Changing lanes is one way to put it, but I'm like, oh, it means I can indicate without,

no, I can change lanes without indicating.

This is kind of rogue, but the best thing the Indira can do is get away from three-lettered

organizations and use that as a soundbite.

And I might get crucified for saying this, but like...

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over on Apple Podcasts. All right, thanks to tourism Tasmania. I recently traveled to Medina

where I got to sit down with the one and only Eddie Masters. Eddie is at a really interesting

point in his career right now, so we get into what's changed for him, why he's moving away from

a full Enduro World Cup schedule and how his perspective on racing has evolved over the years. We talk a bit about the state of enduro, where the discipline sits right now, the challenges it's facing, and why things feel quite different to a few years ago. From there, the conversation continues, touching on the resurgence of downhill, the new generation coming through, and just how fast the level of the sport

keeps moving. Along the way, we also chat about Eddie's plans for the season ahead,

what's keeping him motivated and plenty more besides. So, without further ado, here's Eddie Masters.

Ed Masters, welcome back to the downtime podcast, mate. It's been a little while. We were sort of on an annual catch-up thing and I don't think we've done it for maybe a couple of years. But how's things? Yeah, I'm trying to think when we last did it. Was it at Fort William? Yeah, it would have been. Yeah. I think it was 24. 24. Okay. Yeah, yeah. We're two years. Things are good.

Yeah, I don't know if people know, but we're in Medina for Hardline.

Right, Madena. Shout out to Frenchie for putting it on the studio.

Yeah, now things are good.

Yeah, obviously I'm here doing some media stuff, but any opportunity to ride or just be a part of Hardline is something that, like, I wouldn't turn down.

It's, you know, the whole event, it's like a week-long thing thing it's not just a race it's like the

camaraderie amongst the writers the media it's different hey like you said having an athlete

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