Kobe Races His Mentors at Atherton Racing HQ

I have just got back from Denmark and headed out to North Wales to see the Athertons before they head to the World Championships in Australia.

Have a look at Kobe, a very keen extreme sports fan (until he falls off) and who has grown up with Dan, Gee and Rachel coming for sessions over the past 3 years. I will never forget Cleave Lewis saying to me that if you are going to improve then you have to find someone who is competing at a higher level to test your skills against.

The great Laker & Miami NBA coach Pat Riley said when he was 9 years old his father would send him to play basketball with his older brothers. More often than not he would come back crying. His borthers would plead with their dad not to let him hang out with them. "It will be good for him. He has to go back."

After spending the afternoon with his "heros" Kobe has even more of a thirst for speed.

Have a look at the videos to the right and check out his afternoon with some World Champions.