Bouncing to Barcelona
Queenstown trampoliner Max Trembath has earned a spot at the Freestyle Trampoline World Championships in Spain.
The high-flying teenager, who's been training since he was three years old, qualified through the GT Games ANZ at SITE Trampoline, Frankton, during the Easter school holidays.
Max, 13, now hopes to raise enough funds to travel to Barcelona in September and take on the best in the world.
"It's just so much fun," the Queenstown Primary School pupil says. "Every time I bounce on a trampoline, it's awesome, it's just one of those feelings that sticks with you.
"I started at SITE Tramp about 10 years ago, but it's only in the last five years that I've been really training. I train two or three times a week and the coaches are really good.
"I want to go to the World Champs and see how good everyone is, and what my level is."
Freestyle trampolining largely focuses on tricks performed off the back or stomach and features massive flip and spins.
Max, who also snowboards, mountain bikes and does parkour, has already put down the 'Quint Kaboom', which is five backflip somersaults off one bounce, along with many other tricks.
In the GT Games ANZ comp, he was the only junior, so was put into a higher age bracket, competing against 16-year-olds, and finishing fourth overall, one point off the podium.
"In Barcelona, I'll be competing against kids my own age, which will be better. I'm really interested to see how good people are that just focus on one sport, rather than lots of different ones."
Max has already been brainstorming fundraising ideas and plans to set up a GoFundMe page, record some video for social media, along with holding a raffle and fundraising through school and SITE Trampoline.
