Here’s the interview from Marks side, you should remember that this is not a ‘rebuttal’ to Daniel’s. They were given the interviews at the same time, without knowing each other’s answers.
"the last thing you need is some squeaky voice telling you lies"
Mark McCarthy
Age: 26
Weight: 70
Height: 1.7
Reach: 1 (Mark, I’m not too sure what you mean by this-maybe you only need to reach him one time to knock him out...)
How are you?
I am very well thanks, just counting down the days before I leave for Hawaii! I will be off on the 3rd February and back on the 1st March to train for the Cape Classic . (Mark is in Hawaii right now getting ready for the Turbo Pipeline Pro)
"he reminded me of that cartoon character called widget, skinny purple guy with a abnormally big head"
You know that this is the McCarthy vs. Worsley interview so is there anything you would like to get off your chest?
Well, let’s start with a small intro about this Dan Worsley. So to learn a bit more about Dan I Googled his name and got "Your search - Dan Worsley - did not match any documents "So I tried a detailed search and then got "Your search on Dan Worsley"/ Age; 25, / Profession; cabinet-making rookie/ Hero; Doctor Phil did not match any documents”
So for some more insight about Dan I had to mull over the time spent together with Dan. We all know Dan as a wanna be Soccer player with amazing Bodyboarding talent...but his real talent is how much crap he talks...If you ever need a surf report the last person to call is Dan! Every time I call him for a report Horse Trails is firing Bru! Only to arrive to find 1 foot pooh! So rather just save the airtime, the last thing you need is some squeaky voice telling you lies.
So lets think...anything to get off my chest...Maybe we should just dust the wood chips off Dan’s chest after an 18 hour day in the mill.
What are you better than him at?
Hummm Soccer, Poker, Foosball...I Know Dan is a super competitive guy but after his girl friend left him to live with Phil in London he is just no the same guy...
Why are you better than he is?
Well he is always going on about how hot he is and that the girls just froth over him...when I first met Dan he reminded me of that cartoon character called widget, skinny purple guy with a abnormally big head.
What’s your favourite thing about him?
He is one of the best wingmen ever! I remember in 2008 at the Margate contest when we were out at back-line drowning our sorrows after getting knocked out of the contest and got into a bit of confrontation with a touring rugby team, as Dan was trying to hook up with one of their girlfriends. All I heard was “Mark I got your back!” then seeing him liberty the biggest guy in the team! But that’s about far as it goes...
"Its not as if he is a team player..."
What’s your worst thing about him?
His smoking habits
Why did Daniel hang around at SA Champs last year after being knocked out?
You got me there...only he will know why he hanged out for 5 days after getting knocked the first day of competing. Its not as if he is a team player...maybe he was just trying to live the dream and regretting going back to the saw mill...
"his path...is Mercury Live on Monday nights"Have you learnt anything from each other?
I learn so much from all of Dan's mistakes.
Do you have any advice for him?
Not really hey, Dan needs just stay true to his path and that path is Mercury Live on Monday nights...0h and stop trying to be like Phil.
(photo's by Crawford, White, Spex, Clark)
