After 'conning' all the Fearingout guys to help fund that first batch of T-shirts (I think most of us ended up with 4 or 5 each) I decided that a race team would help promote the brand and be quite a cheap way of advertising...
Posting an ad for rider CVs on Dirt netted several riders, Steve being one of them. He sent in a very enthusiastic email and despite not much of a proven track record seemed somehow worth a punt - back then the team became Ben, Chris Bloomfield, Tom Deacon, Matt Jenkins and Steve... all very keen and excited riders - and all happy to sport Fearingout tees and stickers at the races. Well that's where it started...
Meeting up face to face at the DH/4X National Champs at Moelfre in 2006 was a hi-light and after he started uni up in Scotland we've seen him several times on Scotland weekenders.
Steve stayed on in 2007, joined by Mono, Milky and Matt Simmonds (now on Chain Reaction!) and had a great season racing the SDA on hardtail, as well as visiting us in Macclesfield after the 4X Nationals.
So when I started Wideopen and roped in Jamie and Scott he was a regular contributor as part of the Fearingout team. As the mag became more established and successful Jamie badgered me to make a decision and for 2009 we officially moved him over to race for Wideopen.
Now regularly ragging a Kawaski green Dialled Alpine he's someone I consider to be both an asset to the magazine and a good friend... read his interview on Hardtail nation...
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