{"id":16646,"date":"2022-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/?p=16646&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=16646"},"modified":"2022-09-30T10:11:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T08:11:32","slug":"pros-life-oscar-griffiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/2022\/09\/29\/pros-life-oscar-griffiths\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro&#8217;s life: Oscar Griffiths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-white-color has-text-color\">PRO&#8217;S LIFE<\/h5>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Oscar Griffiths<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center intro\">Not quite a pro yet, but this GT Viris youth team rider is well on his way<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"no-tts wp-block-purple-slider is-cropped\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-speed=\"300\" data-effect=\"fade\"><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16684\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/2022\/09\/29\/pros-life-oscar-griffiths\/mbk_413_front-press_proslife1\/\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16685\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/2022\/09\/29\/pros-life-oscar-griffiths\/mbk_413_front-press_proslife2\/\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16687\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/2022\/09\/29\/pros-life-oscar-griffiths\/mbk_413_front-press_proslife4\/\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16686\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/2022\/09\/29\/pros-life-oscar-griffiths\/mbk_413_front-press_proslife3\/\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16688\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/2022\/09\/29\/pros-life-oscar-griffiths\/mbk_413_front-press_proslife5\/\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife6.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16689\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/2022\/09\/29\/pros-life-oscar-griffiths\/mbk_413_front-press_proslife6\/\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u201cRacing bikes is the best, but it definitely isn\u2019t straightforward! I came into this year of racing after a solid off-season of hard work, and I was excited to see what I could do at the races. Unfortunately, while shooting for GT and <em>MBUK, <\/em>I misjudged a turn and ended up breaking my collarbone. I was gutted because it meant missing out on the first few races and losing the fitness I\u2019d trained for. I treated it as a one-off and was riding again within seven weeks, but while I was back (mostly) physically, I wasn\u2019t quite mentally ready to go straight into full-gas hot laps. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u201cWith less and less pain, I got into the racing groove and was back, beginning to get better results \u2013 like during a great weekend in Germany, when I won an iXS Cup race! We then went out to Morzine, France for some insane riding. I was improving on the bigger tracks every day and loving it, looking towards the last few rounds of the National Downhill Series, when I\u2019d finally get a chance to do my best. Just as I felt I was back physically and mentally, I made another simple mistake (on a fireroad!) and broke my other collarbone. I couldn\u2019t believe it \u2013 I was going to miss the whole season, between the two collarbones. I was gutted. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u201cThis season hasn\u2019t even been close to how it was supposed to go, but I\u2019ll learn from my mistakes and try to lessen the chance of these crashes happening. I\u2019m keen to do some hard work in the off-season, before my first Junior season \u2013 and hopefully some World Cups!\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not quite a pro yet, but this GT Viris youth team rider is well on his way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5420,"featured_media":16684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"","purple_seq_number":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"","purple_source_article":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"","purple_source_issue":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"October-2022","purple_external_id":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"October-2022-9e6f47a6-b4e8-4163-b82f-1fc7daa87c5f","purple_issue_code":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000112142||","purple_android_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"com.im.mountainbikingukmagazine.413","purple_ios_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"com.im.mountainbikingukmagazine.413","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-09-29T08:49:51Z","apple_news_article-theme":"","apple_news_api_id":"109dbb6f-4f22-4f20-b8d3-b060f656535d","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-09-30T08:11:38Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAw==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AEJ27b08iTyC407Bg9lZTXQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":true,"apple_news_is_preview":true,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_article_theme":"","apple_news_sections":"[]"},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"maya.hack@immediate.co.uk","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/author\/maya-hackimmediate-co-uk\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1.jpg",724,737,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1-295x300.jpg",295,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1.jpg",724,737,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1.jpg",724,737,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1.jpg",724,737,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/MBK_413_front.PRESS_proslife1.jpg",724,737,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"maya.hack@immediate.co.uk","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/author\/maya-hackimmediate-co-uk\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Not quite a pro yet, but this GT Viris youth team rider is well on his way","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16646"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17083,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16646\/revisions\/17083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}