My 2015 Race Season!

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Jake Ward - Mountain Biking

Winter Training

Some fun with the boys in the Surrey Hills!

Killing Winter Blues

On the last sunny weekend we had before the beginning of the apocalypse back in December myself and a few friends gathered in Surrey to shoot a short, fun edit before we had to hibernate for the winter. It's finally gone live on Pinkbike.com, enjoy!

New Sponsors for 2014!

After a successful 2013 campaign I have a couple of exciting new sponsors for 2014 with the additions of...

Fuel Clothing will be providing me with the highest quality, sickest casual clothing, give them a look and I promise you will not be disappointed, just click on the picture it's as simple as that!

Plush Suspension Tuning, based close to legendary Woburn Sands will be keeping my forks and shock running silky smooth all season, give them a look for all your spares/servicing needs.

British Downhill Series Success!

As of the end of the national downhill series I was placed 2nd overall for 2013! I couldn't have asked for any more this year, it was a fantastic national season and even though I was unable to attend the fifth and final round due to a back injury 2nd overall is a brilliant result.

I'd like to say thanks to Matt @ Ison for the Halo wheels and Gusset/Renthal products as well as Pat @ Ison for the Banshee and MRP products that helped me get on to so many podiums this year.

Halo Wheels Ad!

Check out the July edition of Dirt Magazine to see the new Halo Chaos DH wheels advert featuring yours truly!

Thanks to Matt@Ison for organising the ad!

BDS Round 4 Llangollen

For BDS number 4 we returned to North Wales for the rider scare-er that is Llangollen. With it's steep gradient, amazing corners and deep ruts it was always going to be an awesome race regardless of the weather, which luckily was brilliant!

Come Saturday practice we were up early like excited little puppies and heading over to the track to get cracking, they were using the new-ish squirrel track. First run down (even though I'd walked the track) I got a bit wild trying a new grass chute line and incidentally went over the bars on a tiny little double, luckily I got away with it but my pride was off to A+E!

Chilling... 3 Minute Gaps and putting the steed to bed.

 It didn't seem to be going too well on Saturday so after 3 horrendous runs filled with carnage and crashes I decided to call it a day, pack up and have a re-grouping session with a couple of mates... dorito and foster!

Waking up Sunday morning, the Sun was still shining and I was feeling pumped for a day of racing. As the morning unfolded, the impossible happened, and not only did most people (myself included) get 3-4 runs in, it was 3-4 runs at Llangollen!

After quali was done I'd come down in 5th place but I knew that I still had a bit more in the tank... i was still yet to win a BDS this year so was hungry for some gold! My race run probably turned out to be the ride of the year so far for me, it was a little loose but generally felt smooth and fast, the track was getting rougher and more blown out after every run so it was difficult to anticipate what would be laying around every corner.

Top step!

I sprinted through the line and went into the hot seat with just 4 riders to go, probably the most intense 2 minutes of waiting ever! But as it happens I stayed in the hot seat and took my 1st BDS win of the season!

You can see me racing at Llangollen from about 16:03.00 in the stream above from Extreme.com.