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PHOTO: ASA Untited GasGas<br />

LEE TOLA<br />

LEE TOLAN<br />

Team Owner of ASA<br />

Scaffolding Services United<br />

Troy Lee Designs Gas Gas.<br />

PHOTO: MXGP<br />

WHEN I WAS KID, I ALWAYS LOVED BIKES BUT DIDN’T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET INTO IT PROPERLY,<br />

SO BOXING WAS MY THING AS THIS WAS LOW COST AND I GOT PRETTY GOOD AT IT, TO BE HONEST.<br />

AROUND THE AGE OF 17 I GOT CAUGHT UP WITH SOME BAD HABITS AND WAS A PAIN IN THE... ASS<br />

AND GETTING INTO TO TROUBLE MOST OF THE TIME.<br />

WHEN I FINALLY SORTED MYSELF OUT, I WAS ABOUT 30, I THREW MYSELF IN SCAFFOLDING AND<br />

STARTED MY BUSINESS THAT WENT FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.<br />

THIS GAVE ME THE FUNDS TO START RACING AND MOTOCROSS BECAME MY NEW DRUG AND SAVED.<br />

LOOKING AROUND<br />

THE SPORT, I COULD<br />

SEE THAT THERE WERE<br />

SOME TALENTED RIDERS<br />

THAT NEEDED HELP AND I WAS<br />

IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO HELP<br />

THEM, SO I DID AND THAT THEN LEAD<br />

ME TO RUNNING MY OWN TEAM AND FOR<br />

THE BEST PART, IT’S THE BOLLOCKS.<br />

I LOVE IT. I HAVE MET GREAT PEOPLE WITH THE<br />

SAME PASSION AS ME, RIDERS, MECHANIC,<br />

INDUSTRY PEOPLE AND WEEKEND WARRIORS<br />

LIKE MYSELF.

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