- How was your life before bmx?
My life before bmx was a swing between many areas where I did not feel identified. Starting with school and reaching all the sports clubs where I tried various disciplines, such as rugby, soccer, tennis, taekwondo, swimming, among others.
At those times in my life I felt like I didn't fit in anywhere. I was always very energetic and that in several places translates as something bad.
2- What were your dreams as a child? 3What was your main motivation to risk the bmx as much as possible?
My dream as a child was to find something that I could feel good about, something that would fill my days, which before this were quite empty!
That's when I found the bmx race. Discipline that I practice for 6 years reaching national and international level competitions. Even though I would end up realizing that I didn't quite belong in that place either.
Having stopped cycling my life had no meaning. And needing to meet me, I started going to the skatepark because I had friends there. Using their bikes, until one day, they told me I had to build one. And among all of them they helped me with pieces to start with and super affordable prices for the pieces that they no longer used. Something that I had never seen anywhere else!
The main motivation to continue in this world was that it always taught me to get up off the ground, with more desire to materialize what I thought than before I fell! He taught me one of the best values. The perseverance.
4-in the darkest moments of your life than bmx, what role did you play and why did you cling to bmx?
In the darkest moments of my life, I ended up leaving the degree I was studying, I realized that I didn't want to do it anymore, and that I didn't want to live from it. Being in Córdoba, a city that hardly sleeps, and with bad meetings, I ended up in several places where I shouldn't have been. And at one point I realized that by being in those places I was letting go of what always made me breathe. The bmx, the best ground wire I ever had. Where one focuses so much on the present that they put aside the anguish of the past and the anxiety of what is to come. And that's why it's so rewarding! And when I got back on my bike I remembered where my path was.
5- How is your life when you are not in
Today, my life when I'm not walking is directly related to this world. Being fed up with looking for work in a place where there are few opportunities if you are not trained in something, I looked for my vein to be able to continue walking, managing my own hours.
Since he was a boy he used the sewing machine, but he had never paid attention to what he could do with my hands. Until one day, a girl I really appreciate, asked me to make and teach her how to make a fanny pack. At that moment a light went on in my head, that I could make money with this. Being about to go on a trip to an event, I made some framebags. Among that, some products from my sponsor, leatherette, glue and staples
I was able to travel around the country for 5 months, passing through Buenos Aires, Santa Fé, Córdoba, Mendoza and San Luis, selling products I had and upholstering seats.
When I returned, I would start my business, which today is called Steeze It Up. And it is what feeds me, but not only that, but the opportunity to support those who I felt deserved it and had no help from anyone for not be seen.
6-many know about your life as a cyclist but few know what it cost you to get there, so what were your biggest challenges to become a person who focuses his life on this beautiful lifestyle?
My biggest challenges were getting out of my comfort zone in those 5 months of my trip. I never knew what my day was going to be like,
where would be the next passage, or even sometimes, where to sleep at night.
That's when I realized that freestyle was 100% instilled in my life.
7- to this day, what challenges have you experienced and how has bmx helped you overcome them?
A few years ago I had an accident, which marked me a lot and made me somewhat depressed for a while, which reminded me that whenever I fell, I got up even stronger.
That made me refocus on the bike. With the need to clear things up, my trip began (which would originally last 2 weeks, but would be extended when I ran into Franco Martino, an excellent rider, person and friend, who would invite me to continue the trip, after the extreme event, in San Nicolas de los streams.) When I returned to my city, I returned completely renewed, charged with energy to focus on growing and starting my own project, seeing that I did not need a common job to live, I found my way to be present at all times in the that I could for this.
8- If you could talk to yourself about the past, with the 5-year-old boy, with the 7-year-old boy, what would you say to him?
Never walk away from what does you good!
If your chest beats for that, it's that way. Leave the fear and frustration of mistakes aside, along with prejudices, in order to encourage you to continue!
9- There are many boys out there who suffer from depression, strong drug addictions and live very badly, many boys who have not tried BMX out of fear
What message would you give them?
Try again and again. Leave fear and other people's prejudices aside. We all start from point 0. Nobody is born knowing anything. And if you fall, miss or make a mistake, always get up from the floor with more force than before.
This is bmx, a frat. A family that is not seen in another sport. Where one can lean on the other knowing that they will never lack the support of those around them. Being a roof, food, or a part for the bike, the kids are always there.
That's why I invite you all to try a bit of this incredible world, which has no flags, barriers, structure, or format. Just be you. This is bmx freestyle.