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Name
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Ewan Doherty
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Age
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19
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Height
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6'2
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Hometown
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Belfast
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Cat
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Elite
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Years Riding
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5
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Bike
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Solid Mission
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How do you run your suspension
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Forks: Fastish and hard
R Shock: Bit slower than the front and softish
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Most likely to break
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Rear mechs and hangers
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Favourite Irish Track
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Donard
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Favourite International Track
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Valmelenco Italy
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When your not on your bike
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Im either working or trying to motovate myself to do some training
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Who are your influences/favourite riders
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Sam Blenkinsop
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Most likely to say?
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This is Shit
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Flats or Clips
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Flats
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Music
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Jurassic 5
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Worst Injury
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Cracked cartilage in my ribs
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Sponsors
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OC Tuning, Breath Eze Fitness, GCC Europe Recruitment
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Ambitions for 2009
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To get to as many World Cup, British, Scottish, Maxxis cup and Irish races as I can afford and hopefully get selected For the Ireland team for the World and European Champs
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3 Greatest Riding Achievement
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1st Junior Dunkeld Scotland 08 and 3rd fastest of the day, 6th European Champs 08 after qualifing 1st, 3 times Irish Champion
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OC Tuning are pleased to announce we will be supporting Ewan Doherty for 2009 with a SOLID Mission 9 Bike & Fox Racing Shox Suspension and on site race support throughout 2009.
In 2009 it will be Ewans first year racing as an Elite rider and with such excellent results in 2008 such as finishing 17th in the worlds and overall Irish downhill junior 1st place we look forward to working with such a top class rider.
Watch this space for Updates on Ewans performances over the next year.......
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Bike Orange Patriot, Fox 36 Floats, Fox DHX 5.0
How do you run your suspension Fairly hard and fast up front, a bit slower and softer at the back
Most likely to break Rear mechs
Favourite Irish Track Dunmanway NPS 2008 track
Favourite International track Vigo
Who are your influences/favourite riders All the elites and pros, but mainly Sam Hill
Sponsors OC Tuning, Southern Extreme, The Big Little Bike Shop
3 Greatest riding achievements 3rd overall NPS 2008; 2nd National Championships 2008, 1st NPS round 1 2009
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Name
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Dan Sheridan
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Age
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14
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Height
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5’4
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Hometown
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Dun Laoghaire
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Cat
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U16
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Years Riding
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Just over 2 years
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Bike
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2010 Tomac Primer 220 with Fox 40 RC2 and Fox RC4
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How do you run your suspension
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Ask James
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Most likely to break
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Rear Mechs
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Favourite Irish Track
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Rostrevor champs track and Carrick
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Favourite International Track
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Andorra wc track and vigo
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Who are your influences/favourite riders
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Sam Hill, Blenko and the Wolfes
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Sponsors
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OC Tuning, RRP, Gamut USA, FiveTen, Flow Racing
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3 Greatest Riding Achievement
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U14 Irish Dh Champ 2008,
10th U16 Maxxis Cup Vigo 2009
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Name
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Rob Davis
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Age
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27
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Height
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5'10
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Hometown
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Treerock
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Cat
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Elite
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Years Riding
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12yrs less five dossing
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Bike
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Solid Mission 9
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How do you run your suspension
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Whatever way the giant tells me
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Most likely to break
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Everything
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Favourite Irish Track
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Carrick
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Favourite International Track
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Coronet Peak N.Z
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When your not on your bike
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Eat
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Who are your influences/favourite riders
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The top Irish boys won't mention names. Sam Hill, Steve Peat.
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Most likely to say?
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Has anybody got the time?
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Flats or Clips
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Flats but have been having dirty thought about clips recently but that's as close as i will get to them. Not worth the abuse.
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Music
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Micheal Bolton or anyone with long hair and a to die for body.
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Worst Injury
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Broken 6 bones in hand and wrist at once.
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Sponsors
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OC Tuning
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Ambitions for 2009
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Just trying to get myself upto speed and get my fitness back.
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3 Greatest Riding Achievement
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Name
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Greg Callaghan
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Age
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18
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Height
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6 footish
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Hometown
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Rathfarnham
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Cat
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1st year elite
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Years Riding
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Trials since I was 8 and Dh for 4 years.
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Bike
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Solid Mission 9 and Solid Acer
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How do you run your suspension
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Bouncy or sometimes extra bouncy
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Most likely to break
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Drop outs and rear mechs
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Favourite Irish Track
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Carrick or the second Rostrevor track this year
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Favourite International Track
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Fort William when it's wet
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When your not on your bike
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I'm thinking about being on my bike.
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Who are your influences/favourite riders
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Joey Dunlop, Stefan Everts, Sam Hill, me father.
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Most likely to say?
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Howiye
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Flats or Clips
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Clips but sometimes I go flat
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Music
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Depends on the mood, electro mainly
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Worst Injury
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Lost most of the seight in my right eye after it got poked by a handlebar as I fell down a hill on my bike at a young age.
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Sponsors
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OC Tuning, RRP, Green Oil, Epicmtb, Chromag.
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Ambitions for 2010
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Make the Irish team for Euro's, win an nps and do well in the Champs.
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3 Greatest Riding Achievement
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Winning the Irish Champs this year, getting fastest time of the day in Killarney this year and making the Irish team for trials and downhill within 2 years.
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