Fields fine-tunes his skills and technique on the BMX tracks at the Elite Athlete Training Center, which has already turned part of one track into a replica of what riders will compete on in Tokyo this summer.
But, for every gate opening on the track, it seems another door opens off of it. After all, there is only one reigning male BMX Olympic champion on the planet and it’s Fields.
"It's instant credibility or ability to do really cool things like speak to schools, or be on the news, or things like that,” said Fields. “I mean I can put it at the top of my resume every single time and it looks really good, doesn’t get much better than that.”