“I need to warm up a bit, it’s been a while since I rode it.” You don’t notice any of that as an amateur. His tricks are brisk, light, snappy and a bit risky. “With family and a job, I unfortunately don’t have as much time for BMX anymore, but it’s still great fun for me.”
Joël’s first exposure to the nimble sport was about seventeen years ago. He saw the stunts of the pros on TV and said to his parents, “I want to do that, too.” A short time later Joël would be found on his bike every free minute. “I’m already a bit of a jack of all trades. I like to try out new things. Hence the hobby with the BMX.” He even participated in a competition once. “But more to be there than to win,” he says with a twinkle in his eye.
Incidentally, the frame of his BMX bike still comes from the original bike his parents had bought him back then. “I’ve replaced individual parts over time, of course. But it still has a sentimental value for me.