French Atomlab/Corsair rider Richard Fert outstanding in his field of jumps.
Not many people can say that they did there first double backflip at 16. But Corsair Bikes/Atomlab Rider Richard Fert can. French rider Fert has some killer style and more then just a few tricks he can throw at any time. Check out our interview and some clips with him below…
How did you get started riding? 7 years ago!
What keeps you motivated to ride? My main motivation when i’m training is to learn new tricks or tricks we don’t often see on mountain bikes! But I think the best way to keep motivated to ride is to share a ride session with your best friends and have good time on your bike.
What’s Your Preference? Street, Park, Dirt, DH, Vert, Flat? Dirt but I also used to ride street and park
Which do you wish you were better at? Downhill !
Whats your favorite trick? Double backflip
Where’s your favorite place to ride? Patrick Guimez home spot
Whats your favorite event? Swatch Rocket Air in Switzerland
Whats been your best moment with your bike so far? I think my first double backflip on my home spot jump has been the best moment with my bike. I was only 16 years old and all my friends were there to support me. It was a little bit too dangerous because I rode brakeless and the jump was not big enough but I landed it after 4 crashes.
What’s your favorite story from a road trip? This is my favorite story to tell because so many bad things happened. It was during Vienna Air king in Austria, 12 hours of travel to go there. I qualified myself to the finals and broke my fork and my front wheel 5 minutes before the finals started. I rode with another bike and crash hard during finals trying to do an opposite double tailwhip. I was feeling really down. The day after, we left the hotel to get back our car but we heard our car had been take to the car pound. After paying the fine, we start our travel to come back home and after 30 minutes we received another fine for ” wrong road tax disc”. The driver a little bit too annoyed tried to make up for lost time but didn’t break early enough at the motorway tollbooth and destroyed the tollbooth barrier.. That’s a memorable trip.
What type of music do you ride to? Rap/hip-hop
What do you when you are not riding? I study and do a lot of other sports.
What’s your day job? Student
What are your riding plans for the future? Travel to some World tour contests and try to make other tricks never done before.
What’s the best advice you have ever received? Be yourself
Any last words, thoughts or shout outs? Thanks to my Sponsors Atomlab, Corsair Bikes, Alpinestars, New Era, France trampoline and thanks to my friends/ family to support me. And thanks PSBMX for the interview.
Richard going big with a tuck backie
Check out some clips of Richard from over the summer shot and cut by Hugo Beldame…
