To my dearest Daria, you have been an inspiration beyond words and I’m so proud to be your husband, here’s to many more adventures in the years to come.
To my brother Kevin and his family.
Thank you to Piera, Maurizio, Giorgia and Valerio, my new found family.
A BIG thank you to all my sponsors, Kevin, Kyle, Sam, Lars and the folks at Transition Bikes US. Graeme, Sean and the staff at SurfSales. Jimmy at MuleBar, Dominik at Osprey, Simon from Garmin UK, Ian at CTC, Stephanie at Stena Line, Neil from Surface Clothing, all the guys and girls at Exposure Lights, Blacks Outdoor, John at G&G/The Shed, Mark at Next Level, Matt at Chaineys Cycles and Steve at iCycles for the coffee.
Special thanks to Danny, Ric and the guys at Mountain Biking UK magazine. Becky and all the folk in Future towers. Mark Huskisson and family, Ad. Jane and the Bates family and the kind folk at Blessingbourne manor for the hospitality.
Once again to all my friends for there continued support, Gav, Pip, Beeg, Caz, Jockey, Fev, Seddon, Rob, Robbie, Skinner, Tally, Wendy, Jemma, Rachel, Potsy, Big Mark, Ian and Andy ‘its a Wednesday’ Marshall, Lyle, Williams, Youth, Aston, James McKnight, Dave & Ginger Marshall, Big Dave at MyOsteo and family. Far too many of you to list, thanks for the friendship and support.
Huge thanks must go to Frazer, my comrade-photographer on the rides, without whom there would be no book.
A final thank you to Charlotte, Nick and all the folks at Bloomsbury Publishing, thank you once again for the opportunity.