He's invented a bike with wings. Won the Coast to Coast a couple of times. Was poisoned by bat dung while racing in the Borneo jungles. Nearly died, and then fought back to win the Coast to Coast seven times more, in a row!

Steve has competed both domestically and internationally and has featured in television competitions "Clash of the Codes" and "Blood Sweat & Fears". He also competed in endurance adventure races overseas traversing jungles, swamps, rivers, seas, deserts, mountains and streams. Athletes navigate their way through the course by foot, horse, raft, kayak, bike and sometimes camel. For 8-10 continuous days they sleep only when they dare and as you might expect Steve has some rather interesting tales to tell that will make you cringe, cry and laugh!

It was one of these adventure races that toppled Steve from his reign as NZ's "winningest" multi-sport athlete. Infected by bat dung as they raced through the Mulu caves, Steve suffered circulatory collapse, pulmonary oedema followed by renal failure. This saw him dragged through intensive care wards in Malaysia and Singapore, coming very close to death.

It's Steve's fight back to winning form in just 2 years in the face of scepticism, doubt and uncertainty of health that has spawned many requests for speaking engagements. He also speaks on teamwork - understanding fully what makes a successful team as in many race situations it can mean the difference between life and death.

Steve has an engineering background having worked as a professional engineer for 4 years before pursuing his sport as a professional athlete. He graduated from Canterbury University in 1986 with a mechanical engineering degree and runs an engineering design company in conjunction with his sporting pursuits - he is no stranger to the challenges of the business world.

Steve was awarded Order of Merit in the 2004 New Year’s honours "for services to Endurance sport". He also writes regular columns for the NZ Adventure magazine, NZ Triathlete Magazine & Total Control and his book "Lucky Legs" (what he’s learned about winning and losing) was published in 2008.