A great catch up with cage fighting downhiller Leon Rosser!
Tom Wheeler and Alex Tyler from www.eyesdownfilms.tv have knocked out a great edit and interview with Welsh downhill rider Leon Rosser.
When did you start racing Downhill..?
It started in about 2000, I spotted some downhill on the TV and thought I could do a bit of that so took it from there. I then entered my first Dragon Downhill race about a year later and then in about 2003 I started taking things a bit more serious and entered all the Dragon races and took it from there.
What race series have you been focused on lately..?
Think I have mostly been concentrating on BDS Nationals, Caersws Cups and recently the WDMBA Series which is great as the South has suffered a bit since the Dragon Downhill stopped and the boys from WDMBA have filled that gap and have done it justice.
Photo:Alex Tyler
What has been your best results this year..?
It has been pretty tough this year as I have just moved up to the Elite Category so I have tried to take it easy to avoid injury but i have still had a few podiums. A few 1st, 2nds and 3rds.
So you have came a long way since Senior in 2002 ..?
Defiantly, its been a long road but I am trying to enjoy my time here in Elite before I have to move to masters which one day will come.
Photo:Alex Tyler
How did you get into the MMA fighting..?
Ummm, with the cage fighting it started of with seeing it on tv so went to a Japanese Jujitsu and then moved onto Tai Boxing and then into cage fighting. There are various clubs over the South Wales area but I eventually went to a club with a mate and loved the session. All the guys over there are bonkers and make up a good crowd. It just went from there, I stayed with that club as I knew I would be looked after and the trainer was spot on and we got along very well.
Family…
Ha, it keeps growing. I had my first boy in ’98. We now have 3 boys and with another on its way soon. They are all active like me and love there sports be it biking, football, boxing, scooter or parkour.
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Leon Rosser, Slow in Fast out…
