A WHEELY talented boy from Crowborough has his eyes firmly set on being world champion of his sport, even if it means having to take extreme risks.
The scooter is the ride of choice for 12-year-old Jake Lorimer but unlike most people who use the humble mode of transport, he enjoys flinging his equipment and body through the air to pull off breath-taking tricks.
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12-year-old Jake Lorimer doing extreme scootering at Jarvis Brook Skate Park in the recreation ground on Tuesday afternoon, June, 4. TWSL20130604E-001_C
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12-year-old Jake Lorimer, centre, doing extreme scootering at Jarvis Brook Skate Park in the recreation ground on Tuesday afternoon, June, 4. He is pictured with friends, Tom Pelling, left, who photographs him in action and Danny Gibbs who films him. TWSL20130604E-009_C
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DEFYING GRAVITY: Jake Lorimer, 12, at Jarvis Brook Skate Park TWSL20130604E-003_C
The Beacon Community College pupil took up the activity around two-and-a-half years ago but only in the last few months has he honed his skills to land some amazing stunts.
He spent hours watching extreme sport stars on YouTube before going out on the streets to see if he can emulate his heroes.
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The fearless youngster from Gillridge Lane said he wanted to keep progressing in the sport.
He said: "I practice a lot at the skate parks in Crowborough and Jarvis Brook. They are both different, because one has bowls and the other is more of a street park with rails to grind.
"I can do things like a Bri, where you flip the scooter over and land back on it. I also like doing a Flair Backflip, which is basically where you go up a quarter pipe and do a twisting backflip and land back on the scooter.
"It is scary because you don't want to fall on your face but for the flair I tried to do it really hard and pulled the bars up so if anything went wrong I would land on my feet."
Last week he spent the half term visiting ten parks around Birmingham with other scooter enthusiasts to develop his talent.
He now wants to compete at events and is looking for a local company to sponsor him.
"If I had a sponsor and something broke on my scooter and it needed replacing they would pay for it and I would ride for them and represent them."
He tries to ride his ?400 custom scooter as much as he can and practices multiple times a week.
His dream is to ride at the X-Games ? the Olympics for extreme sports ? or join up with a team like the Nitro Circus, which is a troupe of extreme sport athletes who tour the world.
"I'm going to keep going and not give up.
"You can make a career out of it. I would like to compete at X-Games or the International Scooter Association World Championships.
"I think it just takes a lot of practice and if you keep doing it you get better then you go onto different tricks."
He lives on a thin line between success and failure, which he only knows too well.
Recently he ended up in A&E after a trick went wrong.
His mum, Carla Sacre, said she is worried every time he goes out but would never stop him from doing it.
She said: "He faceplanted and ended up in hospital and got his mouth glued. As a mother it is hard and you do think of the risks but I support him 100 per cent because it's his passion.
"I am very proud of him. It's nice to know Jake is outside getting exercise and not stuck on the X-Box indoors."
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