{"id":19,"date":"2025-07-28T13:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:37:42","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:44% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mika-VRDSC03373gent-enhance-2x-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mika-VRDSC03373gent-enhance-2x-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mika-VRDSC03373gent-enhance-2x-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mika-VRDSC03373gent-enhance-2x-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mika-VRDSC03373gent-enhance-2x-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mika-VRDSC03373gent-enhance-2x.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Small in size, big in the air<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet\u00a0<strong>Mika Heymans<\/strong>, a 15-year-old snowboarder from Belgium who\u2019s already turning heads with tricks that defy gravity and sometimes logic. Born on August 18, 2009, Mika didn\u2019t just learn to walk\u2026 he basically slid into life on a board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s no ordinary teenager. While others are still deciding which sneakers to wear, Mika laces up his\u00a0<strong>snowboard boots<\/strong> and hits the slopes. He rides\u00a0<strong>regular<\/strong>, but there\u2019s nothing \u201cregular\u201d about his slopestyle and rail event skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mika trains with the\u00a0<strong>Freestyle Team Snow Valley<\/strong> and <strong>Shredmasters<\/strong>, is supported by<strong>  12 Springs Trampolines, <strong>Snowboard<\/strong> Addiction<\/strong> and <strong>Burton<\/strong>  and somehow spends just as much time spinning in midair as he does standing on solid ground. Between trampolines, snowparks, and a whole lot of determination, this kid is building something big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, he\u2019s snagged a 6th place at the Europa Cup Rail Event in Kitzsteinhorn, a 12th in Big Air, and a growing reputation as&nbsp;<em>that kid who flies<\/em>. Just give him a kicker and a beat, and he\u2019ll freestyle his way into your memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow his journey on Instagram at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mika_heymans\/\">@mika_heymans<\/a>, where he shares snowpark footage, slow-mo spins, and the occasional crash (because hey, progress ain\u2019t always pretty).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In short<\/strong>: Mika is young, fearless, and has more airtime than your local weather balloon. You\u2019ll be seeing and hearing a lot more from him soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikaheymans.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}