Foot Through Soffit Panic
He recounts his scariest mistake at work
Jun 25, 2026 · 48 min · 14 segments
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I want to find out about more of your upbringing, why you got into, you know, wanting to do this gig.
Yeah, Auckland, born in Auckland, grew up here, sort of like Mount Eden, Sandringham area, sort of the same area my whole life.
um went to mount albert grammar school cool yeah and then and there uh we did this class called gateway which is it we got to do work experience so me and luca actually did work experience together on a commercial site and now another just one day a week yeah we weren't getting paid or anything but that was good it was good fun like missing a day of school to go their work experience is good fun
Just, I stopped playing rugby just before high school.
Yeah.

um and what what were you kind of like in high school was your vibe were you like a bit of uh obviously a jock were you like a looks maxing like um what was your vibe um
i don't really know sort of just fit in with the boys like uh yeah and i just i was kind of just there i didn't play any sports

are you kind of like a lot more logical kind of person or were you like creative like when you're high school
um Yeah, maybe.
I think I did all right in building class.
I was probably a bit more quiet than a lot of the others.
Yeah.
A lot of that.

I want to find out about more of your upbringing, why you got into, you know, wanting to do this gig.
Yeah, Auckland, born in Auckland, grew up here, sort of like Mount Eden, Sandringham area, sort of the same area my whole life.
um went to mount albert grammar school cool yeah and then and there uh we did this class called gateway which is it we got to do work experience so me and luca actually did work experience together on a commercial site and now another just one day a week yeah we weren't getting paid or anything but that was good it was good fun like missing a day of school to go their work experience is good fun
Just, I stopped playing rugby just before high school.
Yeah.

um and what what were you kind of like in high school was your vibe were you like a bit of uh obviously a jock were you like a looks maxing like um what was your vibe um
i don't really know sort of just fit in with the boys like uh yeah and i just i was kind of just there i didn't play any sports

are you kind of like a lot more logical kind of person or were you like creative like when you're high school
um Yeah, maybe.
I think I did all right in building class.
I was probably a bit more quiet than a lot of the others.
Yeah.
A lot of that.
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