Profiles
Andy Shaw
Callum Horsley
Jonny Cazzola
Andy Restall
Nathan Carvell
Chris Bates
Joshua Tynan-Wilkins
Chris Wilkins
Mark Sleigh
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Andy Shaw
Age: 35
Years riding: 25
Bike: Free Agent
Sponsors: Stay strong, Free Agent, Rockstar Energy Drink, Fox, Dragon, Sinz, OGIO.
Best Achievement: 3rd in World Champs in Canada 2007 & 3rd in World Champs in China 2008.
Three Favourite Tracks: 1: Sandness in Norway, 2: China worlds track 2008, 3: Crewe in UK.
The Future: I would like to see a top class track in Birmingham in the near future which hopefully will attract a host of new riders to the sport.I Am looking forward to getting into the coaching side of things and passing on my experience to newcomers to BMX.From my own point of view I want to keep competing and riding for as long as I can.BMX has given me the opportunity to travel and meet lots of new friends,long may it continue..
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Callum Horsley
Name: Callum Horsley
Age: 12
Years Riding: 1
Bike: Free Agent Eluder
Greatest achievement on bike: Winning first race at Bulwell
Favourite track: Perry Park
Favourite trick: Whip
Best Quote: Don’t crash (i usually do!)
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Jonny Cazzola
Age: 26
Years Riding: Lost count!
Bike: Mirraco frame (thanks Birmingham City Cycles)
Greatest achievement on bike: Racing: Winning first ever race at Chesterfield, being able to travel all over Europe with bike!!
Favourite trails: Halesowen
Favourite trick: 360
Best quote: ‘It takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen’ (Homer Simpson)
Any comments: It’s great to see so many face young and old coming together, doing everything i their power to help in the application and build of this BMX track. Keep up the good work everyone and lets have some fun on our bike in Birmingham!
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Andy Restall
Age: 39
Years Riding: 15
Bike: One Pro XL 24
Greatest achievement on bike: Regional Champion – 2007 1.1 30-39 cruiser, 2008 1.1 30-39 cruiser
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Nathan Carvell
Age: 26
Years Riding: 12 (with a hiatus of a few years)
Bikes: Transition TR450, Commencal Absolut AL1, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, DK Eight Pack, Merlin Malt
Greatest achievement on bike: Finishing the Megavalanche in one piece (1:36:55)
Favourite track: Fort William
Favourite trick: Its all about style and speed
Best quote: ‘An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.’ (Oscar Wilde)
Any comments: It’s good to see cycling taking off a bit more in the Midlands, across all disciplines, with the support of local authorities and other organisations. There are more and more places and people that are getting involved which is a positive movement for the sport.
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Chris Bates
Age: 26
Years Riding: 11
Bikes: 24″ Atomlab Trailpimp for 4X/jumps street, 20″ Mirraco Blend for park, 26″ Kona for XC/commuting
Greatest achievement on bike: 5th in National Junior 4X series 2001 …and winning 30 quid off a bloke who bet me I couldn’t ride his opposite-steering bike 10 metres up Newquay High Street.
Favourite track: Hornton Hill 4X track, Banbury (RIP)
Favourite trick: Tables on hip jumps, and barspin manuals
Best quote: ‘I don’t like football. In fact, i care about it so little that if i heard that every football pitch everywhere in the world was in the process of withering and dying through lack of fertilizer, and i owned all the manure in the world, i LITERALLY wouldn’t give a s**t.’
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Joshua Tynan-Wilkins
Age: 10
Years Riding: 1
Bikes: SE Ripper
Greatest achievement on bike: Reaching the quarter finals in the 2009 Brits in his first season.
Favourite track: Crewe
Best quote: Just stay on the bike and enjoy the ride
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Chris Wilkins
Age: 33
Years Riding: 1
Bikes: Intense Podium
Greatest achievement on bike: Achieving the 2.1 plate in Midlands Masters in 2009 (in my first season)
Favourite track: Bath
Favourite trick: Jumping (and staying on)
Best quote: Be the best you can be…
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Mark Sleigh
Age: 31
Years Riding: Dabbling in MTB Dh+Dirt jumping for 10 years. BMX Racing throughout 2009 season
Bikes: One Pro cruiser + DMR trailstar
Greatest achievement on bike: Making A finals at racing. Backflipping into a foam pit. Clearing a 36foot gap off a 9foot drop on my old RM7.
Favourite track: Bulwell
Favourite trail: ‘The Beast’ Derbyshire Peaks
Favourite trick: One hand one foot (when i’m not clipped in!)
Best quote: You must be the change you wish to see in the world.—Gandhi
