FreestyleXtreme Magazine Issue 7 | Page 70

© JUAN PABLO ACEVEDO

I can recall speaking with you
after races in the past and you
were so frustrated at being unable
to overtake.

little bit. Perhaps there will be a
stronger turn-out Teutschenthal
this year?

room looking at an x-ray the
next. So are you savouring this
excellent spell?

I still have this problem actually. It
wasn’t the case in Argentina; it was
a good day there but in the first race
in Arco [di Trento, Italy] I could not
pass Tony, even though I was faster.
It is a problem that I am always too
nice to the others. Some people just
clean you off the track but I don’t
do that. It is just who I am. I want to
pass them but without putting their
face into the dirt.

Like you say Kenny’s rise was like
an explosion whereas my mine
was more flat and consistent. Now
he has had some troubles and
I am coming back. I can notice
immediately that the fans are
responding. For sure it will be a
busy weekend in Teutschenthal as
well as a busy week leading up to it,
but I am really looking forward to it
and making the podium there would
be awesome.

Yes. Sometimes it is hard to
describe the feeling. This year I
decided to skip some other races
that I would normally do just to get
some rest. I had a feeling that this
would be the season where I would
want to go for it. In 2009 I was
second in the championship but
I don’t think I was mentally ready
to go for the title. Now I am… and
that’s the plan. T

Maybe the fans will get to
appreciate that again. With the
rise of Roczen it seemed like
Germany almost forgot you a

Lastly you know, perhaps more
than anybody else that you can be
on top of the podium and the hero
one minute but back in a medical

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