Is There Life After Youth?

Is There Life After Youth? 23
David
Martin
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David Martin, 31 year old rider from Mataró,
a small town in the warm and cosy Catalonia,
31km away from Barcelona. BMX passion
sprouted in David 14 years ago when he
first got a Specialized TJ Lavin Pro Model;
he started to have fun with his friends,
learning new tricks and progressing along
on a healthy BMX scene. Daily riding was a
golden rule and he followed what was going on
in the scene as much as possible, even though
it was hard to find videos or magazines.
His local spot was the unique Lost Trails,
founded by David and his friends a few years
after he started riding.
Nowadays, David still lives in Mataró with
his beloved girlfriend (they met 14 years
ago, same time David met his lifelong
passion), he is a gardener by profession and
the Lost Trails are still his second home
where he spends most of his time digging,
riding and taking care of that special place.
The back-in-the-days golden rule of daily
riding had a small change: riding his S&M
BTM can vary from once a week, to 10 or more
days a month, depending on the season and
the visitors to the trails. The motivation
never went away because having fun, finding
new people and new trails, digging new lines
and flowing around will always be there,
justifying his true love for BMX.
David also claims that nowadays he doesn’t
follow up very much on what is going on the
current BMX scene because “it changed a lot
and there’s only street”. Nevertheless, the
Trails scene has also changed a lot and
it’s now “a completely different world from
the current world of BMX”, which makes him
identify more with the new trail scene that
he adores.
David before hitting the big line at Lloret Trails, Lloret de Mar, 2014
David confesses that he developed some new
hobbies such as digging, photography and
landscapes, but when asked what he would
do if there was no bike, he says that “as
long as there is a place to dig, there
will be a bike…honestly I don’t know what
I would do…Trailife is my big passion, my
way of life”