As you'll already have seen, I'm Julian West. I have a passion in my life for riding bikes, I started riding properly at the age of 14 or so, and over the last two years have progressed a great deal. I've been riding downhill for just one year now; through 2008 I have been riding a 2007 Specialized Demo 8. I ride for SteelMX Optics. I'm currently studying a BTEC National Diploma at college and work part time, so unfortunately have little time to race.

Inspired by a knee injury (strange I know, see my blog) I've been riding hundreds of miles on my new Santa Cruz Heckler (again, more about that in my blog), riding trails alo

So why do I have a profile here on Sponsorhouse? Being a regular local rider at quite a few locations around me, I feel that a small time sponsorship deal would benefit both myself and the company greatly, whilst product placement at races may not regularly be possible, I feel it would push me and my riding to a higher level encouraging me to find time to compete more. Being part of a tight group of local riders I also feel I could in some way be beneficial to a sponsoring company.