Two years ago Pip and I used to joke with all friends how we were sick of our boring lives and

wanted to be stars like everyone else in California and were packing our bags for Hollywood! Well that might not have been the real reason for LA, nor did we find Hollywood the suburb of choice, though we are now only a hop skip and jump away. That joke of two years ago may have some life in it, being so close to the action you tend to meet some great and interesting people, one being none other than Jon Dunham, director / producer of "Spirit of the Marathon" which was one of the biggest hits in cinemas for a documentary. Jon grew up a keen Mountain biker back in the day when Ned Overend and Johnny T were dominating the MTB world and wants his 2010 project to be a documentary on Mountain biking. As with how most conversations / meeting are done in this industry we jumped on our bikes and had a 2 hour conversation / trail riding session. Jon's actually a very solid rider as well as having a great plan that is surely going to help our sport grow / develop, I look forward to more details of his project as it progresses over the coming weeks / months.

More details on Spirit of the Marathon: http://www.marathonmovie.com/

Sid Taberlay