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TAR CANADA 2 Contestants - Mickey Henry and Pete Schmalz (Best Friends)
couchracer:
I am liking them a lot too. Hope they go far.
WindsorSue:
Deleted scene of the guys lost in the bush on way to pitstop. Way too funny, but looks like Mickey gashed his leg up a bit!
http://www.ctv.ca/TheAmazingRaceCanada/video.aspx?vid=399533&tag=405
Leafsfan:
Parry Sounders on second season of Amazing Race Canada
PARRY SOUND – Mickey Henry and Pete Schmalz have lived to tell the tale – once the second season of Amazing Race Canada airs that is.
The duo is sworn to secrecy about the adventure they had this spring, but as of yesterday everyone can watch it unfold as the show’s second season airs.
“It was hands down the coolest thing we’ve ever done,” said Henry. “You really can’t pay enough money to have this kind of experience. Unbelievable.”
The 24-year-old Humphrey Public School and Parry Sound High School graduates have been friends for life, growing up as neighbours in Seguin Township and together enjoy extreme sports.
While they’d watched the first season, it was Henry’s mom who suggested they put together an audition tape.
They decided to take up the challenge to cheer up Henry’s dad, who’d had heart surgery, without any great expectation of making it.
On Christmas day, the two put together an audition video featuring stills of their extreme sports adventures and submitted it two hours before deadline on Boxing Day.
“It was a lot of … nudity and stupidity,” said Henry between chuckles in a phone interview, after consulting with Schmalz who was with him at his Bala-based business. “Nobody wants to see it. It was a barrel full of laughs though.”
The show itself was filmed from mid-April to the end of May. To sneak away undetected by the community, the guys created cover stories: Pete was travelling to Chile as he’d planned before making the show, and Mickey was heading back to work on an oil rig.
“It worked out really well,” said Henry.
It wasn’t until they were publically named as contestants in June that the cat was out of the bag.
Growing up here gave them skills necessary for the show.
“Me and Pete are always going out there doing stupid extreme sports on a budget and travelling around, so we were a little bit prepared,” Henry said jovially.
The pair planned to watch the season premier with friends and family at a local bar last night. It airs every Tuesday night, with teams eliminated throughout the season until one team crosses the final finish line.
Leafsfan:
Extra: ‘Amazing Race Canada’ Episode 4: Mickey and Pete Want Their Own Gold Medals
The best friends on Natalie and Meaghan’s winning streak
http://www.ctv.ca/TheAmazingRaceCanada/video.aspx?vid=407646
Leafsfan:
Extra: ‘Amazing Race Canada’ Episode 6: Extended Mat Chats: Mickey and Pete
What you didn’t see on the show from the best friends.
http://www.ctv.ca/TheAmazingRaceCanada/video.aspx?vid=415564
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