But in October, he will represent Great Britain in slalom skateboarding – a form of downhill racing – at the World Skate Games in Paraguay. “A feeling that I haven’t wasted my life skateboarding, that diverging into something new” – he took up slalom in his late 50s – “and working hard at it has yielded a result of which I am very proud.” Having sat a while with “the pain of my lost youth”, he made a conscious decision to take up slalom. Slalom appealed because Miles believed “there must be an element of learning at the beginning”. For anyone who enjoys skateboarding, it’s “a surprising way to extend your skateboarding life”.