#Pansexual visibility day driver

We worked out as much as we could and took it day by day, but it was hard not being able to plan things out. You just had to be on your toes – you’d be at home thinking, ‘what do we do?’ We had only five or six competitions instead of 15 and you never really knew if you were going or not. When you say moguls, they tend to get excited but also confused because they don’t know what it is exactly. Not many people know about the sport – every time you say to someone ‘I’m a skier’, they assume it’s alpine. I never thought I’d get to this stage – it’s been a hell of a journey so far! I haven’t looked back since! Now I’m competing for Great Britain. Tom and Leonie joined before me because I was a bit scared, but I did start with the club when I was 10.

We had a teacher who said we were more freestyle than alpine, and that it’d be great if we became part of the local freestyle club. Our family used to go on holiday every year to Val Thorens in south-east France, and eventually our parents bought a house north of the resort in Châtel and we moved there when I was six.Īll three of us kids got into skiing seriously – our dad’s very sporty. MG-S: I followed in my brother and sister’s footsteps.

JH: Hi Makayla! Tell us about being a moguls skier – how did you get into the sport? Read on to discover Makayla’s happiest career moment so far, why visibility is important to her, navigating Instagram, what she watches on Netflix, and much more…

#Pansexual visibility day driver

With Monday, May 24, being Pansexual Visibility Day, we reached out to Makayla and she generously found time for a chat with us! As racing driver Charlie Martin told us in our Q&A for PVD in 2020, “having more pan role models will mean more awareness” – and we’re very grateful to Makayla for helping out with that in sports. The 21-year-old explained that she was proud to be LGBTQ+ herself and had come out relatively recently, adding: “Many people call me bisexual but I consider myself as pansexual… I would be delighted to meet more people in the LGBTQ+ community in snowsports and to bring my support for someone who would need it.”