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Bradley “Brad” Smith (born 1 July 1987) is an Australian entrepreneur, speaker, champion Superlite MX motocross rider and advocate for safe motocross riding practices. Smith is best known for establishing the motocross brand “braaap” and the recipient of several achievement awards including 2010 Young Australian of the Year for Tasmania, Australian Young Entrepreneur of the year and International Young Entrepreneur of the year runner up. In 2008 Smith launched the first braaap store, a retail outlet intended to be “the motocross equivalent of a surf shop”.〔 braaap has since expanded to four retail outlets across Tasmania and Victoria, with a franchise model to enable further expansion throughout Australia, and the rest of the world.〔 〕 In 2010 braaap signed a deal with NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose to launch into the United States in 2011. Braaap is the 3 time Australian Specialised retail business of the year. == Personal life == Smith was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia to parents from a middleclass background who grew up in a government housing commission residences. Smith acknowledges he was neither the most popular or academically successful student at school and attributes much of his success to his parents who encouraged him to think big and believe in himself.〔 His parents purchased his first motorcycle when he was four years old, fuelling his passion for motocross.〔 Smith has channelled this passion into the braaap club and community group, initiatives which assist young people to discover their own interest in affordable adrenalin sports. He states his life mission is to “educate people on how to get their adrenaline rush from action sport or their passion rather than from drugs, violence and alcohol.” Smith is involved with the Tony Robbins Platinum partnership which has assisted to establish soccer programs throughout Israel. These programs unite families in communities through their enthusiasm for soccer in troubled regions like Hebron. Smith now resides in Legana, Tasmania.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brad Smith (entrepreneur)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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