Charles Pagès

The Everest in 23 Meters

I am Charles Pagès, a former high-level athlete in Freestyle Motocross, I was part of the world top 3 for several years. I have been a pioneer, creator, and inventor of many tricks in my discipline, and I am now recognized by the entire extreme sports industry as one of the most determined. I am now developing a conference to motivate and help people face the fatalities that overwhelm us in order to reach their Grail. Since my childhood, I have been immersed in sports. I got my first motorcycle at the age of 18 months and my first real motorcycle at 18 years old. I initially started with BMX before moving on to Motocross, and later to Freestyle Motocross. I have always had the spirit of pushing myself, and I am now the mentor of my younger brother, Tom Pagès, the current world champion. We trained a lot together to perform many unprecedented tricks, including the one recognized as the most difficult in this discipline, the front flip. However, during my participation in the Supercross of Paris-Bercy in 2010, which for me is the most representative show in the world of two-wheeled sports, I performed that famous front flip which resulted in a heavy fall. I then fell into a coma for over a week. Upon waking, I had lost my speech, my memory, and I could no longer walk as the left side of my body was paralyzed. According to the doctors, there was no possibility of returning to a normal life! But I still undertook a very long reconstruction process to walk again, speak again, and even to return to professional sports! My conference is unique and revisits this period of my life, I adapt it to all audiences and I speak all over France. During my conferences, I address resilience, self-overcoming, and long-term performance. Through my interventions, I want to demonstrate to everyone that it is possible to overcome life's failures and face fatality in order to achieve one's goals, whether professional or personal. Resilience can be learned, and failure should only be a simple step towards success! Some testimonials from my recent interventions; Franck Laporte-Fauret, Executive Director EuroSIMA: " Charles is just impressive, he is capable of showing madness and alongside that he conveys messages of resilience that are completely incredible, and it’s true that when applied to our everyday little problems, it hits hard, it’s very impressive " Cédric Choisnard, Sales Director DC Shoes: " A conference that provokes real emotion with strong messages that do not leave anyone indifferent. One word to remember from his intervention is resilience, Charles is stunning! " Xavier Chicoye, General Agent AXA France: " We leave this conference questioning ourselves both personally and professionally, thinking that we too can do it. Charles is a particularly determined person, well done Charles for showing everyone that we can achieve our goals if we really want to "