We begin our look at a day in the life of FMX star Thomas Pagès by sitting down at his breakfast table in Hossegor, France. Pagès starts the day with a good breakfast, usually consisting of cereals and milk, chocolate cake and a croissant.

Just like anyone else Thomas Pagès has to tackle mundane duties, such as loading his washing machine, before doing tricks on his motorcycle.

Every morning Thomas Pagès washes his bike to be ready for a training day.

Thomas Pagès affixes a new graphic to his bike.

Thomas Pagès packs his bike into a van that will transport it to an FMX park for a training day.

Thomas Pagès has different helmets for training on a ramp and into a foam pit. On this day he'll need both.

France's Hossegor Beach is a famous surf spot in Europe.

Usually Thomas Pagès and his brother Charles, left, eat near the ocean. Here Tom jokes around with a longboard skateboard while waiting for the food to be served.

Thomas Pagès is famous for his style, as evidenced by his second place finish on the RedBull X-Fighters World Tour 2012 without doing backflip. Here he does a big tsunami.

Thomas Pagès practices his trademark "special flip" to use in his next competition.

Like any good big brother, Charles gives Tom a lift when he needs one. In this case it's helping his brother out of a foam pit.

Tom Pagès finishes the training day with a big whip at sunset.

At the end of the day Tom Pagès unwinds by playing video games on a PlayStation 3.

A Travis Pastrana jersey that is a memento from Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 in Poland has signatures from "The Red Team" of Pastrana, Thomas Pagès and Ronnie Renner. Another present from Edgar Torronteras is displayed underneath.