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Name: John Vandermolen (registered ESPN member) Current City: Grand Rapids, MI Winning Streak: W31, overall 40-7-2 (.851) How they won: Streak of 31 won finished atop the leaderboard in June.=============Winners Questionnaire=============Hometown: Grand Rapids, MIOccupation: Professional Streaker Favorite sports to watch: Curling Favorite sports to play: Solitaire Favorite teams: ratiopharm Ulm, BSC Young Boys, Niger National Team Favorite athletes: Lance Armstrong Greatest sports moments (playing): Beating Oregon Trail playing as a Teacher starting in August and not buying any bullets. My whole family died of dysentery but I made it. Greatest sports moments (watching): One time I watched like 4 straight hours of sports fails on YouTube. It was pretty great. I didnt have to get up to do anything, just sat there and watched TV. Favorite Bands: Reba McEntire, Ashley Simpson, Boyz II Men, Hilary Duff, Nickelback Favorite Movie: Herbie: Fully Loaded Favorite TV Show: QVC Favorite Books: The Science of Making Friends (w/DVD): Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults, by Elizabeth Laugeson Favorite Video Game: SkiFree Favorite Websites: hamsterdance.com, altavista.com, macatawabank.com Favorite ESPN Personality: Catherine Crier, Thoroughbred Analyst, 2004-2004=============Can you take us through the final week of the month and the emotions you were experiencing when you had clinched the winSo many emotions. Final week was the classic 6 stages of a SFTC winner: anxious, laughter, weeping, joy, unbelief, and acceptance. Also being flush with cash. I guess its 7 stages.You pushed the pace once you hit W20, did you feel the pressure of trying to catch the leaders or why make so many picks? You cant be concerned with what everyone else is doing. Thats a rookie move. SM was throwing up good picks, I was just taking advantage. Fun fact of the day: I never watched a single game or match live that I picked. Hopefully this cements my legacy as a first ballot SFTC Hall of Famer.We have to talk about the Radwanska match that you got a push on. What were your thoughts when it first pushed and then the next day, realizing she had actually lost that match? Push. Of. The. Year. But lets be honest, theres no way Radwanska would ever have lost that if they didnt start and stop playing 200 times. Clearly she stayed up too late watching Save The Last Dance and didnt get enough sleep for the continuation of the match the next day.Was your goal to win the Stash or did you go in focusing on trying to secure the $25,000 first?I dont understand the question. Did I try to win the most amount of money I could? Yes. I just played until I lost. My ultimate goal in SFTC is to cultivate my registered ESPN member brand, by interacting with, and informing the streakers on the message board (shout out to my degenerate friends). Winning is just icing on the cake. A very rich cake. Haha, do you get it.Was there any particular match during your streak that made you more nervous than any other?Every W is my baby and I was a little nervous for every one. However, the most memorable moment for me was the one I didnt pick. Middle of the month, I selected Stenson with like a W20, and he had to shoot 29 or under or something, I dont even remember the prop. All signs pointed this to be an easy green. Maybe even easiest since Obama. Something seemed off though- I was rushing it and didnt need the W at this point. So with roughly 45 seconds before it locked, I unpicked it. Moments later, the Chipotle that Stenson had earlier caught up to him, and he carded some obscene number like 33 or something. Fist pump.What was your strategy in making picks? Did anyone else help you make them?My strategy was simple- title chase = title defense. I was going to keep picking the same way I had always picked whether it was W1 or W9000, and I wasnt going to slow down if I was in the lead. I wanted to demoralize the competition. I wanted the month to be over weeks in advance. It also helped that a crap ton of leaderboard crashes happened on picks I didnt take. Fine, thats like 90% of the reason I won.What initially got you into playing Streak for the Cash?I was googling get rich quick ideas that require only an Associates degree in 2013 and I wasnt getting any results. Down on my luck, I began to peruse ESPN, and I noticed a gentlemen who could benchpress 600 pounds while only weighing 170 pounds. Trainers seemed to hate him. I went to click on the link, but because of my excitement, I missed and accidentally hit a SFTC ad. The rest is history.What do you plan on using the money towards?First of all, wow, Im humbled to be the next Streak Master. Thats how it works right? Im super excited to rule over all the degenerate streakers with unlimited power, as is tradition. My mod usage will see no end and it will be ruthless. To your question, I plan on doing a couple things: First, I plan on winning the Sta$h another 29 times so that I can book a private concert with Taylor Swift (she has a customary $1 million booking fee). Second, Im going to buy LiveFyre. Third, Im going to travel to Japan so that I can buy a Zima, because it was discontinued in the United States before I turned 21 and Japan is the only country that still sells it and Ive always wanted to try it. Vapormax 95 Canada .J. -- Pitcher Carl Pavano is retiring after 14 major league seasons. Nike Vapormax Clearance .ca. 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