Athletes

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Ryan Farquhar has consistently been Ireland's best motorcycle road racer, winning countless races in Ireland, England and the Isle of Man securing Irish championship titles and the prestigious Duke Road Race rankings.

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Alex though young is no stranger to racing with 10 years' experience already and still only 13. Racing both on and off track has given him the skills that have made him welcomed by endurance teams and racing organisations on both a regional and national level in the USA.

Alex's bikes have included 50cc KTM, 65cc KTM, 125cc Honda and his current bike the Moriwaki 250cc and in 2010 he was nominated for the Sports Illustrated Child Athlete of the Year.

With a true passion for winning Alex will be competing in the Red Bull Rookies cup in 2012 where he is tipped to make a big impression.

More Info: http://bradhracing.com/

Bradley Hughes is an up and coming road racer, at the age of 10 he started racing, in 2007 won his first British Championship and has Won Championships in 2008/09 & 2010 all at the age of only 13 years old.

In 2011 Bradley will be racing in the BSB supporting class the Sunoco Race Fuels GP125 British Championship.

More Info: http://domonicanderson.com/

Factory sponsored in part Drag Racer for BMW Mottorad; Domonic Anderson is no stranger for the need for speed.

Known by peers and colleagues within the drag race community, Domonic has become a coach and spokesperson for many new drag racers as well as a test rider for major manufactures and custom builders.

Becoming BMW's first pro African American drag racer, he was the first to debut the S1000RR at the drag strip.

Right out of high school, he found his passion to race when invited to a local drag strip with friends.

Challenging his new hobby, he entered the MiRock SuperBike Racing Series and made a name for himself by achieving low ET numbers on stock wheel base bikes.

In 2008, rookie Domonic Anderson entered the AMA Drag Racing Series finishing within the top ten in the nation.

Since then he has been featured in numerous national magazines, radio talk shows and meet and greet events nationwide.

More Info: http://www.garybeardsleyracing.co.uk/

Currently racing in the BSBSuperstock 1000 Series Gary first started racing only in 2007.

The first season went well winning 6 out of 6 novice 400 races at Darley Moor. As the year went on he progressed further and began to take regular top 4 finishes. Undoubtedly, the highlight of the season was a trip to Cadwell Park with the Derby Phoenix Championship. Having only ever ventured to the circuit once before, went on to win both novices races, as well as winning the overall formula 400 race and that year claimed the Darley Moor Novice 400 Championship.

With help from family, friends and loyal sponsors he was able to make a full assault on the 2008 season, which would see him contesting the Derby Phoenix Formula 600 Championship on-board a 2003 Yamaha R6 where he surpassed all expectations with his first race victory on a 600, at the 2nd round of the season at the Croft circuit. He then went to win at the 4th round of the season at the new Anglesey Circuit. This would be the most memorable race weekend of the year, with 4 race victories, 4 fastest laps and 4 lap records eventually finishing the season in the runner up spot in the championship. In 2009 he spent the majority of the season injured due to a crash at the first round of the British Superstock 600 Championship at Brands Hatch.

In 2010 he competed in his first full season of the British Superstock 600 Championship, racing at every one of the 12 rounds of the Championship collecting 3 wins on the way.

More Info: http://www.gregoryfastre.com/

Grégory Fastré is undoubtedly one of the best speed riders in Belgium.

In 2010 he won both the Superbike and Supersport Championship of Belgium and gained two splendid victories during the 24hrs Endurance Bol d'Or and 24hrs in Barcelona.

For 2011 "Fast Greg" becomes the official BMW BELUX rider and will defend his Belgian Champion Superbike title. At the same time he will participate in most rounds of the World Endurance Championship.

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Influenced by his father and uncle Josh began his racing career at the age of 6.

Starting on an automatic moto cross bike he quickly advanced and after 4 years switched to track racing starting in the ultra-competitive Aprilia 125 Superteens Cup before progressing on to the Superbike 400cc class becoming champion in the 2007 season.

Gaining experience over the next few seasons including a second place in the Triumph Triple challenge Josh is now featuring for the Aye-Gees Suzuki team in the Metzeler National Superstock 600 series.

More Info: http://www.lewiscornish.co.uk/

Lewis Cornish was the first British junior rider to compete in the tough French Supermoto championships and the 2007 Las Vegas Stateline Nationals he was also the youngest ever British supermoto champion age 13 and in 2010 was selected to represent the Team Great Britain Junior squad at the Supermoto of Nations.

More Info: http://www.mps-racing.co.uk/

MPS Racing, based in glorious North Yorkshire in the UK, is a World and British Championship Enduro racing team offering up and coming riders the chance to compete with the best in the world.

For 2011 they have a new team line up consisting of an experienced Brit and a selection of newcomers to the great sport that is Enduro.

More Info: http://solberg-racing.com/

Tage Solberg made a comeback last year in the Nordic road racing after five seasons in the European classes

More Info: www.rhracing.be

Robin is a dedicated Ducati-racer, in 2011 he participated in the Belgian Superbike Championship and also the ONK Dutch Superbikes which saw him racing all over Belgium and Holland with several podium finishes to his name and he also raced in the Dutch Ducati Dealer Championship finishing in 4th position including podiums in Spa-Francorchamps , Oschersleben and victory in Lausitz .
In 2012 he will start in the BK and ONK Dutch Superbike and also the Dutch Ducati Dealer Cup,
with one goal ...top 3.

More Info: www.darvillracing.co.uk

Darvill Racing began in the fifties by Peter Darvill; he had considerable successes throughout the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s as a solo rider being crowned World Endurance Champion (on his own machine) in 1971.Peter suffered a major injury during a race in Barcelona in 1976 racing for the Factory Honda Team that ended his solo race career, however as soon as he could walk again he re-joined the world endurance circuits as Team Manager.
He continued as Team Manager of Darvill Racing up until the 1999 when he officially retired. This didn’t last long and only four years later in 2003 he was persuaded to support a Team with his machines, this arrangement remained in place until February 2009 when he handed over the reins to Alex Aitchison.
Since then Alex has developed a team flexible enough to participate in multiple events across Europe on any given weekend. They focus on National and International events which include pure road races (such as the TT and Manx Grand Prix), Endurance races (classic and modern both in the UK and Europe) and Classic and modern race series. Over the years they have achieved many successes and continue to push the boundaries, winning races and turning heads in the process.

More Info: www.swindonrobins.co

Swindon Robins racing in the British Elite Speedway League

More Info: http://www.redlohracing.co.uk/

Australian Champion for the second year in a row Chris Holder celebrated his debut season in the FIM Speedway Grand Prix championship with a magnificent victory in the FIM British Grand Prix at Cardiff in July.

Riding in 3 countries during the 2011 season as well as SGP will mean a busy time for Chris.

More Info: http://www.emilracing.eu/

The former World Under 21 Speedway Champion Emil Sayfutdinov finished his debut 2009 season as world no. 3 but endured a nightmare campaign last year after coming third in the opening round in Leszno breaking his left arm during round three in Prague and missing three GPs before returning in Malilla, only to be injured again and ruled out for the remainder of the season.

Hoping for a better season in 2011.

More Info: http://www.garyhavelock.co.uk/

Simply one of the greatest British speedway riders of all time who returned to his roots in season 2006 to captain the Redcar Bears.

British Under-21 Champion, European Junior Champion, Twice British Champion, Overseas Champion, WORLD CHAMPION, Elite League Riders Champion.

More Info: http://hans-andersen.com/

At the age of 3 years Hans Andersen already had a dream of one day becoming a professional speedway rider.

At 4 years old he got his first bike and with seriousness, dedication and hard work combined with lots of training a dozen years later Hans' dream became a reality.

He has competed in 75 GPs, putting him in the top-ten in the appearance list.

He also helped Denmark to World Cup glory in 2006 and 2008.

More Info: http://www.hampelracing.com/

The FIM Speedway Grand Prix Rider Jaroslaw finished the 2010 season as world no2 whilst also retaining the Polish SWC championship.

Returning to the Grand Prix series in 2010 after qualifying through the GP Challenge and justified his reputation as the second best Polish rider. In fact, at one stage he led the World Championship and secured his first Grand Prix victory in Copenhagen.

More Info: http://www.kenneth-bjerre.dk/

2010 Danish Champion Kenneth Bjerre will not only be riding in the FIM Speedway Grand Prix but also in the British, Danish, Polish and Swedish leagues in 2011.

Plenty of chance to test the Forcefield Body Armour he will be using in all competitions.

More Info: http://www.verticaltrix.co.uk/

Vertical Trix are Europe's number 1 Motorcycle Stunt Display Team. Their large yummy stunt cake is made up of three key ingredients, James Bowman, Chris Walton and Lee Ludoski. Vertical Trix has taken Europe by storm and left thousands of spectators across the UK with grazed chins from the jaw-dropping action that has wowed the masses.

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Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali (Italian winter sports federation)

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Team Evolution is an alpine performance training group, which works as part of a structured, professional Alpine Academy programme, that aims achieve the highest standard of performance within alpine racing whilst providing educational support and personal development.

The Team Evolution setup supplies unique and flexible annual training programmes to committed athletes, running individual programmes for mini's, children and junior racers. All programmes are individually designed to fit the needs of the athlete, and are based upon the Team Evolution philosophies, with proven results. Dependent on the goals of the trainee, execution of these programmes can vary from a minimum 10 week period, to supporting and mentoring athletes on a full-time basis over the course of several years.

The consequence of the elite Team Evolution setup is that over 80% of the athletes training with Team Evolution for the 2010/11 season are members of National Team programmes, and all are on the performance pathway towards achieving their specific athletic goals, whilst maintaining exceptional educational grades.

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Nine riders and two coaches representing GB across Europe in Europa and World Cup competitions riding towards glory at the 2014 Olympics.

Between October and April they are based in Morzine and train in Avoriaz.

More Info: http://www.facebook.com/British-Speed-Ski-Team

Speedskiing is the fastest non-motorised sport on Earth. Extreme speed, extreme danger = the need for the best protection available!

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The cream of the UK Freeski scene headed up by Freeski legend Pat Sharples.

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The cream of the UK Snowboard scene choose to wear Forcefield!

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A professional snowboarder from Bradford in England, Jamie Nicholls grew up riding the Snowflex slope at Halifax in Yorkshire where he would spend most evenings trying to progress as much as he could while having fun with his friends.

Jamie competed all over the UK and made a habit of winning from early on which led to him turning professional as soon as he left school since when he has gone on to make a mark on both the European and Worldwide scene riding for Red Bull and Nike 6.0

More Info: http://jennyjonessnowboarder.com/

Jenny Jones is the UK's most globally respected and successful professional snowboarder.

Since bursting onto the scene as a precociously talented teenager in 1999, she has entered and won countless big air and slopestyle competitions - including three X-Games gold medals in a row between 2009 and 2010 - and starred in some of the biggest shred movies of the last decade

More Info: http://www.martyrobertson.com/

Marty Robertson started riding over 16 years ago on the Isle of Skye on the west coast of Scotland.

When he first started riding he used to make snowboards out of old skateboard decks and make bindings out of bike inner tubes nailed onto the deck.

Marty has competed & travelled all over the world with the British snowboard team, before deciding to do his own thing & stay clear of the competition route & gain exposure for his sponsors through media exposure, videos & magazines.

Marty splits his time between Scotland & California, regarding them both as 'home'.

More Info: http://www.nate-kern.com/

From a young age Nate Kern was really into sport from football, basketball, skateboarding and wakeboarding which led eventually to snowboarding and a new passion.

From growing up in Southern England Nate is now based in Breckenridge inside the incredible rocky mountains of Colorado.

Nate spends his time traveling around the globe to train, film and compete and recently got involved with the British Snowboard Team whom he hopes to work more closely with in the build up to the 2014 Olympics in Russia.

More Info: http://www.allywatson.co.uk/

Film specialist Ally Watson started out in freestyle at the age of 15 his style progressing through to big mountain and backcountry freestyle with a focus on being out in the natural environment of the mountains.

Working with Unity-Productions, a British film productions company he will be concentrating on filming for video parts as well as working with photographers throughout the year. Dramatic shots guaranteed.

More Info: http://jamesmachon.blogspot.com/

The British Freestyle Skiing Half Pipe champion is currently the only British male competing at World Cup level.

Skiing since the age of 7 James won his first competition at the age of 14 the Yorkshire Championships and has since gone on to win the British Freestyle Skiing Half pipe championship 3 times and has competed in the Winter Dew Tour, World Championships, World Cup, European Open, and is working towards the Olympics in 2014 where the Freestyle Skiing Half Pipe will feature for the very first time as an official sport.

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Previously an ice hockey player Rob adapted the skills from skating into skiing and became a moguls skier. At 14 Rob started trying out Half Pipe and Slope Style at Sheffield Dry Ski Slope and since then he hasn’t looked back on his moguls or ice hockey days and has quickly became one Britain’s best.
Rob competed in his first World Cup at just 16 placing 32nd making him realise he had made it onto the world scene. For the last 3 years Rob has been travelling around Europe and America training with the best coaches and getting great results at the British Championships, European Opens in Switzerland and the Regional series and the Aspen Open in America.
Robs next thing on his to do list is compete at the 2014 Olympics which has been his dream since he discovered skiing.

More Info: www.katiesummerhayes.co.uk

At 6 years old Katie learned to ski on the artificial slope at Sheffield and after joining the Sharks she discovered her love for Freestyle skiing.  After her first competition at 9 years old she knew she wanted to stay with 'freestyle' skiing and began to train more with this in mind.
At the age of 15 Katie was thrilled to be invited to the 2011 FIS World Championships in the USA; here she was taking part in the Halfpipe and Slopestyle events, this was the first time that Slopestyle had been included and Katie was determined to go. With a fantastic 11th place in Slopestyle (only just missing out on the finals) and 14th in the Halfpipe these results  were  a great achievement for her first major competition.  With a Euro X Games invite in March 2011 this season has turned into an exciting journey that Katie has set her sights on continuing.
Katie trains all year round on the dry slopes and indoor slopes of the UK and she attends regular trampoline coaching and fitness sessions. Mountain snow time is taken whenever possible and when her studies allow. The opportunity to train on full time basis is what she is aiming for after school has finished in 2012.
After the IOC decision to allow both the Halfpipe and Slopestyle events in the full Winter Olympics Katie has set her goals on competing in the games. There is an exciting future ahead for Freestyle skiing and hopefully Katie

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Growing up in Alberta Canada, Jesse Robson learned how to ski through competing on the racing circuit from just about when he could walk.

After several years in the downhill suit he got frustrated with the gates and made the jump to coaching and freeskiing.

This soon led him to make the pilgrimage south to Wanaka, New Zealand and a regular routine of summers there and winters in Whistler followed.

Jesse was part of the team that gave the 2010 Olympic's "Fire and Ice" show as part of the medals celebration with televised coverage of these events each night of the games.

More Info: http://lukepotts.com/

Luke Potts is from the UK originally but has been calling Wanaka, New Zealand home for the last 6 years.

He started Skiing when he was 4 and at 11 started racing. He stopped racing at 18 and swapped to the more open style of Freeski.

Spending his seasons alternating between the Southern and Northern hemisphere Luke has developed an impressive portfolio of full action shots leading him to be the new Forcefield poster pin up!

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Julian Ball first went skiing when he was 9 years old on a family holiday to Courmayeur, Italy, he skied hard on every holiday until he was 12 and from 13-19 years old he switched to snowboarding including completing two seasons, in Argentina and Whistler, working as a snowboard instructor. In Whistler he slowly made the swap back to Skiing.
After Whistler Julian studied Sports Coaching and Leisure Management at Oxford Brookes University. Whilst studying he competed in a number of inter-university freestyle competitions with great success placing 1st, twice, and 3rd twice. In the Northern Hemisphere summers he travels to New Zealand to try and hone his skills at Snowpark, Cardrona and Treble Cone.
After university he spent one season  in Val d'isere followed by two in Morzine working on both park and back country riding. For the past couple of summers he has spent a month or two on the glacier at Saas Fee, Switzerland.
Julian now spends the winter season traveling all over Europe where he compete at the highest level and is the star of many ski movies.

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Currently ranked 3rd in the UK (British Snow Tour Rankings) in Freestyle skiing Chris won the silver medal in his age group, 6th place overall and was the best performing Scottish rider in slope style at the British Championships in LAAX, March 2011.
He has spent a lot of time away during the summer over the past few years training in Saas fee and Mt. Hood. His home slopes are Braehead Sno!zone where he spends most of his time training and  Bearsden dry slope where he has skied every Wednesday night for the last 3 years.
Now based in Park City, Utah Chris is working as a ski instructor and training in the world renowned park where he hopes to hone his skills to compete at International level.

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Peter started skiing when he was eight, on a dry ski slope with his school. He picked up the basics almost instantly and over the next couple of years he continued to ski on 'plastic' with his local race team in regional plastic races. His coach at the time, Helmut Gabl, told Peter's parents about his potential and advised them that Peter should start racing on snow.

Having been on one skiing holiday Peter entered his first race, at the English Championships, with no training or trainer; he finished fourth, demonstrating his talent in the sport. That summer Peter went on his first snow training camp aged ten, and joined Sandown Park ski racing club. With the help of some great Swiss coaches Peter greatly improved over the next few years.

Peter was selected for the British Alpine Children's Ski team the first year he moved into the new age group and skied for the next few years with them, winning many British titles and finishing in the top 15 in his last year of children's competition in Abertone, Italy. When Peter was 15 he moved into FIS racing and joined the British Development Team. Some extremely competitive races in central Europe over the next few years encouraged Peter to improve and he was selected for the British Senior Alpine Ski Team. At the British Championships Peter performed extremely well and remains the best ranked British Junior Downhill racer ever.

Peter's move to ski cross took place in the 2009/2010 season, when he heard more and more about the new sport. In his first race Peter was badly injured, highlighting to him the dangers of the new sport he was pursuing a career in. At the end of the season Peter produced some good results on the European Cup circuit. In the southern hemisphere season Peter won the South American Cup series, and will start the 2010/2011 season amongst the top 20 in the world. He is now Britain's top ranked male skier.

More Info: www.timfarr.co.uk

Tim Farr is a Winter Paralympian and one of the senior and top Athletes of the British Disabled Ski Team

Tim started skiing at an early age and has carried on his love of the mountains. After breaking his back in 2004 on a university ski trip he knows the importance of good body protection more than anybody. Within a year of Breaking his back Tim was back on the slopes out in America and within another year had joined the British Development squad.

Over the last few year Tim has gone from strength to strength and now competes at World Cup, Europa Cup and NorAm events competing in Slalom, GS Super G and Downhill. His focus is now completely set on the qualifying for Sochi 2014.

More Info: www.geertjederksen.nl

Geertje Derksen is one of Holland’s top Alpine ski racers winning 24 Dutch championships as well as over 30 FIS race podiums.
After a long lay-off with Injury the focus for Geertje is now to return to the podium at international level and work towards the 2014 Olympic games.

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Hailing from one of the fore-most racing families in Ireland, Philip Carberry, born on 1 November 1980, is the son of jockey Tommy Carberry, who was a famous National Hunt jockey in the 1960s and 1970s. His uncle is Arthur Moore, one of Ireland’s leading National Hunt trainers and his siblings, Paul, Peterjon and Nina, are also successful Irish riders.

His first win came in 1997 on Native Status for his father Tommy, he progressed through the ranks and won the Irish Grand National in 2006 on Point Barrow, followed by the French Gold Cup (Grand Steeple Chase de Paris) on Princesse D'Anjou. He also won the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on Sublimity in 2007 before winning again the Grand Steeple Chase de Paris on Princesse D'Anjou.  He has had many other major wins besides these In France where he has lived full time in Chantilly just outside Paris since 2009. His proudest moment was winning the Irish