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00:02 So I love doing adventurous stuff, anything that really gets my blood pumping.

00:07 I've been skydiving multiple times, I've done the bungee jump,

00:11 I've also done the canyon swing.

00:13 I just really enjoy getting that adrenaline pumping.

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00:18 I've loved motorcycles since I was a little boy.

00:20 I remember my parents taking me on one when I was probably about eight years old.

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00:28 So the crash was pretty big.

00:30 I was coming home one evening after work and the weather was a little bit wet.

00:35 And I remember going around this bend and feeling a tap on my back wheel.

00:39 It wasn't big tap, but it was enough to send me kind of flying around a corner.

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00:47 And I slid for about 100 meters.

00:49 And I tried to get up afterwards thinking maybe I was all right.

00:55 I definitely wasn't.

00:56 It wasn't until later on that I realized that both my wrists were broken and

01:01 my arm was broken.

01:02 So the recovery was pretty full on.

01:05 It was two months in casts, another three months going to the physio.

01:10 I had to relearn how to use my arms properly.

01:14 It was quite a rough experience.

01:17 The mental side of things as well was pretty difficult.

01:20 I still ride past that same spot every day on my way to work and

01:24 it just sends a shiver down my spine.

01:27 So my gear pretty much saved me.

01:31 If it weren't for my jacket, my arms would be shattered.

01:34 If it weren't for my helmet, well, that's pretty self-explanatory.

01:37 So riding to live to me means several things.

01:42 It means riding to enjoy myself, to enjoy life, to enjoy the freedom around it.

01:48 And the other meaning means to live, to make sure that I don't have another crash,

01:52 and to make sure that I come home to my family safe and sound.

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