Berkshire boy, seven, becomes the youngest person in Europe to land a backflip ...

Fearless British boy, seven, becomes the youngest in Europe to land a backflip on a scooter - and the Olympic-hopeful already has an army of Instagram followers Tyler Hainey, from Bracknell, Berkshire, is the UK under-eight scooter champion The prodigy only started riding a scooter 16 months ago He has earned the nickname Little Wolf and hopes to win gold at the Olympics 

By Jack Newman For Mailonline

Published: 11:36 GMT, 1 March 2019 | Updated: 12:43 GMT, 1 March 2019

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A seven-year-old boy from Berkshire has become the youngest person in Europe to land a backflip on a scooter. 

Tyler Hainey has only been riding for 16 months but he already has an army of Instagram followers, two titles under his belt and is dreaming of world-class competitions.  

The young prodigy from Bracknell has earned the nickname Little Wolf from the scooter community and spends all his time after school honing his skills. 

Tyler Hainey, seven, has become the youngest person in Europe to land a backflip on a scooter

Tyler Hainey, seven, has become the youngest person in Europe to land a backflip on a scooter

The under-eight UK champion hopes to one day compete at the Olympics in scooter riding

The under-eight UK champion hopes to one day compete at the Olympics in scooter riding

It took Tyler a few attempts to perfect the backflip but practice made perfect for the talented youngster

It took Tyler a few attempts to perfect the backflip but practice made perfect for the talented youngster

With his father Brian, the 3ft7in youngster has travelled hundreds of miles to try out skate parks across the United Kingdom and he is under-eight scooter champion in the country. 

Confident Tyler has refused to be stopped by a few knocks and hopes to win gold if one day scooter riding enters the Olympics. 

Even a scar from a split chin needing five stitches earned while trying to land the impressive backflip has not put him off. 

He said: ‘I

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