Julien Fournier

- Letsus introduce Julien, our Swiss Slopestyler ! Bests results : 1st of the "Bosses de Torgon" 9th on the PRO-TEC indoor dirt night of Payerne (really happy) I was the youngest registered rider out of 40, and I had a full-suspended bike to ride in dirt!). Probably the youngest Swiss guy to get the backflip sorted.   My best MTB tricks current are : superman-indian air, 360, backflip. Bicycle used: New Battery for Slopestyle Rumble for street   Tell us about yourself? Well, I am called Julien Fournier; I was born  back in 1991, Mountain Cycle was three when i was born! I live in Monthey, which is just down the mountain from Champery (DH WC in '07) and the Portes du Soleil ski / bike area.. I am in my 1st year of college to become a control engineer at the Monthey chemical site. How did you start riding MTB, and what do you like in this sport? I rode on a real MTB for the first time in 2004 when Ben Walker came to coach my BMX club. He made me test his bike, and I quickly dropped the BMX... for an MTB! I did not hurt so badly any more with my back and the wrists at the end of the day... I began with a street bike, then the season after, I got a team contract for a freeride bike. What I like with MTB, is the diversity: street, dirt or descent. But my preference remains Slopestyle which mixes the other disciplines. Do you have other passions? I love to ski, I ride the snowparks near my house such as Superpark of Crosets or in Avoriaz. I like to go to my family's country cottage to spend hours in a chair  looking at the landscape and the few cows which pass from time to time... I also like to have good time with my friends or with my girlfriend Marie... - How do you see your season? The next season, I would like to take part in big Slopestyles like the District Ride or Adidas Slopestyle. I would also like to improve my tricks, my style and go faster in descent. I would like to spend less time working my homework, but that, it is not too possible! Which are your training secrets ? I do not have training secrets without not to have 'big' head. Ride is what I prefer so I try to the maximum not to badly be done by taking useless risks What do you like at Mountain Cycle? The best thing ever is the Battery. I was happy to be given one of the Prototypes to test and give feedback - andIt is the bicycle which is best for my style and my ride. It is really perfect for Slopestyle and large Dirt. Its geometry and its  suspension ensure the bike gives you an error margin without handicapping the ride feel. I was also really happy to work with Lois and Krien at Mountain Cycle - they have given me the confidence to push myself further in  2007 within a team.

 

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