I don’t think I did anything special at Glen Helen, but I rode with my own style, no backflips and making all my tricks as huge as I could. I liked the course, it was big and just so different to the other courses. The week after X-Games I went to Madrid with my best tricks, like the Special flip and Volt. Although it went perfectly for me, it was not easy to fight Torres in his home country, and I finished 4th. Then I went to Munich, but I wasn’t so excited to go there because I didn’t have any new tricks for this event, I used them all up in Madrid. Fortunately the course builders put a quarterpipe in the course and I decided to throw my flair, I was so happy, but at the same time so scared to do it. During the practice days all the guys pushed me to try it because they knew my riding level was there. I won in Munich with my best tricks and the flair. I was so happy about that, and I think that was one of my best days ever in fmx.
After this event I was so stressed because I was in first position tied with Levi Sherwood, same points, and everyone in the media asked me “how does it feel to be first with Sherwood?” but I didn’t know. One month later there was Sydney, and after Munich I rode fmx every single day, training, working on some new tricks, working to be perfect at the special flip, to have bigger trick extensions and also a 360. My goal was to be the best in Sydney, and when I was there my mind was strong. I was feeling good on my bike and on the ramps. During qualifying I tried the flair four or five times, then a huge 360 and I think everybody was surprised about the level of my riding. I crashed during the Volt because I hit my flip lever and after that I didn’t try the special flip, then during the final I tried the backflip and I crashed again.
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