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"World Cup tracks are not like your local trails, they're pretty full-on and gnarly - very scary - with big drops and big gap jumps," he said."It's just the quickest riders in the world who come to race in the World Cup."
The teenager said he first "fell in love" with the gravity-fuelled sport when he got his first mountain bike.Now, despite competing for only four years he has been picked to represent Great Britain."Last season, I had a decent season - just being consistent, building up and putting in some fast race runs - and here I am."
Hitting speeds of up to 50mph (80kmph) in some of the men's races, while negotiating tree roots, banks, bumps and jumps, Max said he has had "quite a few" injuries."That's part of the risk of the sport. It's so much fun but it comes with big risks," he said.
"I've broken both my arms at once - went straight into the back of a jump."
But, he said, he has been "very lucky" to have access to some of the "amazing trails" near Bristol.In a review of the incident, Kate Green said there were "lessons to be learned", adding she had written to Chief Constable Stephen Watson to ask Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to "address a number of matters".
At the time, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) assistant Chief Constable Rick Jackson said officers had acted based on "intelligence" about anti-social behaviour on trains.The actions led to a protest in Manchester city centre from the Traveller community, with the Traveller Movement demanding a public apology from police.
The advocacy group said it was also considering referring the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.Green said police had provided an account of what happened and said she "understood the rationale" due to a surge in "crime, anti social behaviour and disorder across the city centre" that day.