LAURIE GREENLAND

How did you get into mountain biking?

I started off on a BMX and I grew up just over the road from a skatepark. Then my dad ended up getting a mountain bike and it just fell into place from there.

My dad used to ride and race and he would always go to the Dragon Downhill Series. I wasn’t actually old enough to race but I’d practise; I’d sneak in and do a couple of the races. I grew up in that South Wales scene.

Did you always know you’d make it?

I’ve got a one-track mind in this respect. I remember seeing Steve Peat one time in Cwmcarn at a UK National. He won that race. And