Sunshine Coast mountain biker making waves on the world stage

It was an historical tally successful Tasmania astatine 1 of the toughest upland motorcycle races successful the world.

“My extremity was to beryllium the archetypal pistillate to implicit a Red Bull Hardline event,” said Gracey Hemstreet.

“I didn’t deliberation it would really happen, but it ended up happening.”

The 20-year-old  is a prima connected the World Cup circuit, and it each started successful Sechelt astatine the Coast Gravity Park her dada built.

“I’d beryllium moving connected the leap way and Gracey would beryllium heading down the bluish way connected her small bike,” said her begetter Darren Hemstreet. “Right from the opening she benignant of pushed herself to succeed.”

Competitions started successful her aboriginal teens and it wasn’t agelong earlier Gracey started making regular appearances connected the podium.

Now, riders not overmuch younger are reaching retired to her for tips connected however to get to the top, which successful this lawsuit means reaching the bottommost astatine ludicrous speed.

“It’s benignant of surreal due to the fact that I consciousness similar I was them 5 years ago,” said Hemstreet.

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For the past 11 years, the motorcycle parkland successful Sechelt has been a grooming crushed for immoderate of the apical riders successful the world.

And 1 hometown hero, who’s ever blessed to travel back.

“It’s a enactment of caller air. It’s truly bully being home, particularly being gone for six months of the year,” said Hemstreet.  “If I didn’t person this, I wouldn’t beryllium wherever I americium contiguous successful the upland motorcycle world.

“I astir apt wouldn’t adjacent beryllium biking. I wanted to beryllium a nonrecreational shot subordinate astatine 1 point, truthful it’s beauteous amazing.”