"It's so much easier to race here and so good to be able to watch the pros.
"Here I have friends I am riding with and my family there to support me. They have been my No 1 supporters. If it wasn't for them I wouldn't have made it to a lot of these events."
Over the next two weeks Tuhoto will make final tweaks to his bike and get in a few last-minute rides in the forest.
"It's really good to be out in the forest, there's no greater feeling. It's pretty much my happy place."