In the past five years Alex Kennedy has evolved from softly-spoken kid to international superstar, carried along by his prodigious talent on a BMX.

He combines the ability to do super-tech tricks and lines with a laid-back style that means it all looks easy.

As The Come Up, the world’s biggest BMX site put it: “It really says something about AK’s style that he can make everything from tireslides and tbogs to tech lines and big drops look equally as smooth and effortless.”

Best thing about him though? He’s British. We’ll definitely be cheering our homeboy on in BMX street.