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Cheers for those of you who voted Man & Boy the Singletrack Magazine feature of the year for 2009. I'm very proud of this award and so is Nial.
We were out riding today in the snow with Sim and Euan at Storthes Hall near Huddersfield. Here's a video clip of Nial on my Ragley Ti hardtail. He never did get to do his first downhill race this year due to circumstances beyond our control, but rumour has it he will be making his debut in the next couple of months. As proud dad I will keep you updated. Here he is today sending it on the icy hardpack.
Nice one! Steve Peat for the next generation?
Flip Ed, those are my local trails and I know that drop, your lad rules!
Super smooth style. Nice coaching there!
Looking good! Oh how I wish (a) I had the cahoonas (b) I had the skill.
Cracking work (vid/jump/etc). And, that was a fine article. It oozed passion, and explains why I value my STW subs over all others.
That's outrageous, encouraging a child to take such risks.
Be a responsible dad and run him to your nearest indoor shopping mall on a saturday.
😉
Go on, admit it.......you get just a little bit worried when he pulls stuff like that. Good skills.
Riding with Nial is definitely the best motivation to MTFU ever. It's so demoralising to see him doing some of the stuff he does when you're not doing it yourself. It's also deeply impressive.
I've seen a few of your videos of nial, and I never cease to be impressed. That kids got skills!
Loved the article too.
nice one, must get his balls from his mother!
nice
Is that your voice Ed? You sound nothing like what I expected for some reason.
Well deserved award. Keep writing.
seriously imrepssive stuff Ed, he's a credit to you.
can someone direct me to the feature, which issue was it in
Great skills, how old is your boy.
Me and my 12 year old son always go out together, best quality time ever!
It was in issue 50, or you could read it as part of the awards voting, not sure if its still available that way..
It says below the vid that Nial is 12.
Super smooth style. Nice coaching there!
His style is all his own, I don't coach him I just take him riding and have kept him on flat pedals. As he is the age where he knows everything he's started coaching me!
Go on, admit it.......you get just a little bit worried when he pulls stuff like that.
Not really. He's the best judge of what he can do and I leave it up to him. Have had the odd moment when he's stuffed it though! he does get quite nervous when I do something stupid though.
nice one, must get his balls from his mother!
LOLZ. You should see the balls on his mother....
Thanks for all your kind comments.
i been teaching a kid for a year now. he's 13 now . little nat high5
it's an awesome thing to affect young riders for ever. high5 ed-o
Sweet!
Matbe catch you and Nial if you come up to the Lakes next year.
Jono.
Oh ,and have a nice Xmas and New Year.
high5 jedi - It is one of the coolest things, you are dead right.
jwt - No mountain biking at Hawkshead YHA next summer. They are doing art instead. A great shame.
Nice Ed - Storthes used to my 'local' back when I had the DH bike.
BTW - my birthday bunny should be calling you this week about the Gisburn Course at the end of Feb 😉
WOW...good skills from Nial there Ed! he's flying. Our little 8 Year old Henry has just watched that and is seriously impressed! 'Nial is cool' :0)
Hen is managing some non-tech trails on his Felt and, like you, I'm not pushing him to do anything he's not comfy with. He is MFUing to the winter now though ;0)
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Ed, sorry to hear that about Hawkshead! let us know on RTL if your heading our way!
I voted for your story - thought it was one of the best ST mag articles I've read actually.
Nial looks to be a pretty talented mtber... wish I was as good at near enough three times his age 😳
and in shorts... proper 'ard!! 
Ed-o if your wondering who the weirdo was looking at you in the army jacket today- that was me. You do drive a white van dont you? 🙂
Mad skillz!
Renaming of delly road gap though
Good stuff. In't storthes fun? I remember being up there when I was 12 and wimping out of all that was there (even though the drop was much smaller). 10 years on and now nothing there phases me, so I dread to think what Nial will be like!