Tedoakleybike

Things are going well. This time in Sweden has really given me a lot of space to think. And I previously would have guessed that more time to think was the last thing I needed. But I'm too far down the overthinker rabbit hole for that. The only way out is through.  I have the space to think completely uninterrupted, alongside the facilities to be able to train my hardest for slopestyle. I feel like I've taken enjoying the process to a different level for myself. There's no desire for better...

There’s a split in my head every time I line up for a new trick. One voice rolls through excuses: Your too sore, you're gonna crash, my bike is making a weird noise. The other voice cuts through with logic: The trick works in the foam pit, I've done easier versions of the trick. Both voices sound like me, but they’re not the same. That first one, the spiraling thoughts. That's just the mind doing what it’s built to do, keep me safe. But safety doesn't work well with progression. My rational...

I’ve been thinking about curiosity a lot lately. Curious about it, you could say. Looking back, it’s probably one of the core traits behind everything I’ve ever achieved. It’s what makes me question things instead of just accepting them. It makes me want to understand why things are the way they are and understand the systems people move through without really noticing. When I think back to the start of my slopestyle journey, the same pattern shows up. There was never one moment where I...