite things. Of course, love the'}, {'start': '174.400', 'end': '179.440', 'text': "food here as well. It's it's great. and"}, {'start': '177.120', 'end': '181.920', 'text': 'the BMX scene has has just been second'}, {'start': '179.440', 'end': '183.159', 'text': 'to none for me coming back here all'}, {'start': '181.920', 'end': '185.440', 'text': 'these years, you'}, {'start': '183.159', 'end': '188.400', 'text': 'know. Well, of course, you know, just'}, {'start': '185.440', 'end': '190.000', 'text': 'like to say thank you to everybody um in'}, {'start': '188.400', 'end': '194.560', 'text': "Thailand that's that's welcomed me in"}, {'start': '190.000', 'end': '198.200', 'text': 'here. We pop and and tune obviously. Um'}, {'start': '194.560', 'end': '200.879', 'text': 'what a what a journey, you'}, {'start': '198.200', 'end': '203.280', 'text': "know. It's pretty awesome. It's been"}, {'start': '200.879', 'end': '207.480', 'text': "it's been a wild ride and it's it's only"}, {'start': '203.280', 'end': '207.480', 'text': "it's just getting going basically."}]