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Zac Millward reaches for the Sky

15 Year Old Expat is One of the Youngest Riders in Turkey’s 2016 Red Bull Sea to Sky Extreme Enduro Event

MotocrossPark Kilyos, Istanbul’s premier motocross and enduro training center, is readying British-Indonesian high school student Zac Millward to compete in one of the most challenging international enduro events, the Red Bull Sea to Sky, to be held in Antalya, Turkey October 6-8.

The grade 10 student, who just moved to Turkey with his family in autumn 2015, is registered to compete in this race that features such international top riders as Jonny Walker, Graham Jarvis, and Anreas “Letti” Lettenbichler. The Red Bull Sea to Sky literally starts on the beach in Antalya and ends on the peak of Mount Olympos (altitude 2,365m), with riders given 7 hours to reach the summit.

But that does not faze 15 year old Zac.

“I started riding when I was 3, on aYamaha PW 50cc and have been riding ever since. I have participated in competitions in Germany before, but the Red Bull Sea to Sky is definitely my biggest challenge yet,” says the teen, who studies at an international school in Istanbul. “At first I was upset when we had to move from Germany to Istanbul, but after I found MotocrossPark Kilyos and started training with Sinan Memnun, now I have more opportunities and a higher level of training than what I could find in Germany, so this move turned out to be a benefit for my riding.”

“This will be Zac’s first race on his KTM 250 EXC-F. He’s a dedicated rider and has been training hard.Red Bull Sea to Sky is a tremendously difficult event and he will be up against seasoned professionals, but I am confident he can make it through the Bronze Level of the race in under four hours,” says Sinan Memnun, who runs MotocrossPark Kilyos and trains Istanbul’s expat and local riders starting from as young as 4 years old.

Sinan Memnun, who has won numerous national motocross and enduro titles in Turkey, will be racing in the event as well, and will be bringing another of his MotocrossPark Kilyos proteges to compete in the event.