See Why Aaron Gwin is the Fastest Man in Downhill

I grew up racing BMX. I started when I was four. We raced for a lot of years and then moved on to motocross and did the same thing with that. So it was kind of just the perfect combination of those two sports. So when I started racing downhill it was, I don't know, just a lot of fun. It was everything I've kind of done since I was a little kid wrapped into one sport. Ten minutes out from your race run there's pretty much nothing else in the world that's going on besides just getting ready for that run. It seems like when you go across the finish line every time you kind of take a breath for the first time all weekend and it's like everything sort of settles into normal real quick again. But I would say for those few minutes it's kind of a different world. This year I'm pretty much the same as every year. I think number one just to have fun, enjoy what I'm doing. I'd like to win world champs. I'd like to continue winning world cups. It's going to be really tough so I just want to enjoy the season, do the best we can. Fun is kind of where it's all at for me. If I'm not having fun I might as well do something else. Am I the best rider in the world? I would say yeah. For right now just based on standings I'm kind of the dude, the beat. I'm lucky to be where I'm at. I'm enjoying it but at the same time I'm stoked and it's cool to be able to say that you are the best rider in the world at a given time in life.