“WHENEVER AN OPPORTUNITY COMES UP, YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GRAB IT. LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO LOOK BACK ON THE WHAT IFS.”
Just over a year ago, kiwi downhill legend Cam Cole's life was turned upside-down when his wife Amy landed a dream job on the other side of the planet.
Cole, former UCI World Cup Downhill racer, multi-time downhill national champion, and 2006 Junior Downhill World Champion, had spent the past two years establishing a lower North Island franchise of Byron Scott's trail building company Trailpro.
It'd been hard graft, but with the business building up a head of steam, and demand for quality trails growing dramatically, things were looking promising.
At the same time, Amy, a former downhill racer herself, was working for the Department