Speakers Inc Magazine, Volume 2
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Joey Evans<br />
Sportsman, Adventurer & Inspirational Speaker<br />
Joey had a dream to race his motorbike in the Dakar Rally. A race<br />
considered to be the toughest off-road race in the world. But his dream was<br />
shattered, when in 2007 during a local race, he sustained serious injuries,<br />
crushing his spinal cord and leaving him paralyzed from just below his<br />
chest. Doctors said he had a 10% chance to walk again...but then on the<br />
2nd of January 2017, after 10 years<br />
of tough challenges, successes and<br />
lessons learnt, he lined up as a<br />
competitor at the start of the Dakar<br />
Rally in Asuncion, Paraguay. 13<br />
days and a gruelling 9000km later,<br />
he achieved his dream and became<br />
the only South African biker to finish<br />
the 2017 Dakar Rally.<br />
Joey Evans has also completed several marathons and ultra-marathons,<br />
hiked the fish river canyon, finished the Roof of Africa enduro and raced in<br />
the Botswana desert 1000. He has been fortunate to have raced and<br />
ridden his dirt bike throughout South Africa and throughout 15 countries!<br />
"You didn't come this far to only come this far"
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