Bang! I feel like this is such a sick match.
Some cool shit coming from this crew this year and I’m stoked to be apart of it. Thank you @dvosuspension for supporting the cause 😁.
Special mention @jakerice@gourmetbodyworks for doing such a mad job on the paint, stoked on how this rig turned out 👊🏻.
📹: @noahdavidson__
Looking back on some of these photos and still wondering how what was suppose to be one gap year between high school and university turned into 14 years of travelling the world, world cup podiums in downhill/enduro and ultimately an enduro world title. I didn’t even make the Aussie worlds team my first year haha. For some reason my success was always a surprise to me, and I ended up achieving way more than I ever thought I could. But I always did put everything into it, tried my best to make the most out of shitty situations, and kept pushing through even when my back was against the wall. I also had the best support network within my parents, family/friends and partner.
The last couple years have been a real struggle for me to maintain a relaxed and happy life outside of racing.
For a while I have had feelings of wanting to retire from racing, but I have still been able to fight for world cup wins, so it has been a constant battle in my mind that I am wasting an opportunity that I have worked so hard for.
But I have just realised that racing doesn’t mean absolutely everything to me any more, and it is not sustainable to force yourself to do the work required to try be the best in the world when you’re not ALL IN.
I am burnt out, and it is time to enjoy some of my other passions in life without them being overshadowed by the constant stress and commitment of racing. So at the start of last season I decided it would be my last year racing world cups.
Really proud and grateful for my journey so far, and am so thankful for everyone that has followed along and supported me throughout my career, whether that be sponsors who made this dream a reality, or all the mad dogs who have yelled at me at the races or watched my videos. I still love riding bikes, and want to direct my time and energy into some cool film projects that I just haven’t had the time to do while being fully focused on training and racing. If there are any brands out there that need a full time content/product development guy, and want to support this new journey with me, hit me up.
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A little passion project with a good crew! Night shoot, ember shots, and some crazy FPV drone action! Stay tuned for this one! 👀
Camera op - @aidanmair
Photographer - @cvexplores
Drone Operators - @clifford_wakeman@lee_stevenson_fpv@bikebot_ Swinging off the ember
The new @ethirteencomponents sidekick 2.0 hubs are here.
So pumped to have these on the rig this year. These are now lighter, have even less drag, and a wider dead band range.
And my favourite thing now that I don’t have Major Paine swinging off the tools, low maintenance!
🎥: @noahdavidson__
