My World: Aaron Baddeley

The Aussie and two-time Tour winner on sweet rides, dumb movies and grilled tongue


Published: September 01, 2007

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What I drive
I drive a GTO RA6. The shape is different with curves on the front, curves on the back. It just looks mean.

Home sweet home
My wife, Richelle, and I have a condo in Scottsdale. We'll buy a house soon. When we moved in, there was nothing there — just desert — so I sent her away for like five hours so I could put in plants, lights and stones.

Sitting pretty
I love my couch. I've had it since 2001 and had it recovered. It's velvet soft, really long. I can lie in it and not touch the ends and read a book or watch TV, but I'm not much of a TV watcher. Just CNN and Fox News. I just don't get into TV. It's boring.

I dare you to eat...
Tongue. I love doing anything on the barbee — a good filet or a whole tenderloin. Here's a great sauce with steak: mix soy sauce, olive oil, a little cayenne pepper, fresh ginger, fresh garlic. I've eaten tongue. It's pretty good. Throw a little tongue on the barbee!

My favorite thing
I have a JAD, a little purple-and-yellow Italian bike that weighs about 17 pounds. I ride it for 30 or 40 miles at a time. Scottsdale's a great place to ride.

Dumb movies
Dumb and Dumber gets funnier the more you watch it, because you pick up something you didn't see last time. I love it when they're on the mountain and Jack Daniel's — no, Jeff Daniels! — he just pelts the girl with the snowball. (Laughs.) Classic.