“Getting paid to ride is the coolest”

“Now I’m a pro I can ride every day, and each time I swing my leg over the purple stallion I smile, do a skid out of the drive and go and rip apart some trails! It’s the most important part of racing, enjoying the ride. The only difference now is that I train harder. But that doesn’t mean more time off the bike – it means that when I get to a climb, I sprint at it until I can’t sprint any more, then I ride back down the trail and do it all again! It’s better to do training that’s fun. I tried a winter of structured and monitored training, and it nearly made me lose interest in riding. Everything was to numbers, and that’s not what riding is about. Being given this opportunity [to be a pro] by all my sponsors this year means a lot to me and has allowed me to bring some ideas to life that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. Having the support to be able to get to the races and shoot videos is a godsend, and I’m so grateful.”