I literally have my head screwed on now… TP: “I’m 28 years of age now and I’m up to 27 broken bones. The worst injury was crashing in the US in 2013. I broke three vertebrae in my neck and back. I now have three rods and eight screws from C5 through to T1. I was extremely lucky. I definitely got kissed by an angel. I kind of laugh about it sometimes now, saying that I literally have my head screwed on! It is tough coming back from injuries. If you focus on injuries too much it takes your mind away from what you’re doing. At the end of the day racing has a lot to do with having the correct mindset. Injuries have taught me how quickly everything can be taken away. They’ve made me stronger.” I want as much as possible from this sport… TP: “I’ve always tried to chop and change between disciplines. Normally people do two different types of racing at the most, like enduro and endurocross or desert racing and rally. But I always liked giving myself a new challenge and grabbing any opportunity I could. The way I imagine it, when I’m 60 years old and sitting in a wheelchair full of arthritis I’d like to know I did everything I could to be better – racing as much as I could and getting as much as I could from the sport. Most of the highs outweigh the lows. And I’m glad that now my mind is 100% focused on one thing – rally racing.” Kurt Caselli did so much for me… TP: “I was lucky to meet Kurt Caselli at one of my first ISDEs. He was one hell of a guy – down to earth and easy-going. Lots of people say that me and Kurt had the same personality off the track. We hit it off really well. If it wasn’t for him I might not be doing what I’m doing now. When asked if he’d go to the Baja races he said that he never really wanted to do them unless I was on the team. Two days prior to his accident we were riding together, laughing and having a good time. It hits home pretty hard knowing that was the last day we ever got to talk. I’m sure he’s somewhere up above us watching down on us all.”
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