Rider Profile

Who: Glyn O’Brien

Where: Newry, Northern Ireland

Sponsors: Kona, Sombrio, frsttracksguiding.com, Revolution

Motivations: To be successful and enjoy the short time we have on this planet.

Inspirations: The view from the top the mountain. riders like Ben reid and Gordon Crockard who can come out of Ireland and compete with the best riders in the world…it only takes one!

Achievments: staying alive for 30 something years, managed not to have a normal job for 30 years, 3rd redbull rampage, 2nd masters worlds 2008, Irish Champion 2008, silver medallist 2009, built a house, the list goes on.

Perfect Day: bikes, buddys, beer and the wench. preferably on a sunny day in the alps with no worries.

Tunes: turn it up and rock hard. Iron Maiden, System of a down, AC/DC etc

Films: its a tough one between Fuji or Kodak.Il go for kodak.

Future: Just joined the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service so gona be busy with that one for a while. Heading to the 2009 World Police and Fire Games in Canada. Any spare time will be spent riding, building trails, coaching and guiding with First Tracks, race whenever i can and hopefully get to do a few downhill enduro races in the near future.