Career
Cribb was born in Palmerston North, where he began riding, before joining the Poole Pirates in 1965. In 1969 and 1970, he represented New Zealand in tests with England, and in 1971, he rode for Great Britain in matches with Poland. From the 1970s to 1988, and again in the mid 1990s, he competed in ice speedway events and rode in three World ice speedway finals.