THE ULTIMATE OPTIMIST

JUST AS THEY’VE DONE MANY times before, 17-year-old Jaimen Hudson and his mates gun their motorcycles over a dune. Jaimen takes off for a jump, and in the blink of an eye, his world changes forever. As he lies on the dune, flipped motorcycle beside him, he already knows his life will never be the same.

The accident in 2008 left Jaimen a quadriplegic. Today, he’s paralysed from the chest down with the use of only one wrist, and no use of his fingers. However, despite the massive obstacles placed in his path, he is the living embodiment of optimism.

“I’ve been lucky to always have a positive outlook; I don’t dwell on the negative,” Jaimen says. “It sucks that I have to have carers in the morning, is the honest truth. But then, in reality, I’m so grateful that there’s people that are willing to do that