Why Logan Martin built a BMX Park in his back yard
Continuity is key for Martin, and not much has changed for him this Olympic cycle. And with such a good set up, why would it?
In the run up to Tokyo 2020, the relatively new father decided to build a BMX training facility in his back yard.
His reasons were twofold. Firstly, with no facility where he lived in Gold Coast, he didn’t want to have to uproot his family in order to train. Secondly, with his profession also being his favourite pastime, the chance to spend even more time on two wheels just was too good to pass up.
The move proved to be a masterstroke. Soon after building the facility, the Covid pandemic hit. While many athletes would be unable to access their training facilities, there was to be no training disruption for Martin, who went on to win Olympic gold in 2021.
*“*When BMX Freestyle became an Olympic sport, I saw the level evolve rapidly,” he said.
“I didn’t want to move, so I bought a property with enough space to be able to build a park in 2019, one year before the Olympics.
“It was a total blessing that after 18 months of no travelling with Covid, as I was able to still ride at a high level everyday right in my backyard while my boy was one and a half, which was pretty epic.”