"I will never forget being introduced to Steve Hed. I was a 16 year old pro triathlete and new on the scene. I had started to get a little bit of sponsorship, got a bike from Kestrel and some components from Wayne Stetina at Shimano. Actually I think that it was Wayne who introduced me to Steve. I get a call one day from Steve, who I knew made wheels and he said I would like to sponsor you. I thought this is awesome I got the bike, the components and and now a free disc wheel. He said I would like you to train and race on my wheels and I want to pay you $500 a month. My head was spinning. I was a 16 year old triathlete with a single mom and doing my own thing. Steve was the first to recognize whatever talent I had. Steve and Anne and their entire team have been close friends, partners and friends forever. There is a long running joke that I referred to him as the propeller head. He was such a fanatic of aero dynamics, performance, speed, wind and a lot of factors way before anyone even could comprehend such things. It has been a shocking day. Quite frankly it has been terrible and in light of Thanksgiving I am thankful for what he has done for me and many other people. We are all going to miss him".
Franz Stampfl - один из пионеров системы интервальных тренировок. Соавтор первой в истории мили "из четырех минут" (Roger Bannister, Оxford, 6 May 1954). На Олимпиаде 1956 (Melbourne) в Australian team было 11 (!!) подопечных Stampfl.