2008 Junior World Champs – Val di SOle

The 2008 Worlds from Val di Sole may have been the Sam Hill show, but Josh Bryceland also put in a stunning performance. His time smashed the Junior field to pieces (he won by 8 seconds over Sam Dale) and his run would have seen him in tenth place in the elites.

His Dad, Ian, said: “He was in a Slovenian hospital six weeks before being told he needed surgery and that his season might be over. Up at the top of the hill Josh was just cool as a cucumber and he said to me, ‘Don’t worry dad, I’m in the zone.’”

It’s just a shame he did it with that haircut!

2011 Mont Sainte Anne

It wasn’t only matter of time before Bryceland would start podiuming at Elite level and his first came at Mont Sainte Anne in 2011. He was second only to Gwin, who was untouchable all season on TWR.

2014 Leogang

It would be another three years until Bryceland finally took that extra step up the podium to claim his first win, but what a win it was!

For a man that loves it techy he couldn’t have picked a stranger place to win than Leogang. It’s just a shame he couldn’t remember the national anthem!

All together now: We rail berm in Leoooogang…

2014 Meribel

Josh Bryceland dominated the second half of the 2014 season with two wins and a second place. In the end a third place at Meribel secured the World Cup overall. It was enough to squeeze out Aaron Gwin and left Brook MacDonald to take his first World Cup win.

2016 World Championships – Val di Sole

Will this go down as Josh Bryceland’s last ever race on the biggest stage? Josh said he was “buzzing” to finish 15th here on one of the most brutal tracks going.

That if anything sums up the Rat, if he wasn’t the fastest rider at a race, then he was certainly the one having the most fun.