Ed Leigh

20 years on
I’m a little worried about where the time has gone, but mostly I feel privileged to have had such a long run on a show that is so well loved.

It has given me some incredible adventures; teeth freezing paramotors in Svalbard, jumping out of helicopters, skeleton death rides, crossing Iceland on sleds, camel powered sandboarding in the Sahara and the Siberian express to the worlds most remote resort.

Along the way I committed some unforgivable crimes of fashion, pioneered new POV camera tech and stuck around long enough to commentate on mates kids winning the worlds biggest comps.

I’ve taken some licks and the state of my body is the proof, but my abiding memories are of the people and the fun we’ve had (as evidenced in the terminal cabin fever shot from our covid season).

Thank you and for believing in me, thank you Chris Grubb, Mike Jackson and for your steady hands on the helm while alpine chaos unfolded. Thank you to all the producers, who’s talent and hardwork is reflected on screen; .cutler01 .lyle10 .gort .alex

To the editors and who probably suffer from PTSD from prolonged exposure to my childish inanities and the incredible camera ops, who do everything we do but with 20kg packs , Keith Wade and

And finally the other faces and voices and

Thank you everyone for your passion, companionship and making it such a fun ride so far.

If you’re still here and fancy a deeper dive I wrote a piece for link is in bio.