Video: Ten Years Old

Feb 9, 2014 at 18:25
by Mike Gamble  
Views: 40,252    Faves: 252    Comments: 30


Whether you're stuffing your face with candy on a bouncy castle or you're at Crankworx, the world's biggest mountain bike festival, turning Ten Years Old is a big deal. Have you ever wondered what the pro's such as Kelly McGarry, Jordie Lunn, Brett Tippie and Martin Soderstrom got up to when they were ten years old?

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Finn Finestone during Crankworx to see what he got up too. It also just happened to be his birthday!

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Whip off Crankworx 2013

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Photos - Finn Finestone.

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  • 110 0
 I was glad I had some LEGO.
  • 13 0
 my first thought as I clicked on the article!
  • 7 0
 Big Grin looks like we've got something in common!
  • 24 0
 I would appreciate Lego even today haha
  • 14 0
 lol the amount of time building this and that is incredible until a sibling destroys it
  • 16 3
 i am defend ing the older mountain bikers here not insulting the younger ones cause they are sick... i personally think it is all about where you grow up and what facilities you have and wether your parents are passionate about it... for example that kid in the video lives in whistler, he has access to a mulch jump, a foam pit, a resy ramp, and other big jumps. so he can practis without getting hurt and has the facilities to get better but other people are stuck in groty great britian where there are only like ten foam pits in the entire country and about the same amount of other things so just think about it... for some people it is a lot harder to get better
  • 7 8
 true scotj009 but which nation has some of the best dh racers on the WC? its not Canada..
  • 3 0
 Looks like he's a budding photographer too!
  • 6 0
 In "77 I was 10 and just saw Star Wars and I wanted to be Luke Skywalker.
  • 7 0
 im pretty sure a canadian, Stevie Smith, just won the World Cup, and look up who runs the bike park, its his dad, hence why he has access to everything
  • 1 0
 hairy1976 , A Canadian just won the WC ! .... But I do get at what your saying. Alot of epic riders come out of places like whistler because of the limitless access to it during the season , but if someone has the passion and the heart .... they can and will succeed.
  • 21 0
 Much like now, at 10 I was stuck in an old, run down, mill town in the North of England.

No access to bike parks, ski slopes or skate parks. A bike ride would generally consist of riding down the canal tow path and coming home with a buckled back wheel caked in dog turd.

Am I coming across as bitter at all?
  • 5 0
 @jimferno, If you manage to buckle your wheel on a canal path, you're doing something right.
I'm originally from NE England and I can assure you, there's plenty of fantastic trail riding to be had. I spent my time all over the North York Moors & the Dales before they started opening all the bike trails at Hamsterly, Dalby and the 7 Stains in Scotland. If you really want to get out and ride, there's nothing stopping you searching it out.
There's new trails appearing all the time. Good luck with the dog turd, it happens everywhere!
  • 2 0
 I'm not too bad now mate, getting old has it's advantages.

The yearly exodus to the Alps & frequent trips in to Wales keep me more than satisfied nowadays. :-)
  • 2 0
 'atta boy.
  • 1 0
 Mike you made my dream move to Canada which part do you live in?
  • 9 0
 I'm 43 now but when I was 10, I was doing the same thing I do now, having lots of fun on bikes with nobbly tyres.
  • 10 0
 Watching Tippie when your internet lags out is horrific.
  • 4 0
 Me, I was starting to get into Metal music. Discovering bands and recording friends vinyls on cassetes! At that time i was probably painting eddie with markers on a big denim jacket!!! Mountain bikes were probably comming to life here in Portugal!!
  • 6 0
 when I was 10 I was doing the Same thing then that I'm doing Now which is trying to Be like You Guys...
  • 6 1
 I think they should have mentoined that he was 10 years old a few more times. Yeah we get it this kid has a better life than most of us, rub it in some more.
  • 5 1
 I honestly think this kid has nothing on Jackson Goldstone... Jackson goldstone is a year younger and pulling so many sick tracks on dirt/wood. Even backflips.
  • 1 1
 Oh whatever it's not about who's the best 10 year old rider, point is this kids a prodigy
  • 2 0
 Cant hardly remember what i did last week much less when i was ten. Much rather think back in my life like that one episode from The Simpsons when homer thought about all the good beer he drank. Not too many people can visit these wonderful bike parks and enjoy what they can offer but a lot more can have a really good beer with friends and have a great time biking
  • 6 0
 Where on earth did they find a D3 that small?
  • 2 1
 He is on the TLD roster for Gravity riders for 2014 so I'm assuming its custom for him.
  • 1 0
 I have recently got a d3 and I have a very averged size head. the large is a snug fit on me so im guessing he is just running a small/ x small.
  • 4 0
 support is the key, when you have parents that support your riding or any sport you will go far.
  • 1 0
 Hockey, hockey, hockey. Winter, summer, spring, fall. Indoor, outdoor, basement...hockey. Wish I had started biking before I was in my late 20s. Never too late I guess, except a person is a bit more prone to mortallity realization as we get older versus younger. Still fun as hell though 25 years later.
  • 1 0
 When I was 10... I was skateboarding a lot and If I was lucky, I'd get to go snowboarding few times a year. I think I had a horrendous Target Magna mountain bike that I beat the shit out of jumping off curbs and 10year-old-kid built plywood kickers. Before long I would have a department store DiamondBack BMX that all the kids at school thought was badass, and that ushered me into mountain biking a few years later when I started riding trails with it. ...Its now sitting in my backyard rusting away with missing/broken parts; the damn thing is heavier than my SC Bronson!
  • 2 0
 I had a full ridged Huffy mountain bike I would jump off anything with lip, curb, slope. And when it got dark and I had to go inside I was playing original Warcraft and eating KraftDinner. When I was ten it was 1995...
  • 1 0
 When I was ten I got my first skateboard and was racing BMX. Fun times. The rad thing about being ten now is not only the availability of things like Bike parks, Skate Parks, lifts etc. is the imagery and videos that are available. At the age of ten I had not ever seen a video of the rad sports I loved I just had my peers and we were figuring things out as they came naturally. Everyone progressed more so as a group. I remember the first skate vids I saw....Blown away! Couldn't believe my eyes. I think a lot of the ripping at such a young age is attributed to this. When we started seeing the videos and what was possible it started to push us all so much further than we ever thought possible. Now these underground sports are on another level. Kids can turn on the televisions or computers and just see the ultimate epic stunts all day long. So they just see it and think rad I can do that. Cheers to all of the cinematographers, photographers, videographers etc. You guys have been responsible for the progression of our sports far more than you are ever given credit for. ~ Keep on keepin on! ~ SM
  • 1 0
 When I was ten I got one of those plastic ramps for Christmas. I instantly took It out in the street to fly off it. I went off the jump down a hill at about 25mph leaning forward, in the air I slowly fell forward and hit my face on the soft asphalt.
  • 6 2
 rich kid in a prime location, good for him. what's the song name?
  • 2 1
 Well said.
  • 2 0
 when i was 10 years old i was playing with my sisters barbie dolls and making little houses for them outa kinex..
  • 2 0
 When i was 10, i was putting cow horn handlebars and mud tyres on an old racing frame and 'tracking'.
  • 2 0
 i was looking for the BIGGEST puddle around, then cycling thorugh it as fast as possible.
  • 1 0
 when i was ten i had just got my first pro x-country race deal now im 30 and all i like to do now is coach ten year old kids how to shread
  • 1 0
 Good on you Finn, Your mum was telling me today about how determined you were to ride the unicycle this past summer when you broke your wrist. Keep up the good work!
  • 1 0
 the 10 year olds that ride when they get older, are either gonna think they are good when they are not, or be good because they are
  • 1 0
 jeez. this is rad. when i was ten hucking bmx to flat no where near this. be cool 10 years from now when im 30 watching this kid rip on a bike
  • 1 0
 when i was 10 we would hide our bikes near journal square & sneak on to path trains from jersey to the bronx and back. always came back with my bike waitin for me.
  • 2 0
 at 10 i was at the skate park getting scars on my bmx
  • 1 0
 rad video, so much talent at this age, looks like its a mtbers dream to shread this hard at this age, good work
  • 3 1
 When I was 10 I was riding BMX, then I grew up and so did my bike...
  • 2 0
 Kid's already better than me..
  • 1 0
 Well if you grow up in whistler it's practically mandatory to be a bad ass rider! He's no slouch!
  • 1 0
 Dunno, but I certainly didn't have a 4k downhill bike and a giant park to ride it in. I'm a bit jealous.
  • 10 11
 now, i would have been doing that when i was ten but i didn't have a job so i couldn't afford a bike worth riding. either this kid has a really good job or his parents are rich as fuck. i some how think the latter.
  • 12 9
 Not everyone who lives in whistler is "rich as f*ck"
  • 7 1
 If my boy would like to do such a thing I'll even rob a bank to support him.
  • 4 6
 @mmatthews. so everyone in whistler has a damn tasty bike at the age of ten?
  • 14 1
 dude, his dad is whistler mtbpark's manager, I bet it helps Wink
  • 9 5
 @ jordanneedsafork funny the assumptions some people make, im not going to even bother arguing this.
  • 9 1
 Rich is a relative word but speaking from experience, I lived in whistler for a few years when creekside was still a dust bowl in the summer. At times I could barely afford some fries but I lived on a ski-out and when I woke to the sound of avy bombs, I considered myself rich as fck 'cause I knew there was freshies to barge all day.
Not sure what it's like now, but back then it was easy to trade hook-ups for this or that because you had bros working in all areas of the village.
Back to the point, who wouldn't give their son any opportunity they could? There's no point on baggin' on someone else's circumstance...
  • 3 0
 @jordanneedsafork Really? You're so insecure with your riding ability, that you need to justify why a 10 year old is better than you? Crabs in a bucket. The kid rips and it's probably because he has a fire in his belly that pushes him to ride. Impressive photography by him as well.
  • 9 0
 I race DH, my wife rides it. My 6yr son rode Whistler during crankworx last year on a Schwinn Gremlin that I had to custom build a front brake onto for the park to let him on the lift. This year he's ready for the whole deal, and the only bike for a kid his size is Lil' Shredder. $3100 is insanity to have to pay, but I sold my road bike, a snowmobile trailer, and some other stuff and he'll be on it this year with assets I turned over in the garage. You definitely gotta make it work, but we do!
  • 1 2
 Well done sir! Well done!
  • 4 0
 lets be real though, if your ten and have a bike that is worth over a grand then clearly your parents have some money....I mean you simply cant argue that fact. Not saying rich but well off.
  • 2 2
 thank you! and i was never disputing that he is good. good on him that he enjoys riding, stuck to it young and is good. im just a bit jelouse that i couldn't have a start to riding as early and as good as him being from a less than fortunate background
  • 2 1
 It has nothing to do with money. Every sport costs a fortune to play every year, hockey , football , gymnastics , dance etc etc... It has everything to do with what you decide to invest your money into and if you do things right you let the kids choose and not force it down their throats to the point they quit and you wasted all that money. if it's what they want to do regardless of natural talent or just plain old dedication and desire than no cost is too much.
  • 1 2
 "it has nothing to do with mone...it has everything to do with what you decide to invest in" did you know that investing is everything to do with money? and all this bollocks about paying anything to support are obviously people who have pleanty of disposable income. you obviously don't have a clue what being poor family is like, where even £30 is a sum of money that is thought over before spending. I never expected my parents to indulge me in my hobbies because in the end mortgages, heating and food are more important than a bike
  • 2 2
 @Dchomey, come on you sound foolish....no cost is too much? Except for when it is, right?.... lets take an inner city kid whos parents struggle with keeping a job, putting food on the table, housing, etc but the kid loves to ride bmx and is passionate and dedicated about it. Now do you really f*ckin think that kids parents would be able to buy him a bike worth top dollar? Also team sports don't cost as much I have no idea where you get that from. Soccer you need cleats and shinpads, football your usually given pads through school and then you have to pay for your own cleats, lacrosse is a little more expensive because of the stick but when I played lacrosse in high school it still never came near to what I would spend on my bike. Hockey might be your only viable argument.
  • 1 0
 Table tennis??? Wow, that was really out of left field Martin. Is it weird that I think that in a way its kinda cool?
  • 1 0
 Yes mike! This is brilliant.
  • 2 0
 Nice work, Gamby!
  • 1 0
 Sweet! I wish I was half that good now let alone when I was 10.
  • 1 0
 When a 10 year old is better than you...
  • 1 0
 WOW, Finn leave the bike apart, you gonna be a GREAT Photographer!
  • 2 0
 -nvm-
  • 2 3
 10 yo: We were so poor in our house when I was young, that on Christmas morning, if you didn’t wake up with a hard-on, you had f*ck all to play with!
  • 1 0
 When i was 10... was just starting mtb!
  • 1 0
 Keep going little fella! So you'll be big enough for a 29er...!
  • 2 1
 Haha so rad
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