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!
Photos - Finn Finestone.
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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?
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!
The yearly exodus to the Alps & frequent trips in to Wales keep me more than satisfied nowadays. :-)
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...