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S
O ALVARO, WHEN DID
you first start building
the park here? What
was the original set-
up like?
The park was originally built
because I needed a place close to
home for training. I didn’t want to
waste time and money travelling
to train in other locations far
from home like I did during the
early days of my FMX career. I
used to ride my friends’ places
like Miki Monti in Ravenna,
where I first started jumping
ramps, or Massimo Bianconcini’s
compound in Bologna, which had
a supercross track and later a
ramp and a landing for freestyle
motocross. I would also travel
to Imola, to another rider’s place
who jumped ramps and set up a
park with us where the first foam
pit in Italy was built. Not to forget
Musano in Treviso where I also
had a landing and a ramp inside
a private motocross track where I
used to jump and train during the
early days. In 2005 I set up the
first ramp with a landing, which
still operates as the main landing
for the Superpark today.
Nowadays you get some of
the best riders in the world
coming here to ride, practice
their FMX and learn new tricks.
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Who are some of the big names
that have ridden here over the
years?
Almost all of the strongest riders
on the European and world scene
have come through my park,
including both historic and current
FMX riders. I’ve had riders like
Mike Metzger, Alastair Sayer, Tom
Pagès, Eigo Sato, André Villa,
Busty Wolter, Libor Podmol, Mat
Rebeaud, Rémi Bizouard, Clinton
Moore, Martin ‘Muph’ Schenk,
Martin Koren, Lucas Weis, Fabian
Bauersachs right through to the
younger riders like Petr Pilát,
Matej Cesak, Kai Haase and Luc
Ackermann.
What was it like to have Mike
Metzger ride here? How did that
come about?
It was great having Mike Metzger
here. To have the founder of
this sport riding at the Da Boot
Superpark was such an important
event. When he came to my park
he showed us the true meaning
of this sport, how it was invented,
and especially that he was the
real mastermind behind FMX.
During the week that Mike was
riding at my park, he made new
jumps and lines that had simply
never occurred to us before. I
had met Metz back in 2005 when
we were jumping together at a