Ed Leigh

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Ed Leigh (born 15 July 1975) is a presenter on the television channel Freesports on 4. Previously, he has worked for MTV Snowball, Channel 4, Channel 5 and commentary for BBC Grandstand. Leighs' career started with presenting ‘Trailer Park’ on the newly launched TV channel CNX, alongside Christian Stevenson, his long-time collaborator. The duo went on to present a series for the Extreme Sports Channel.

Previous to his broadcast career, Ed centred his efforts on Laughing Gear, a commentary and cabaret company set up with Christian Stevenson. An intricate knowledge of the sports world and off-the-cuff comedy has established them as an arguably unique commodity in the events market.

He was also a presenter on "Gumball 2006: Around the world in 8 days".

In 2006, Ed became co-presenter of the BBC's Ski Sunday series with Graham Bell.

Leigh started his snowboarding career working as the manager of Chalford based snowboard shop Noahs Ark

Ed now sometimes has a slot on the podcast, Snowfix; he presents Ed Leigh's Top 5....