Leah Maunsell, Kona Women's Ambassador - Video
It seems fitting that on the eve of the Enduro World Series hitting Ireland for the second time, we release our first Kona Women Ambassadors video featuring none other than Irish Enduro wunderkind, Leah Maunsell. Leah hails from County Cork in Ireland and grew up surrounded by a family of mountain bikers whom she wouldn’t let leave home without her. Trying to keep up with her brother and father has meant a steep and rapid rise to the top of the Irish ranks both in cross country and enduro. She currently has four junior National Championship XC titles as well as two junior Enduro National Championship trophies lined up on her shelves. At only 16 years of age, we can’t wait to see her add to those accomplishments over the next few years.
The Kona Women Ambassadors are a diverse group of riders, all contributing in their own ways to improve the visibility and advocacy for women in the world of cycling. Stay tuned as we showcase a long list of these inspiring riders who have effected real change and paved the way for new cyclists.
Leah and her brother Jonathan try to work out who will get the last Cadbury Cream Egg.
Ireland isn't pretty at all.
It's still Friday somewhere.
Having her older brother Jonathan around to discuss line choice and to train with has helped Leah progress through Irelands Enduro ranks quickly.
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I just really hope she's not getting Michael Jacksoned by her parents. Usually kids with that many titles are being pushed so hard by their parents that they don't even enjoy doing it anymore and it's ruining their lives. Too many cases of parents not letting a kid be a kid, not allowing them to having out with friends or to go to (birthday) parties because they have to train instead. Hope she's not a victim of that and that the only things that's driving her is her own passion for the sport.
The term doesn't always have the negative meaning that we are all familiar with through media, and not to be confused as the illness that in severe conditions becomes the autistic as we all know which can not focus, make contact with others or even not to be able to talk properly and not to play with other kids.
On the other hand when there are traits of it (which there are in plenty of us), it can either make you a genius or a normal person just like any but with the exeception of being better than others in few things.
These things are being tagged illness as the healthcare system can make money out of it, but hell it wasnt important 30 years ago when we could be diagnosed as and ADHD with NO FOCUS problem and be fed a lot of drugs and pay a lot for counselling
Anyway, very happy to see her become first and as I said she will be a great challenge for everyone in the years to come.
Sorry if it was a dick thing to say but that got my attention, peace mate.