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CAREER TALK WITH MR WORLDWIDE

Eddie hardly needs introducing but 2019 was a breakthrough season, even by his standards. After being laid out with a nasty wrist injury, he recently got back on the horse by taking the overall at the Crankworx Enduro in Rotorua. I caught up with the people’s favourite to chat about 2019 and where he’s headed from here.

Looking at your results, the pace has been there for some time, but do you feel like there’s been a turning point in the past 5 years?

Getting some good results and qualis under my belt early on gave me confidence that I had the pace to run with the big boys. In 2015 I had a good run of

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