Preston Williams: From factory motocross champion to elite downhill privateer

Описание: Preston Williams is a former British motocross champion turned downhill racer. On this episode Preston talks about his illustrious but strict motocross career and why he made the switch to racing downhill. Preston talks about winning his first ever National race, almost beating Jackson Goldstone and breaks down his first couple of years in the elite category.

Preston is currently living the full privateer life and we hope the companionship will be rooting for him in 2024!

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Time stamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:53 How Davi discovered Preston
00:05:30 Motocross background
00:12:33 When motocross got SERIOUS
00:16:00 Studying riders like Loic Bruni
00:19:14 Signing for Team Green Kawasaki
00:23:47 AG1
00:27:15 Puzzling over bike setup
00:36:00 From fun MTB rides to world cups?!
00:45:00 Enough is enough it's MOTO or MTB
00:49:00 PEAK SUPPS!
00:53:36 Downhill gets serious
00:59:00 First full junior season
01:05:10 Stepping up to elite
01:12:53 Breaking the top 30
01:14:24 Preston's 2024 goals
01:23:36 LIKE & SUBSCRIBE

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