Name: Carl Perkins
Age: 16
Town: Hastings
I started riding at an early age on various types of mountain bikes and had my first full-suspension Saracen when I was 13 years old. It was about this age that my interest in biking grew, and was introduced to the downhill/4x race events at PORC(Penshurst off road club) by my mate Ashley Mepham in the spring of 2004.
By this time I had received a new Kona Stuff and had started entering into races held at PORC. Soon after Christmas I had my first race day which went OK; from that day onwards I had the taste for racing. Since that time, I have entered about 7 other races not just at Penshurst but at Aston Hill as well.
It has not been all plain sailing; in the summer of 04 just weeks before a race, I had a bad crash and broke my wrist and clavicle. This put me out for the rest of the summer series. I was out of racing for approximately 2 months, but soon after a full recovery I entered the last downhill race of the year and had a very good result of 6th. It was about this time that both myself and Ashley were kindly sponsored by Hastings Cycles.
I think that the best race I have taken part in so far under sponsorship was the Tomac 4x race at Penshurst. It was very difficult for me being a newbie, but I was very happy because I came 2nd in nearly all my events and ended up 3rd in the semi-final.
My thoughts for 2005 are that I continue to improve my riding skills, enter as many races as I can and to have fun!!!!!
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