Neil’s story is quite incredible and quite unlike anyone else I’ve interviewed and is completely inspirational. How small moments and kindness of strangers can turn your life into a completely new direction, both good and bad.
Luckily for us, the bad came before the good and the good came in the shape of The XScape in Milton Keynes offered Neil a new life that wasn’t obvious at first, but slowly revealed itself and led Neil to a new life.
He now uses his background in life and snowboarding to advocate for change in the industry, recently winning The Reason magazines 'Rider of the Year' and you won't find a single person with a bad word to say about Neil which is testament to the way he carries himself.
You can see the documentary Adidas made about him a couple of years ago here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS489Me42lM
As always, we are kindly looked after by The Snowboard Asyum https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/
Lizzie and Dan from Burton https://www.burton.com/gb/en/home?regionSelector=true
Tom from Transform Gloves https://transformgloves.com/en-gb
Chris from Canoe Inc for Oakley Goggles https://www.oakley.com/en-gb
And a shout out to Tom from Volcom https://highdaysltd.com/
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