2001:
The weekend after his son start’s riding, Dr Chris Leatt witnesses the death of fellow rider, Alan Selby. He’s moved to begin designing his first neck brace prototypes.
2004:
Dr. Leatt sold the first Leatt-Brace® in South Africa.
2006:
At EICMA, BMW documents the Leatt-Brace®.
Later that year, the brace finally makes it to market.
Dr. Leatt & Andreas Geisinger introduced the product at the 6th International Motorcycle Conference in Cologne, Germany.
2007:
The Leatt-Brace® features on the cover of RacerX.
Awarded Product of the Year by the same publication.
Motocross Action gives Leatt a 5/5 star product rating
A critically injured David Bailey releases a video encouraging the use of the Leatt-Brace® for all riders. Demand for the product spikes.
2008:
World renowned Leatt® Lab founded.
2009:
Leatt® receives the SAMIA Award for Outstanding Safety Achievement.
Winner of the 2009 Innovations Award at Eurobike.
Readers of Motocross Action vote the Leatt-Brace® ‘Product of the Decade’.
2010:
DBX, the first bicycle-specific neck brace system is introduced.
Leatt® DBX wins BrandNew Award (in the Safety Equipment category) at BikeExpo in Germany.
Downhill Mountain Bike star, Sam Hill, returns from an injury to take the World Championships while wearing a Leatt DBX brace.
Leatt® rider Ryan Dungey wins the SuperCross Championship convincingly.
