When the Mansfield Courier featured the story of Sienna Vivash, a young and remarkably talented Mansfield Shire snowboarder and mountain bike rider, we proclaimed her the Queen of the mountain.

Now her brother, Miles Vivash, 9, has stepped up to stake his claim as King of the mountain.

At the recent Interschools on Mt Buller, Miles won both the Giant Slalom and the Boarder Cross events.

Given his accomplishments, it came as no surprise when he was awarded the David Perkins Cup, an award given in recognition of Outstanding Achievement in snow sports to primary school age boys.

After all, Miles did open up huge 1.31 and 1.3 second gaps over the rest of the field in both events, where wins are usually earned by the smallest of fractions of seconds.

And he did it all as a bottom-age participant.

We asked Miles just how he is able to accomplish so much at such a young age.

Practice, it seems, makes perfect.

“I’ve been snowboarding since I was four,” he said, leaving out the fact he used to head down the slope in his mum’s arms as she snowboarded.

“It came quite easily to me.

“I snowboard on Mt Buller most weekends during the season and everyday during the school holidays.

“I’ve also snowboarded on Hotham and Thredbo but my favourite mountain is Mt Iwatake in Japan - I’ve been there twice.

“When I was seven, I fractured my tibia there and I got upgraded to business class on the way home, that was a lot of fun.

“I’m also really looking forward to boarding in Austria next.”

Miles and Sienna’s parents clock up a near unthinkable number of miles driving, and flying, the kids up and down mountains for snowboarding during the winter and mountain biking during the summer.

As dedicated supporters you will struggle to find.

Miles and his sister are reaping the rewards of all the hard work they, and their parents, are putting in.

Miles has twice attended the Hotham Snowboard Futures Camp where he has been coached by Olympians.

These experiences, it seems, have worn off on him.

Serena Vivash, Miles’ mum, looks a little awestruck as she tells the story of her son’s triumphant return home after his wins in the national competition.

“He said to me, nationals is good but it’s only Australia,” she said.

“He told me he wanted to compete with the very best in the world.

“When I told him it sounded like he wanted to go to the Olympics…

“He told me he does.”

The way he and his sister are progressing on the mountainside in the summer sun and the winter snow, it’s hard to rule anything out.

We asked Miles what it is like to be one of two very talented siblings?

Whether he learns a lot from his talented older sister?

“We’re very competitive,” he smiled.

“I want to beat her and she just wants to beat me.”

With the supremely talented and competitive, siblings pushing each other on to greatness, and both being shuttled around by their dedicated parents, it would be a shock if Mansfield Shire isn’t hearing about further heroic feats and remarkable accomplishments from the Vivash siblings for years to come.