NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. IATIIOSPHERIC uusuc I NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO 3RD DEGREE. NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. TONIGHT - THE DEATH OF NZER WARRIENA WRIGHT ON THE GOLD COAST. THE MAN SHE HOOKED UP WITH THAT NIGHT, AS YOU WILL KNOW, HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF HER MURDER. BUT WAS HE TO BLAME? AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON HIS BALCONY THAT NIGHT? I LET ME so, PLEASE! LET ME so! I THE WHOLE TIME WHILE SHE WAS THERE, THEY WERE APPARENTLY ROUGHING EACH OTHER UP JUST FOR FUN. I SAID TO HIM, 'MATE, YOUR REPUTATION AROUND TOWN IS UNSAVOURY.' HE WAS AN ODD CHARACTER. AND OUR OLYMPIC MEDALLIST SARAH WALKER COMES TO GRIEF. WATCH THIS. I WOMAN: ow. I OK. OUR FIRST STORY TONIGHT - YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS ONE. IT'S THE TRAGIC DEATH OF THE 26-YEAR-OLD KIWI WARRIENA WRIGHT, OR 'RRIE' FOR SHORT. SHE WAS THE KIWI WOMAN WHO WENT TO AUSTRALIA TO THE GOLD COAST FOR A FRIEND'S WEDDING. NOW, SHE USED A DATING APPLICATION CALLED TINDER TO HOOK UP WITH A GOOD-LOOKING STRANGER - A LOCAL MAN CALLED GABLE TOSTEE. THEY WENT BACK TO HIS HIGH-RISE APARTMENT, AND FIVE HOURS LATER, SHE PLUNGED OFF HIS BALCONY TO THE GROUND BELOW. RIGHT, SO WHAT THE POLICE ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT - WAS THIS AN ACCIDENT, OR WAS IT MURDER? I PHIL VINE WENT LOOKING FOR ANSWERS, I AND I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY WARN YOU THAT THERE IS SOME REALLY STRONG LANGUAGE IN THIS, AS YOU'LL SEE. "TWILIGHT MARKS A SHIFT CHANGE ON THE GC. I IPLIFTING aicmomc music I BEACH-LOVING FAMILIES HAVE GONE TO BED. FUN-LOVING SINGLES COME OUT TO PLAY. IBOTHCHEERI luPaeArnmcewslcl BEING A YOUNG GUY LMNG IN SURFERS, THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU DO - YOU MEET GIRLS, AND YOU GO OUTAND HAVE FUN. IDANOEMUSIC counmesl IPEOPLELMJGHJIVHOOPI THIS IS THE HEART OF CLUB LAND ON THE GOLD COAST - PROBABLY THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF YOUNG, SINGLE PEOPLE IN AUSTRALASIA. IDANOEMUSIC counmesl I THOUGHT THAT HE JUST WAS ANOTHER GOLD COAST BOY WHO WAS LOOKING FOR SOME FUN. Hsaoomue MUSIC I GABLE TOSTEE, A 28-YEAR-OLD CARPET-LAYER, HAD AN APARTMENT RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE PARTY ZONE. 26-YEAR-OLD KIWI WARRIENA WRIGHT MET HIM ON THE DATING PHONE APP TINDER. SHE WENT TO HIS 14TH-FLOOR APARTMENT, WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE PAVEMENT BELOW. SHE WENT TO HIS 14TH-FLOOR SHUT YOUR FACE NOW. THE PAVEMENT BELOW. SHE WENT To r-us 14TH-FLOOR SHUT YOUR FACE NOW. IIEIIEI I LET ME so, PLEASE! LET ME so! I BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON HIS BALCONY? WAS ITAN ACCIDENT OR FOUL PLAY? THE COPS ARE IN NO DOUBT. A 26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FELL TO HER DEATH AT AN APARTMENT AT SURFERS PARADISE. THIS INVESTIGATION LED TO THE ARREST OF A 28-YEAR-OLD MALE ONE WEEK LATER ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST. THEY'VE CHARGED THAT MALE, GABLE TOSTEE, WITH MURDER. CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED? SHE SAYS HIS MESSAGES WERE BIZARRE, SLEAZY. THE AUSTRALIAN MEDIA WENT WILD FOR THE STORY... I HE ALSO CLAIMED TO HAVE KEPTA LIST. I ...DIGGING UP ONLINE DETAILS ABOUT HIS PROLIFIC SEX LIFE. THERE WAS TALK OF HIM SECRETLY FILMING HIS CONQUESTS... HIDDEN CAMERAS THROUGHOUT HIS APARTMENT. <i>L</i> WANDA HOME-MADE PORN COLLECTION. <i>I</i> AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO SEX TAPES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. HE LIKED GIRLS. GIRLS LIKED HIM. YEAH, HE JUST WENT OUT TO HAVE FUN. I LACHY ls ONE OF GABLE'S MATES. I I'VE KNOWN GABLE FOR A LONG TIME, A COUPLE OF YEARS, JUST THROUGH THE NIGHTCLUB SCENE. IT'S A SMALL PLACE. EVERYONE KNOWS EACH OTHER. A LOT OF GABLES FRIENDS MET HIM SAME WAY. I HE'S JUSTA NICE GUY. I LACHYADMITS HIS FRIEND DID HAVE HIDDEN CAMERAS IN THE APARTMENT. THIS IS FOOTAGE FROM ONE OF THEM. ALL HE APPARENTLY USED THAT FOR WAS JUST TO CHECK IF PEOPLE ARE STEALING THINGS, I WHICH HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE. I HE DID HAVE CAMERAS IN HIS PLACE? > WHICH HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE. HE DID HAVE CAMERAS IN HIS PLACE? > YEAH. HE APPARENTLY POSTED SOMETHING ONLINE SAYING, 'A GIRL STOLE MY WALLET,' OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE PURPOSE OF THOSE CAMERAS. I BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT FOR SURE? > I NO, I DON'T. AND I WASN'T THERE. I DON'T THINKANYONE KNOWS FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY. ON ONE OF HIS POSTS, HE SAID HE'D SLEPT WITH 150 WOMEN. IS THAT BOASTING, OR DO YOU RECKON IT WAS REAL? I'M SURE HE'S NOTA VIRGIN, IF THAT HELPS. BUT, NO, I DON'T KNOW. IT MAY BE A BOAST, BUT EITHER WAY, I DON'T THINK IT CORRELATES TO HIM BEING A MURDERER OR WHATEVER THEY'RE MAKING OUT. I THINK GOING OUT AND IF YOU WANNA PICK UP GIRLS IN YOUR SPARE TIME, THATS YOUR THING, AND I DON'T THINK IT MAKES YOU A MONSTER OR HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. Lows MUSIC] BUT ASK AROUND IN THE BARS AND CLUBS OF THE GOLD COAST, AND YOU MIGHT HEAR A DIFFERENT STORY. WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF BOUNCERS AND CLUB MANAGERS ABOUT GABLE TOSTEE'S REPUTATION AROUND HERE. I AND HE on: HAVE ONE -| I NOTA soon ONE. I BASICALLY THAT HE'S A BIT OF A PREDATOR TO THE FEMALES. A LOT OF SECURITY OBVIOUSLY WATCHED HIM PURSUING WOMEN, AND OBVIOUSLY THE SECURITY WERE TIPPED OFF BY THOSE WOMEN. I REMEMBER HEARING A COUPLE OF STORIES - I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS TRUE OR NOT - I HIM FOLLOWING FEMALES HOME. I I I'M me, OR ARE YOU SMALL? I NAH, YOU'VE HAD YOUR- I'M BIG, OR ARE YOU SMALL? NAH, YOU'VE HAD YOUR- YOU'RE SMALL IN EVERY SINGLE WAY. ARE YOU BIG OR SMALL? I YOU HAD A NICE SHOT. I TO HIS FRIENDS' SURPRISE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR, SECURITY STAFF BANNED GABLE TOSTEE FROM MANY OF THE BARS AND CLUBS IN SURFERS. I (GROANS) I OH, I'VE BEEN OUT WITH HIM, YEAH, A LOT OF TIMES. (GROANS) OH, I'VE BEEN OUT WITH HIM, YEAH, A LOT OF TIMES. WHAT'S HIS ATTITUDE TO GOING OUT? > SAME AS EVERY OTHER GUY. HE'D GO OUT, HAVE A FEW DRINKS WITH HIS MATES. THE WHOLE MEDIA PAINTED A PICTURE THAT HE'S THIS PREDATOR. WHAT GUY DOESN'T GO OUT TO SURFERS AND TRYAND PICK UPA GIRL OR TWO? HE WAS A SINGLE, YOUNG GUY. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GO OUT. I I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS MYSELF. I PROBABLY THE REASON WHY IAM SITTING HERE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION. I THINK GIRLS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING BY YOURSELF, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO STRANGERS. Lows MUSIC PLAYSI IN LATE JULY, GABLE TOSTEE CAME TO SEE SIMON KING ABOUT BEING BANNED FROM HIS CLUB. I SAID TO HIM, 'MATE, YOUR REPUTATION AROUND TOWN IS UNSAVOURY.' I SAID, 'YOU'VE BEEN BANNED FROM NUMEROUS VENUES, AND WE DO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER VENUES, 'AND THEREFORE YOU WILL BE BANNED FROM MY VENUE TOO.' HE DIDN'T COMPLAIN, DIDN'T PUT UP A FIGHT, WALKED AWAY. I WHAT on: YOU MAKE ol= HIM, snmou? > I I YOU KNOW, HE'S A... l FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, LOOKING AT THE GUY, YOU THINK HE WAS A GOOD-LOOKING BLOKE - PHYSICALLY FIT. BUT HE WAS JUSTAN ODD CHARACTER. WHY DO YOU SAY ODD, SIMON? > JUSTAN ODD CHARACTER. WHY DO YOU SAY ODD, SIMON? > HE WOULDN'T LOOK ME IN THE EYE. WHAT SORT OF VIBE DID YOU GET OFF HIM? > JUST STRANGE. JUST UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING. WELLINGTON WOMAN RRIE WRIGHT HAD NO IDEA WHO GABLE TOSTEE WAS WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN QUEENSLAND, HERE FOR A WEDDING. THEY CONNECTED ON THE DATING APPLICATION TINDER, LIKED THE LOOK OF WHAT THEY SAW AND AGREED TO A DATE. RRIE WRIGHT MET GABLE TOSTEE OUTSIDE THIS SURF SHOP IN THE HEART OF SURFERS PARADISE AT 8.45PM. THEY THEN WENT TO HAVE A QUICK DRINK AT THIS TAVERN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MALL. THE SURFERS PARADISE BEER GARDEN. FROM THERE THEY HEADED WESTA FEW HUNDRED METRES. I DOWN THE MALL TO THIS BOTTLE STORE, I WHERE THEY BOUGHT HALF A DOZEN OF TOOHEY'S EXTRA DRYAND HEADED BACK TO GABLES APARTMENT. I A HIGH-RISE NAMED AVALON. I BY THE TIME THEY REACHED THE APARTMENT, IT WAS 8.58PM. THEY WENT UP TO GABLES PLACE ON THE 14TH FLOOR AND GOTACQUAINTED. I (eneeuzsfl OUR RECREATION IS BASED ON THE TRANSCRIPTION OF A RECORDING MADE BY GABLE TOSTEE CALLED SESSION 24 - NOW VITAL EVIDENCE IN A MURDER TRIAL. THE SEX IS QUITE ROUGH, WITH HITFING AND TYING UP. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HE WAS INTO? > HONESTLY, I DIDN'T COVER TOO MANY TOPICS WITH HIM ABOUT WHAT HE LIKES TO GET UP TO WHEN HE HAS GIRLS OVER. I on: THAT SURPRISE YOU? > I NO, ITHINK TWO DRUNK PEOPLE HAVING SEXUAL ACTS TOGETHER, BEING A BIT ROUGH - I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUT OF THE ORDINARY. YEAH, THATS WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THEY WERE DRINKING, AND THE WHOLE TIME WHILE SHE WAS THERE, THEY WERE APPARENTLY ROUGHING EACH OTHER UP JUST FOR FUN. THERE ARE REFERENCES IN THE TRANSCRIPT TO RRIE STRIKING GABLE. I AM NOT THE SORT OF GUY YOU SHOULD BEAT UP. SHE WAS ATFACKING HIM AS WELL, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY HE WANTED HER TO LEAVE. <i>L</i> YOU GODDAMN PSYCHO LITTLE BITCH. <i>I</i> I AND AT 2.15AM, GABLE TELLS RRIE... l THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT. YOU'RE LUCKY I HAVEN'T CHUCKED YOU OFF MY BALCONY. MAYBE AN UNLUCKY CHOICE OF WORDS, CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED. <i>LNO!I</i> THERE'S A STRUGGLE OVER RRIE'S PHONE. NEIGHBOURS START TO HEAR SCREAMS AS GABLE FORCES RRIE OUT ON TO THE BALCONY. IT WAS JUST A SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT DECISION. MAYBE HE PUT HER OUT THERE JUST WITH THE INTENTION OF LETTING HER BACK IN WHEN SHE'D COOLED DOWN, AND I THINK IT JUST WENT VERY WRONG FOR HIM. PRETTY WRONG FOR HER TOO. > VERY WRONG FOR HIM. PRETTY WRONG FOR HER TOO. > YEAH, EXACTLY, WHICH IS TERRIBLE. IPAN11NGI WITHIN A MATTER OF 30 SECONDS, RRIE WRIGHT HAS FALLEN TO HER DEATH. NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED OUT ON THE BALCONY. IT COULD BE THAT SHE FELL WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO CLIMB ROUND TO THE NEIGHBOURS' APARTMENT. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT GABLE TOSTEE WAS INSIDE WHEN IT HAPPENED. YES, OF COURSE, THIS IS DEVASTATING FOR RRIE'S FAMILY. BUT, DUNCAN, HOW ARE THE COPS GOING TO PROVE THAT IT WAS MURDER IF TOSTEE WAS INSIDE THE APARTMENT WHEN SHE FELL FROM THE BALCONY? YEAH, WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. AND ALSO, WAS HE SUCH A BAD GUY ANYWAY? SO LET'S GO AND MEET ONE OF GABLE TOSTEE'S MANY TINDER HOOK-UPS. THAT'S NEXT. THE CONVERSATIONS, THEY STARTED OFF QUITE, 'HI, HOW ARE YOU?' EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND AS IT WENT ON, IT TURNED INTO, 'SEND ME NUDES. SEND ME PHOTOS.' 'SEND ME NUDE PHOTOS'? 'SEND ME NUDES. SEND ME PHOTOS.' 'sewn ME NUDE PHOTOS'? I (MIAOWS) I I (MIAOWS) I Cats will do anything for the great taste of Temptations. At less than 2 calories, give a little, get a lot. WELCOME BACK. GABLE TOSTEE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER OVER THE DEATH OF RRIE WRIGHT, BUT HIS FRIENDS CLAIM THAT HE'S INNOCENT. THEY DO, BUT 38 SECONDS AFTER SHE FELL FROM THIS BALCONY, HE RANG HIS LAWYER. THEY no, BUT as SECONDS AFTER SHE (PANTS) LAWYER. THEY no, BUT as SECONDS AFTER SHE (PANTS) SIREN WAILS GABLE TOSTEE'S LAWYER DIDN'T ANSWER... I SHIT. <i>I</i> ...AND HE HEADED DOWNSTAIRS, ALLEGEDLYAVOIDING POLICE ARRMNG AT THE SCENE. I CAN IMAGINE THATD BE A VERY STRESSING SITUATION. I HIS FRIEND LACHY. I I THINK HE'D PROBABLY BE IN SHOCK AFTER THAT - REALISING SOMEONE JUMPED OFF OR FELL OFF. YEAH. I THINK DEFINITELY HE WAS IN SHOCK AFTERWARDS. GABLE TOSTEE THEN WENT DOWN TO THE MALL AND ORDERED PIZZA. WHEN HE PHONED HIS DAD - THAT WAS RECORDED TOO - HE TOLD HIM HE'D HAD SEX WITH A GIRL, THEN SHE GOT DRUNK AND AGGRESSIVE, AND 'HE'D FORCED HER OUT ON THE BALCONY'. THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN RECENT EVIDENCE TO SAY HE WASN'T EVEN ON THE BALCONY WHEN SHE FELL, WHICH IN LIGHT OF ALL THE THINGS SAYING HE MURDERED HER AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THE NEWEST EVIDENCE IS HE WASN'T EVEN THERE. RRIE'S YOUNGER SISTER, REZA, FLEW OUT TO SURFERS TO APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. IT IS HARD FOR ME, FACING THE LOSS OF MY SISTER WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST HOURS OF HER LIFE. RRIE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY WORLD AND NOT ONLY WAS MY SISTER, BUT SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND. GABLE TOSTEE REFUSED TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO POLICE WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED. I < YOU'VE CHARGED TOSTEE WITH MURDER? I A 28-YEAR-OLD MALE HAS APPEARED IN RELATION TO ONE CHARGE OF MURDER, YES. I < no YOU THINK THAT ll"I_I_ STICK? I I CERTAINLY CAN'T COMMENT ON WHATS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. < DO YOU THINK THAT IT'LL STICK'? I CERTAINLY CAN'T COMMENT ON WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. DID YOU CONSIDER MANSLAUGHTER? WE CONSIDERED THE EVIDENCE WE HAD AND PREFERRED THE CHARGE WE BELIEVED WAS APPROPRIATE. AND THERE'S A PRECEDENT. IN THE 19808 IN SYDNEY, A WOMAN FELL FROM THIS WINDOW AND DIED WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE HER VIOLENT BOYFRIEND. HE DIDN'T PUSH HER BUT WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER. LET ME JUST PUTA SCENARIO TO YOU. IF SHE WAS IN FEAR FOR SAFETY... > YEAH. LET ME JUST PUTA SCENARIO TO YOU. IF SHE WAS IN FEAR FOR SAFETY... > YEAH. ...AND SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HIM, AND SHE FELL, > HOW DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD BE TREATED? > I THINK IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM SOMEONE CLIMBING A BALCONY, AND YOU FALL, IF YOU'RE THAT TERRIFIED, YEAH, I DO THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING ALTOGETHER I FROM WHAT I THINK HE on). I I THINK THATS DEFINITELY ON THE WORSE END OF THE SPECTRUM. BUT I DON'T THINK HE DID THAT. I DON'T THINK SHE WAS RUNNING IN FEAR FROM HIM. I IEJSIOI RRIE WAS BY NO MEANS THE FIRST WOMAN GABLE TOSTEE MET ON TINDER. THE APPLICATION HAD NETTED HIM PLENTY OF DATES. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TINDER WORKS, IT'S INCREDIBLY SIMPLE. THE APP MAKES A PROFILE FROM YOUR FACEBOOK PAGES, THEN YOU LOOK AT PHOTOS. YOU SWIPE LEFT FOR NO AND RIGHT FOR YES, AND IF SOMEONE LIKES YOUR PHOTO, AND YOU LIKE THEIR PHOTO, THEN YOU CAN MESSAGE EACH OTHER. 19-YEAR-OLD SAMMY SODEN IS ONE OF MANY WOMEN WHO LIKED GABLE TOSTEE ON TINDER. < WHY DID YOU DO THAT? MANY WOMEN WHO LIKED GABLE TOSTEE ON TINDER. < WHY DID YOU DO THAT? HE HAD MUSCLES IN HIS PHOTOS. (LAUGHS) I < You LIKE THAT? I HE JUST HAD... HE WAS ALL RIGHT-LOOKING, AND HIS DESCRIPTION ON HIS LITTLE WRITING THING WAS, 'A NICE GUY LOOKING FORA COUPLE OF FRIENDS AND EVERYTHING.' SO IT WASN'T LIKE ONE OF THE ONES THAT YOU'D SEE THAT WAS, LIKE, 'JUST LOOKING FOR A GIRL TO HAVE A Ll'l'I'LE BIT OF FUN WITH.' YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE- 'JUST LOOKING FOR A GIRL TO HAVE A < WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT WAS LIKE- 'JUST LOOKING FOR A GIRL TO HAVE A < WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? (LAUGHS) CASUAL SEX. AND SAMMY SAYS SHE STARTED TO HAVE SOME DOUBTS. THE CONVERSATIONS, THEY STARTED OFF QUITE, 'HI, HOW ARE YOU?' EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND AS IT WENT ON, IT TURNED INTO, 'SEND ME NUDES., SEND ME PHOTOS.' SEND ME NUDE PHOTOS? AND AS IT WENT ON, IT TURNED INTO, 'SEND ME NUDES., SEND ME PHOTOS.' SEND ME NUDE PHOTOS? YEAH. AND THAT'S WHEN I STOPPED TALKING TO HIM. BUT SHORTLY AFTER, SAMMY WAS TO MEET HIM OUTATA GOLD COAST CLUB. WE WERE IN CLUB LIV, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGER CLUBS IN SURFERS, I AND I WAS AT THE BAR. I I WASN'T DRINKING THAT NIGHT, COS I HAD WORK THE NEXT DAY, SO I WASN'T DRINKING, BUT I WAS STANDING AT THE BAR WITH MY FRIENDS, AND HE CAME UPAND TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER, AND I THOUGHT I'D JUST BUMPED INTO SOMEONE, SO I WAS, LIKE, 'OH, I'M SORRY.' AND I TURNED AROUND, AND HE WAS, LIKE, 'SAMMY, IT'S GABLE FROM TINDER.' AND I WAS, LIKE, 'OH, HI,' LIKE 'FANCY SEEING YOU HERE' KIND OF THING. DID IT FREAK YOU OUT? 'FANCY SEEING YOU HERE' KIND OF THING. DID IT FREAK YOU OUT? OBVIOUSLY, MY EXPERIENCE WITH GABLE WASN'T... TO ME, IT WASN'T LIFE-THREATENING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT HE SHOWED ME A DIFFERENT SIDE OF HIM THAT HE DIDN'T SHOW ME WHEN HE WOULD TALK TO ME ON TINDER. ON TINDER HE SEEMED LIKE A REALLY NICE GUY WHO WAS DOWN TO EARTH AND JUST LIKED TO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS, BUT WHEN I MET HIM IN PERSON, HE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT YOU DON'T REALLY WANNA TALK TO OUT IN SURFERS, COS THEY STINK OF ALCOHOL, AND THEY FOLLOW YOU AROUND, AND THEY JUST KEEP GRABBING YOU. WOMAN: A CURRENT AFFAIR HAS UNCOVERED NUMEROUS... AND THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE ABOUT GABLE TOSTEE'S ATFITUDES TO WOMEN. ON A BODY-BUILDING FORUM, HE DESCRIBED A PREVIOUS TINDER ENCOUNTER. AND THIS WAS GABLE TOSTEE'S FIRST TINDER MESSAGE TO STEPHANIE ANGUS. ROSES ARE RED. VIOLETS ARE BLUE. I HAVE A GUN. GET IN MY VAN. AND ITHOUGHT, LOOKING BACK, IT WAS QUITE CREEPY. WHAT DOES PSYCHOLOGY LECTURER PANI FARVID MAKE OF GABLE TOSTEE'S ONLINE CLAIMS I To HAVE SLEPT wm-a 15o WOMEN? I AT THE MOMENT, THE SORT OF 'WINNING' STYLE OF MASCULINITY IS MACHO, PHYSICALLY STRONG, STILL DOMINANT, AGGRESSIVE AND SEXUALLY SUCCESSFUL SO SEXUALLY DESIRABLE TO WOMEN, HOT AND ABLE TO GET ANY WOMAN THAT HE WANTS. SO THAT'S WHY HE'S DOING THAT. YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT POP MUSIC OR RAP MUSIC. YOU SEE THAT THERE'S ONE CENTRAL FIGURE. HE'S GOT THE STATUS. HE'S GOT THE POWER. HE'S GOT THE MONEY. HE'S FULLY CLOTHED, AND HE'S OFTEN SURROUNDED BY ALL THESE VERY ATTRACTIVE VERY SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN WHO WANT HIM AND WANT EVERY BIT OF HIM. AND THAT'S THE SORT OF THING THAT HE'S RESPONDING TO. HE'S SAYING, 'I'M A SUCCESSFUL MAN. I'M THE MAN. I'M COOL. I'M DOING MASCULINITY WELL BECAUSE I CAN GET THIS MANY CHICKS.' THE WAY THEY POINTED IT OUT IS LIKE HE WAS ON TINDER, AND HE WAS A SEXUAL PREDATOR AND ALL THIS, BUT HALF THE PEOPLE ON THE GOLD COAST GOING OUT TO NIGHTCLUBS ARE ON TINDER AS WELL. I ARE YOU ON n? I NO, NOT MYSELF. BUT I KNOWA LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, ESPECIALLY ON THE GOLD COAST. IT'S PRETTY POPULAR. WHY ESPECIALLY ON THE GOLD COAST? > OF PEOPLE ARE, ESPECIALLY ON THE GOLD COAST. IT'S PRETTY POPULAR. WHY ESPECIALLY ON THE GOLD COAST? > THE GOLD COAST JUST HAS A REPUTATION FOR THAT SORT OF STUFF. I WHAT no YOU MEAN BY THAT? > I SINGLE PEOPLE GOING OUT AT SURFERS. THE WHOLE GIRLS BEING SLUTFY - THAT SORT OF THING. DO YOU THINK THAT'S FAIR? DO YOU THINK GIRLS ARE SLUTTY ON THE GOLD CAST? I ITHINK THEY DRESS DIFFERENTLY. I I WOULD SAY THERE'D BE QUITE A FEW GUYS THAT'D BE IN IT FOR CASUAL SEX, BUT THEN THERE'S PROBABLY THE GUYS OUT THERE THAT ARE ALSO JUST LOOKING FORA COUPLE OF FRIENDS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THERE IS, I'D SAY, A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT GIRLS WOULD DO ON TINDER AND WHAT GUYS DO ON TINDER. I < I WANNAASK YOU ABOUT TINDER. I < I WANNAASK YOU ABOUT TINDER. LAUGHTER NO, DON'T ASK ME ABOUT THAT. < I WANNAASK YOU ABOUT TINDER. LAUGHTER NO, DON'T ASK ME ABOUT THAT. < WHY NOT? CERTAINLY, IT SEEMS WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY THAN MEN TO ADMIT THEY'RE USING THE APP. I GOT MILLIONS OF FRIENDS ON TINDER. LIKELY THAN MEN TO ADMIT THEY'RE USING THE APP. I GOT MILLIONS OF FRIENDS ON TINDER. LIKELY THAN MEN TO ADMIT THEY'RE UM, TO HOOK UP. I < no YOU USE n? I HE < no YOU USE n? NO. < OK. WHAT ABOUT YOU? < DO YOU USE IT? NO. < OK. WHAT ABOUT YOU? I DON'T EITHER. YOU JUSTASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT, AND YOU GET IT, PRETTY MUCH. I THINK IT'S UNSOCIAL. YOU SHOULD GO OUTAND MEET PEOPLE. EASY TO CHAT TO CHICKS, HAVE A BIT OF FUN. YEAH. > EASY TO CHAT TO CHICKS, HAVE A BIT OF FUN. YEAH. <i>></i> IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GAME VVHERE YOU FLICK THROUGH, I AND THEN YOU PICK THE ONES YOU LIKE. I IT'S PRETTY SHALLOW PICKING SOMEONE BASED ON WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. THATS DEEP. AND HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED ON TINDER FOR YOU? > HAD A COUPLE OF ROOTS. AND HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED ON TINDER FOR YOU? > HAD A COUPLE OF ROOTS. YEP? > ON TINDER FOR YOU? > IT'S MUCH MORE SOCIALLYACCEPTABLE FOR MAN TO SAY HE'S LOOKING FOR SEX IN ANY CONTEXT. THE WOMEN IN THAT SITUATION, IF THEY GO, 'OH, I'M JUST HERE LOOKING FOR CASUAL SEX,' EVEN IF MIGHT BE THE CASE, THEY'RE AT RISK OF BEING IDENTIFIED AS A SLUT OR TOO SEXUALLY BRAZEN OR TOO SEXUALLY FORWARD. IT'S MUCH SAFER IN TERMS OF IDENTITY MANAGEMENT OR IDENTITY REPRESENTATION TO SAY, 'OH NO, I'M JUST HAVING A BIT OF FUN.' IN THIS LAID-BACK TOURIST MECCA, THE TOSTEE CASE HAS CAUSED SOMETHING OF A MORAL PANIC AROUND TINDER. WE DON'T HAVE RESEARCH AROUND THIS STUFF. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S INCREASING CASUAL SEX. BUT IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT IT'S ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO CONNECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING SEX. THERE IS THIS ACCELERATION OF INTIMACY THAT YOU CAN SEE HAPPENING. BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD THIS ONLINE OR MOBILE PHONE INTERACTION, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW THE PERSON MORE THAN IF YOU'VE JUST MET THEM THAT NIGHT AT A BAR. DO YOU THINK TINDER MAKES DATING MORE DANGEROUS FOR WOMEN? TINDER ALLOWS ALREADY EXISTING DANGERS OUT THERE TO MANIFEST IN SPECIFIC WAYS. AND MAYBE ITACCELERATES SOME RISK. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THE CAUSE OF THAT RISK. BUT SAMMY'S NOT PREPARED TO RISK ITANY MORE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT GONNA USE ANY MORE, BECAUSE I REALLY AM TOO SCARED TO ACTUALLY MEET ANYONE OFF IT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY REALLYARE BEHIND THE ACCOUNT. AND WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO GABLE TOSTEE IS OR WAS THAT NIGHT UNTIL HIS MURDER TRIAL, WHICH COULD BE TWO YEARS AWAY - A LONG WAIT FOR RRIE'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY. IT'S ATRAGEDY. I'D BE DEVASTATED IF IT HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER. I'D WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AS WELL. AND AGAIN, BEST OF LUCK TO THEM, BUT WE ARE GABLES FRIENDS, AND WE WILL STAND BY HIM UNTIL HE IS PROVEN INNOCENT. I AND YOU ARE SURE HE WILL BE? > I I WELL, I HOPE THAT HE wll.l. BE, YES. I THIS IS EVERY PARENTS WORST NIGHTMARE, ISN'T IT? AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHETHER OR NOT DATING APPS LIKE TINDER COULD BE DOING MORE FOR ONLINE SECURITY. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, DUNCAN. SOME INTERNET DATING SITES ARE DOING MORE. WE KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE THAT OFFERS SECURITY CHECKS, SO IT'LL DO A SEARCH ON YOUR POTENTIAL DATE AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING DODGY IN THEIR BACKGROUND. AND IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO SCAN THEIR FACE ONLINE - I THINK THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING - SO YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EXACTLY WHO THEY SAY THEIR ARE. YEAH. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT RULES THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW NOW I m TERMS OF GETTING THIS RIGHT. I ANYWAY, COMING UP NEXT- SARAH WALKER, ONE OF OUR BIG HOPES AT THE NEXT OLYMPICS. <i>L</i> BUT WHAT ARE l-lER CHANCES AFTER THIS? <i>I</i> MAN: SARAH WALKER. SO THAT'S MAINLY WHY- BUT WHAT ARE HER CHANCES AFTER THIS? MAN: SARAH WALKER. SO THAT'S MAINLY WHY- WOMANI OW. BUT WHAT ARE HER CHANCES AFTER THIS? When you find the home you want, make it yours with ANZ Buy Ready. You'll get our great rate, plus up to $2000 cash on new lending. <i>L</i> Talk to us today. I I WELCOME BACK To 3RD DEGREE. I NOW, YOU'LL KNOW SARAH WALKER. SHE'S THE POSTER GIRL OF BMX BIKE RIDING IIIIIE AT THE LAST OLYMPICS, SHE GOTA SILVER MEDAL, AND NEXT TIME AROUND IN RIO, SHE WANTS TO GO ONE BETTER AND GET GOLD. BUT SHE'S HAD A MASSIVE SETBACK, AND YOU'VE CAUGHT UP WITH HER, HAVEN'T YOU? YEAH, SHE HAS, DUNCAN. SHE WAS IN CALIFORNIA. SHE HAD WHAT ONLY CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A HORROR CRASH, AND IT REALLY HAS CALLED INTO QUESTION WHETHER SHE'S GOING TO MAKE IT TO RIO. NOW, SARAH WAS WEARING A CAMERA ON HER HELMET. SHE'S GIVEN US THIS EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE. AND A BIT OF A WARNING - IT'S NOT AN EASY WATCH. THIS IS WHERE SARAH WALKER'S CAMPAIGN FOR OLYMPIC GOLD I CAME CRASHING DOWN AROUND HER. I AWORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE IN SAN DIEGO JUST TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. THAT MORNING, SARAH MADE HER WAY ALONE TO THE STARTING GATE. IT'S HER HABIT TO ALWAYS GET THERE FIRST TO PREPARE. COMMENTATORZ WE'RE GOING TO GET READY FOR THE START OF THE ELITE WOMEN. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE SARAH WALKER'S LINED UPAT THE GATE. SHE'S READY TO GO. IT IS HEAT ONE - HER FIRST RACE OF THE DAY- AND SHE'S UP AGAINST SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP BMX TALENT. DEFINITELYA Ll'l'I'LE BIT MORE OF THE WHO'S WHO OF BMX IS HERE ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE OF THINGS. THAT RIGHT THERE COULD BE A SEMI-FINAL IN MOST OF THESE EVENTS. AFTERATOUGH YEAR, SARAH NEEDS THE POINTS FROM THIS EVENT FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION. I SHE'S TRAINED LONG AND HARD. I III~I6I AND IT PAYS OFF. SHE'S IN THE LEAD FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. SARAH WALKER AND LAUREN REYNOLDS BATFLING IT OUT, WITH KIRSTEN DELLAR FROM AUSTRALIA IN THAT THIRD-PLACE SPOT. DEFINITELY TWO OF THE FASTEST GIRLS IN BMX ALL TOGETHER OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IN FIRST AND SECOND PLACE. SARAH'S ONE OF THE MOST SKILFUL BMX RIDERS IN THE WORLD. SHE DOESN'T MAKE MISTAKES, WHICH MAKES WHAT HAPPENS NEXT INCOMPREHENSIBLE. LEADING THE FIELD, THE RACE WAS HERS. I AND THEN THIS. I I (GROANS) I I (WAILS) I <i>I</i> SARAH OONTIIIJES WAILING I I MAN: CAN YOU HEAR ME? I I WHEN I CRASH AND HIT THE GROUND, I AND YOU CAN HEAR THAT I'M IN A BIT OF PAIN, THAT WAS BIT GUT-WRENCHING I GUESS. I DON'T LIKE HEARING ANYONE IN PAIN, AND KNOWING THAT THAT'S ME IN PAIN, THAT WASN'T VERY NICE. SARAH SUFFERED A MASSIVE CONCUSSION - HER WORST TO DATE. SHE BADLY WRENCHED HER KNEE AND BROKE ATOTAL OF SIX BONES IN HER ARMS. THE RACE ITSELF HAS BEEN COMPLETELY WIPED FROM HER MEMORY. SHE CERTAINLY CAN'T REMEMBER WHY SHE CRASHED ON A PART OF THE TRACK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STRAIGHTFORWARD, EVEN EASY, FORA RIDER OF HER EXPERIENCE AND SKILL. YOU'RE RENOWNED FOR NEVER GETTING IT WRONG, < FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLY COMPETENT AND TECHNICAL RIDER. < SO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED? WHAT WENT WRONG? I'M STILL TRYING TO WORK IT OUT, I GUESS, BECAUSE I OBVIOUSLY DON'T REMEMBER IT. BUT WATCHING THE VIDEO, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE TINY LITTLE LAPSES OF JUDGEMENT THAT ON ANY OTHER TRACK, I THINK WOULD BE WAY MORE FORGMNG. YOU'D MAKE ATINY Ll'l'I'LE MISTAKE. THE DIRT WOULD BE A BIT SOFTER. I DON'T KNOW. THE TRACK WAS EXTREMELY HARD. IT WAS LIKE CONCRETE, SO MY LITTLE MISTAKE ENDED UP BEING A BIG MISTAKE. IT'S NOT EVEN SOMETHING I CAN LOOK BACK ON AND SAY, 'OK. I LEARNT THAT FOR NEXT TIME. I WON'T MAKE THAT SAME MISTAKE.' IT WAS JUSTA LAPSE OF JUDGEMENT. 'OK. I LEARNT THAT FOR NEXT TIME. WAILSZ I CAN GET UP. IT WAS JUSTA LAPSE OF JUDGEMENT. 'OK. I LEARNT THAT FOR NEXT TIME. WAILSZ I CAN GET UP. MAN: YOU CAN GET UP OK? THAT TINY LAPSE OF JUDGEMENT HAS MASSIVE REPERCUSSIONS FOR HER ROAD TO THE RIO OLYMPICS. I WHERE noes n' HURT NOW? I I BOTH MY WRISTS. I I OK. ALL RIGHT. I SHE'S PRETTY BEATEN UP, IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY. WHEN YOU HIT THE GROUND AT 5O KAN HOUR, AND IT'S HARD GROUND OVER THERE IN SAN DIEGO, ESPECIALLY ON THE SECTION SHE WAS ON. BIKE NZ'S MARK HOLLANDS WAS RIGHT THERE BY THE TRACK AND RAN TO SARAH'S SIDE WHEN SHE CAME OFF. I YOU ALL RIGHT? I I (PANTS) I I OH, MY KNEES. I OH, MY KNEES. KNEES? OH, MY KNEES. KNEES? HOWS YOUR ARMS? OH, MY KNEES. KNEES? HOW'S YOUR ARMS? HER WRISTS. SHE'S SAYING HER WRISTS. BY THE TIME I GOT TO HER, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THAT WAS THE END OF HER DAY. SHE WAS DAZED. SHE MANAGED TO GET UPAND WALK OFF THE TRACK... IBIT DIZZY. I ...UNLIKE ANOTHER CANADIAN RIDER WHO ACTUALLY HAD TO BE HELICOPTERED OUT. SHE HAD A LACERATED LIVER. SO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CRASHES IN THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE TRACK. BUT SARAH GOT UP, AND WE GOT HER TO THE MEDICAL AREA AND LOOKED AT HER INJURIES, AND THEN WE AMBULANCED HER STRAIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL. SARAH NEEDED IMMEDIATE SURGERY TO FIX HER SMASHED RIGHT ELBOW AND WRIST I AND MADE THE CALL TO RETURN TO NZ. I IT MEANTA LONG FLIGHT HOME ON HEAVY PAINKILLERS, BUT MUM WAS THERE TO MEET HER. HELLO, DARLING. LET ME GIVE YOU A HUG. MWAH. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. MEET HER. HELLO, DARLING. LET ME GIVE YOU A HUG. MWAH. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO. I JUST KNEW THAT COMING HOME TO NZ TO GET SURGERY, I KNEW THAT I WOULD GET THE BEST OF THE BEST CARE IN NZ. I WOULD GET A SURGEON THAT UNDERSTOOD WHAT I ACTUALLY DO, RATHER SOMETHING WHO- I DUNNO. I KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE A BETTER RECOVERY AND PEOPLE WHO CARED. I THIS'LL BE TRICKY. I THIS IS WHY WE DIDN'T BRING YOUR UTE. MUM SUE TOOK HER DIRECTLY TO HOSPITAL IN AUCKLAND. AND THERE THE REALITY OF HER INJURIES BECAME APPARENT. THE DAMAGE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO PERMANENTLY CRIPPLE HER. WHAT WERE YOU CONFRONTED WITH WHEN YOU TALKED TO THE SURGEON? WELL, THE SURGEON SAID THATI NEEDED AN OPERATION ON MY ELBOWAND MY WRIST. IT DIDN'T WORRY ME THAT MUCH ABOUT GETTING PLATES AND SCREWS TO HEAL THE BONES, BUT WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE BREAK UP BY MY ELBOW, IT WAS RIGHT NEAR ONE OF THE MAIN NERVES DOWN TO MY HAND, AND IF THAT WENT WRONG, BASICALLY I WOULD HAVE A LIMP WRIST, AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MOVE IT LIKE A NORMAL PERSON, ESSENTIALLY, EVER. THEN IT KIND OF... THAT WAS A BIT HARD TO HEAR, BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS MY CAREER AS A BMX RIDER; ITAFFECTS THE REST OF MY LIFE, SO THAT WAS A BIT OF A SHOCK, I GUESS, TO HEAR THAT PART. I HOW on: YOU REACT To THAT NEWS? I I I ALMOST CRIED, I BECAUSE IT ALL SET IN THAT IT COULD BE A LIFE-CHANGING OPERATION, NOT JUST A CAREER-ENDING ONE. IT'S, LIKE, LITERALLY WOULD CHANGE THE REST OF MY LIFE. YEAH, DUNCAN, SO, THAT RIGHT HAND IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR SARAH, BUT SHE TOLD US THERE'S AN EVEN BIGGER SHADOW HANGING OVER HER CAREER. THAT'S NEXT. WELCOME BACK. SO, CAN SARAH WALKER WIN NZ GOLD? REMEMBER, SHE WAS A HOT FAVOURITE IN BEIJUNG. AND SHE GOT FOURTH, AND THEN, OF COURSE, LAST TIME IT WAS SILVER. SILVER IN LONDON, AND THAT WAS WITH ASHOULDER INJURY, SO CAN SHE GO ONE BETTER? <i>L</i> CAN SHE GET GOLD AT RIO <i>m</i> 201 s? <i>I</i> WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A HARD ASK AFTER WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED TO HER. SARAH WALKER'S CRASH IN SAN DIEGO LAST MONTH SAW HER RETURN HOME NURSING A DIZZYING NUMBER OF BREAKS I AND FRACTURES m BOTH HER ARMS. I III~I6I A COMPACTION FRACTURE, A DISPLACED FRACTURE, A CARPAL BONE FRACTURE, I A SPIRAL FRACTURE, I A TRIQUETRAL AND A PISIFORM FRACTURE. SIX FRACTURES ON BOTH SIDES OF HER BODY, REALLY. AND THEN THE KNEE AND THE CONCUSSION? > AND THEN THE KNEE AND THE CONCUSSION. CORRECT. AWAITING SURGERY TO REPAIR HER SMASHED ELBOW, SARAH WAS TOLD THERE WAS THE RISKA NEARBY NERVE COULD BE DAMAGED, LEAVING HER PERMANENTLY DISABLED. BUT THE SURGERY WAS UNAVOIDABLE. THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO WAS THAT I COULDN'T MOVE MY RIGHT HAND PROPERLY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. BUT THE SURGEON WAS REALLY CONFIDENT AND REALLY REASSURING, AND IT GAVE ME CONFIDENCE GOING IN THERE THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO GO SERIOUSLY WRONG FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WHEN I WOKE UP WAS SEE IF I COULD STILL MOVE MY HAND PROPERLY AND STILL FEEL WHAT I WAS MEANT TO BE FEELING. < AND YOU CAN? AND STILL FEEL WHAT I WAS MEANT TO BE FEELING. < AND YOU CAN? YEP. MEANT TO BE FEELING. <i>L</i> YEP. rr WORKS. <i>I</i> I THE SURGERY WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS. I THE NERVE WAS UNDAMAGED, AND SARAH'S SHATFERED ELBOW AND BROKEN WRIST ARE NOW HELD TOGETHER WITH PLATES AND PINS. AND, AFTER A WEEK IN HOSPITAL, SHE'S ABLE TO COME HOME TO CAMBRIDGE AND BOYFRIEND, FINN HOWARD. YOU ALL RIGHT? SHE'S ABLE TO COME HOME TO CAMBRIDGE AND BOYFRIEND, FINN HOWARD. YOU ALL RIGHT? SHE'S ABLE TO COME HOME TO CAMBRIDGE HOW YOU DOING? I'M GOOD. SHE'S ABLE TO COME HOME TO CAMBRIDGE HOW YOU DOING? I'M GOOD. THATS GOOD. WELCOME HOME, WELCOME HOME. GET INSIDE QUICKLY. I I'M MOVING. I'M MOVING. I I COME on, GIVE us A HUG. I WHILE SARAH'S BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS, FINN'S BEEN HELPING PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON HER NEWLY BUILT Hi SHE'S BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOME INTERIOR DECORATING... DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE YOUR SUNNIES? DOING SOME INTERIOR DECORATING... DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE YOUR SUNNIES? YES, PLEASE. ...BUT RIGHT NOW, SHE CAN BARELY DO THE SMALLEST THINGS FOR HERSELF. < WHATARE YOUR PAIN LEVELS LIKE AT THE MOMENT? ...BUT RIGHT NOW, SHE CAN BARELY DO THE SMALLEST THINGS FOR HERSELF. I DEFINITELY CAN FEEL WHERE I'VE HAD THE SURGERY ON MY ARM, WHICH, I GUESS IS KIND OF TAKING AWAY FROM THIS ARM AND MY KNEE. < HOWARE YOU GOING TO MANAGE AT HOME? I DON'T KNOW. lT'LL BE A BIT HARDER. I DON'T HAVE A BUTTON TO PRESS. I MIGHT HAVE TO GETA BELL OR semen-nus. (LAUGHS) BUT, UM, I DUNNO. ITHINK IT'S JUST NICE TO COME HOME AND SLEEP IN MY OWN BED AND KIND OF RELAXA LITTLE BIT MORE, JUST KNOWING YOU'VE GOT YOUR HOME COMFORTS. I ONE OF THOSE HOME COMFORTS IS FINN. I I CAN'T GRAB IT. LIKE, I CAN'T HOLD ITAND TIP. (CHUCKLES) WITH BOTH SARAH'S ARMS OUT OF ACTION, HE'S PROVING QUITE USEFUL. BUTAS IT TURNS OUT, SARAH'S NOT TOTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR LONG. HER MEDICAL TEAM WANT THE CASTS OFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - FIVE DAYS AFTER SURGERY, IN FACT - TO GET HER REHAB UNDERWAY. DO YOU JUST WANT TO PULL YOURARM? TO GET HER REHAB UNDERWAY. DO YOU JUST WANT TO PULL YOURARM? HERE. DO IT SLOWLY. EVERY DAY, FINN HAS TO HELP SARAH REMOVE THE DRESSINGS AND EXERCISE HER WRIST AND ARM. THE TINY STRETCHES ARE EXCRUCIATING BUT VITAL TO ENSURE HER ELBOW DOESN'T FREEZE UP PERMANENTLY. I MOVE IT AS FAR AS YOU CAN. I I THUMB UP. I BUT NO AMOUNT OF EXERCISE CAN FIX HER MOST WORRYING INJURY. SARAH STILL DOESN'T KNOW HOW SERIOUS HER CONCUSSION IS, AND THE REALITY OF THAT IS ONLY NOW STARTING TO SINK IN. IT'S DEFINITELY THE WORST CONCUSSION THAT I'VE HAD. THE PREVIOUS CONCUSSIONS I'VE HAD BESIDES THIS ONE, IT'S SORT OF BEEN A FEW HOURS AND, THEN I'M OK FOR THE REST OF THE TIME. WHERE THIS ONE'S BEEN, I THINK, SEVEN HOURS OF REPEATING MYSELF, AND THE NEXT DAY, I STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YEAR IT WAS. AND THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT, I STILL KEPT FORGETTING THINGS, SO IT'S TAKEN A LOT LONGER THIS TIME. AT THE MOMENT SHE CAN'T READ OR WATCH TELEVISION. HER BRAIN SIMPLY CAN'T COPE WITH THE STIMULATION. III~I6I EVEN THE FOOTAGE OF HER CRASH IS TOO HARD TO WATCH. AND SHE SAYS THE NEXT CONCUSSION COULD END HER BMX CAREER. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT IF IT DOES AGAIN, THEN I MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS OF WHAT TO ACTUALLY DO. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOUR BRAIN'S IMPORTANT, AND THERE'S A LIFE AFTER BMX WHICH I NEED MY BRAIN FOR. I HAVEN'T BEEN AS WORRIED ABOUT IT BEFORE THIS ONE... I (GROANS, WAILS) I ...SO THE NEXT ONE, IF IT'S SIMILAR TO THIS, I WILL HAVE A SERIOUS SIT-DOWN AND RETHINK I WHAT THE PLAN ls. I THE PLAN NOW IS TO GET BACK ON A BIKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GET THOSE QUALIFYING POINTS FOR THE RIO OLYMPICS. COACH RYAN HOLLOWS HAS BEEN TRAINING SARAH SINCE BEFORE THE BEIJING OLYMPICS WHERE SHE PLACED FOURTH AND KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR ANY ATHLETE AFTER AN INJURY LIKE THAT IS QUITE OFTEN THE MIND, IS GETTING BACK ON THAT BIKE WITH CONFIDENCE, GETTING GOING AGAIN, KNOWING YOU'VE DONE THE REHAB, KNOWING YOUR BODY'S STRONG, AND IT MAY BE TWO MONTHS BEFORE SHE'S BACK ON THE ACTUAL BIKE, SO THAT'S A BIT OF A MENTAL CHALLENGE THERE. WHAT IF SHE HAS ANOTHER ACCIDENT IN 2015? YEAH, THAT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE. WE'LL DEAL WITH IT AT THE TIME. WE CAN'T PLAN FOR THAT. WE CAN'T FORESEE IT, SO WE'VE GOT TO BE FULL STEAM AHEAD, HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE, I BE VERY OPTIMISTIC. I AND IF THAT WAS TO HAPPEN, THEN WE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, WE SEE HOW SHE GETS ON, AND WE RE-PLAN. I WE JUST KEEP CHIPPING AWAY. I SARAH, THROUGH HER CAREER, HAS CRASHED QUITE A LOT, AND MY HAT GOES OFF TO HER TO GET HERSELF BACK UP AND RACE DOWN THAT RAMPAT 6O KAN HOUR I WITH PEOPLE BESIDE YOU. I IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE. WITH PEOPLE BESIDE YOU. IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE. NEXT YEAR IS CRUCIAL, AND IF SHE CRASHES AGAIN? > I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE CRASHING OUT OF IT. I MEAN, WHAT WE SAY TO THOSE BMX ATHLETES BEFORE THEY RIDE IS, 'DON'T CRASH.' BUT IT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE, AS YOU'VE SEEN. IN THIS SPORT, CRASHING IS INEVITABLE - I A REALITY SARAH KNOWS ALL TOO WELL. I JUST MONTHS BEFORE HER SILVER-MEDAL PERFORMANCE IN LONDON, SHE DISLOCATED HER SHOULDER. SHE'S SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM AND WRIST BEFORE, AND, OF COURSE, THE FIVE PREVIOUS CONCUSSIONS. EVERY TIME I'VE RIDDEN MY BIKE IN THE LAST 16 YEARS, PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT AS MUCH WHEN I WAS 1O YEARS OLD. You JUMP ON YOUR BIKE, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD CRASH THAT DAY. < BUT THIS TIME A CRASH MIGHT MEAN THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPETE AT THE RIO OLYMPICS. YEAH, BUT IF I THOUGHT ANY CRASH I HAVE MIGHT MEAN I CAN'T COMPETE, THEN WHAT DO I DO? I WRAP MYSELF UP IN BUBBLE WRAP, OR I PUT MY BIKE AWAYAND HANG IT UP FOR GOOD, OR... I DUNNO. I ENJOY IT WAY TOO MUCH TO JUST GIVE UP. I JUST WANT TO KEEP RIDING MY BIKE, AND IF IT MEANS I'M INJURED AGAIN, THEN THAT'S OK. I GET TO RIDE MY BIKE EVERY DAY FOR A LMNG, AND I NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS DREAMT THAT I COULD DO THAT. IT'S THATATFITUDE THAT'S WON HER WORLD TITLES AND AN OLYMPIC MEDAL AND WAS EXPECTED TO CARRY HER TO HER ULTIMATE DREAM OF WINNING OLYMPIC GOLD. BUT HERE'S SARAH'S SECRET. THAT STEELY RESOLVE WAS WANING. 'SHE TOLD US THAT BEFORE SHE WENT INTO THE RACE IN SAN DIEGO SHE WAS HAVING MAJOR DOUBTS 'WHETHER SHE COULD EVER REACH HER GOAL.' I QUESTIONED WHETHER I WAS PAST MY BEST, WHETHER I'D ACTUALLY- I WAS AS GOOD AS I WAS EVER GOING TO GET, AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS JUST GOING TO KEEP IMPROVING, AND I'M JUSTAT WHERE I'M AT, AND THATS JUST IT. I'VE GOTTEN AS FAST AS I CAN GO, AND YEAH, WILL IT BE-? AM I GOING TO GET ANYWHERE IN THE FUTURE? WERE YOU IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU PERHAPS WERE THINKING ABOUT GMNG I WAS IN A POSITION WHERE I WAS EXTREMELY- I WAS DEFINITELY DOUBTING MY ABILITY. BUT, IRONICALLY, IT WAS THE ILL-FATED RACE IN CALIFORNIA THAT CONVINCED HER SHE COULD STILL TAKE ON -AND BEAT - THE BEST. I REALLY NEEDED THAT RACE. EVEN THOUGH I CRASHED, I NEEDED THAT START, IN PARTICULAR, TO RE-BOOST MY CONFIDENCE GOING INTO OUR SUMMER, GOING INTO OUR OFF-SEASON I AND GETTING READY FOR NEXT SEASON. I < IT'S IRONIC, ISN'T IT, THAT THE RACE THAT'S CONVINCED YOU TO KEEP DOING THIS, THAT YOU CAN DO IT, IS THE RACE YOU CRASHED SO BADLY IN. DOING THIS, THAT YOU CAN DO IT, IS THE RACE YOU CRASHED SO BADLY IN. IT'S BMX, I GUESS, IN AWAY. IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SPORT - THAT IT CAN GO SO WELL TO SO WRONG, SO BAD, <i>I m</i> THE SPACE ol= A as-secouo LAP. <i>I</i> WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? HAS IT CHANGED, OR IS IT STILL THE SAME? IT'S STILL THE SAME. STILL THE SAME GOAL, AND THAT'S TO BE THE FASTEST GIRL ON A BMX BIKE IN RIO 2016. OK, WELL, HER GOAL HAS NOT CHANGED, AND SARAH'S TEAM AT BIKE NZ ARE BUSY RE-PLANNING HER SCHEDULE FOR 2015 TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THOSE QUALIFYING POINTS SO SHE CAN GET TO THE RIO OLYMPICS. SHE SAYS, DUNCAN, THAT SHE CAN DO IT SO LONG AS SHE STAYS HEALTHY. SO SHE CAN GET TO THE RIO OLYMPICS. SO, HOW OLD IS SHE? SO LONG AS SHE STAYS HEALTHY. SO SHE CAN GET TO THE RIO OLYMPICS. SO, HOW OLD IS SHE? SARAH IS 26. IN TERMS OF THE OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS IN HER SPORT IN THE PAST, HOW OLD HAVE THEY BEEN? WELL, I BELIEVE THAT THE WINNER IN BEIJING WAS EVEN IN HER 30S. SO, SHE'LL BE 28 AT RIO, AND THEN TOKYO AFTER THAT. SHE COULD GO ANOTHER ONE AS LONG AS SHE STAYS HEALTHY AND MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE ANOTHER CRASH LIKE THIS. I RIGHT, WE'RE BACK AFTER THE BREAK. I WELCOME BACK. SO, THAT'S JUST ABOUT US FOR THIS WEEK, BUT BEFORE WE GO, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS, DUNCAN. IT'S ABOUT SARAH WALKER'S MOST LOYALAND HARD-WORKING SUPPORTER. IS THAT THE BLOKE? HER BOYFRIEND WHO IS RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE FOR HER? HE'S GOOD, ISN'T HE? HE IS VERY GOOD. IS RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE FOR HER? BUT, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT HER MUM, SUE. SHE'S BEEN DRMNG SARAH EVERYWHERE. BUT HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE FILMING, AND, I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S PRETTY CUTE. IT'S SARAH PAYING HER MUM BACK FOR ALL THAT SUPPORT AND ALL THAT DRMNG. SO, WE'RE HERE AT TOYOTA NORTH SHORE, ABOUT TO GIVE MY MUM A BRAND-NEW CAR. I'M REALLY EXCITED. HER LAST ONE JUST BROKE DOWN A COUPLE ol= WEEKS AND SHE'S BEEN STRESSED ABOUT LOOKING AFTER ME. SARAH AND THE SALESMAN HAVE SUE CONVINCED THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO SHOW HER SECOND-HAND VEHICLES, BUT SARAH AND HER DAD HAVE BEEN PLOTTING TO SURPRISE HER WITH THE VERY LATEST MODEL. THE DISTRACTION IS WORKING PERFECTLY. I HELLO. (emaeuzs) I I SUE: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! I WELL, I DECIDED I'D GETATHANK-YOU PRESENT FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU DO FOR ME. I (LAUGHS) I I A SURPRISE. I IT IS A SURPRISE, AND LAURA'S GOT THE GO-PRO GOING! A SURPRISE. IT IS A SURPRISE, AND LAURA'S GOT THE GO-PRO GOING! SHE DOES HAVE THE GO-PRO GOING. COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR NEW CAR. SHE DOES HAVE THE GO-PRO GOING. COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR NEW CAR. OH SARAH, NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS! COME AND HAVE A LOOK TOO LATE. IALREADY HAVE. OH SARAH, NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS! COME AND HAVE A LOOK TOO LATE. I ALREADY HAVE. YOU CAN'T DO THIS! So SUE, WHO CALLS HERSELF SARAH'S PERSONAL DRIVER, NOW HAS A BRAND-NEW <i>I</i> YEAH. NOW, THAT us A GOOD DAUGHTER. <i>I</i> ISN'T THAT SWEET! YEAH. NOW, THAT IS A GOOD DAUGHTER. ISN'T THAT SWEET! THAT'S A GOOD DAUGHTER LOOKING AFTER MUM. I LIKE THAT. IT'S SO HEART-WARMING. LOVELY TO SEE. AND THAT IS ALL FROM US AT 3RD DEGREE THIS WEEK. WE WILL BE BACK NEXT WEDNESDAY. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.