{"id":158726,"date":"2017-07-03T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=158726"},"modified":"2017-07-03T14:47:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T14:47:15","slug":"zam-helped-two-12-year-olds-shred-etna-volcano-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/07\/03\/zam-helped-two-12-year-olds-shred-etna-volcano-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"How Zam Helped Two 12-year Olds Shred the Etna Volcano on Bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of years ago I realized that if we don\u2019t do anything to support young talents, we will be left with a bunch of teenagers staring at their mobile phones with an annoyed face because of slow data. In cooperation with the FUNN company, we have started the project younGUNS three years ago to support beginner bikers. But the idea fell between the cracks for a while, just like my long-standing plan to ride the iconic Stromboli volcano, which geographically belongs to Italy. I\u2019ve been preparing for the volcano lying in the Tyrrhenian Sea for a several times in the past, but there was always something that would throw a wrench in the works\u2026<\/strong>
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Youngsters give it all<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Only this year, after long preparations and communication with the local authorities, it started going in the right direction and the dream begins to unravel successfully. The event involved Adam Franc and Vojta ‘Klokan’ Kloko\u010dka, both 12 years old. Both being talented bikers, with whom I\u2019ve had experience in the past, and I knew they can cope with such a strenuous challenge as the volcano downhill.<\/p>\n