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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 Bikes are a source of adventure.

00:04 They're the ability to be out on the open road

00:06 with freedom, fully immersive 3D experience.

00:10 No music, no sound except for the wind in my face.

00:13 The most important person in my life would be my partner.

00:18 We both ride motorbikes together

00:20 and anything that we can do, we do together.

00:23 My crash was an avoidable one.

00:30 At that point in time, I had too much confidence

00:33 for my ability coming into the cornering that I was doing.

00:36 I had too much speed.

00:40 So as the crash was taking place,

00:44 I'm doing flips down the road,

00:47 rolling along, trying to control everything.

00:50 I see it laying underneath the guardrail.

00:52 It was avoidable by just slowing down.

00:56 (water splashing)

00:59 What I've learned being a motorcyclist

01:03 is that practice doesn't make perfect.

01:06 Practice means being able to do it without fault.

01:09 It doesn't mean that you're perfect at being a rider.

01:12 You're always learning.

01:14 You're always finding some new situation

01:16 that you've never encountered before.

01:18 When I think back to the crash,

01:21 if something worse had happened,

01:24 there's so many opportunities that I've had

01:26 post that accident that I wouldn't have been able to do.

01:29 I wouldn't have met the people in my life now

01:31 that are most important to me

01:33 and I certainly wouldn't still be a motorcyclist.

01:36 (dramatic music)

01:39 (whooshing)