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and I could barely put my foot in my boot.
Once I got my boot on I was okay, but
it was super painful. I never thought it
would hurt that bad just to have an infec-
tion.
That foot had been plaguing you
for almost two years at that point. Is
everything good now?
I'm never going to be where I was be-
fore. I've kind of accepted that. I had some
bone spurs and the hardware moved. I've
been seeing improvements, so I think it's
going to keep getting better, but I don't see
my foot ever getting 100% back to normal.
Last Dog Standing was a huge vic-
tory for you. What did that mean to you?
That was really awesome.
Everyone just keeps stepping
their game up every year. I guess
I am too, but it feels like every
time it's getting tougher to battle
all those guys. They really had a
gnarly event this year especially
with that tire pyramid. I was so
pumped when I rode up that with-
out ever getting off my bike (See
video above). It was tough and
my technical skills really showed
off at the event. It was a really
big deal for me and I was really
happy to get that one.
It's very nice of you to say about the other
guys and you're always humble, but the truth of
it is no one had anything for you at that event.
Yeah, that was probably the best race I ever
had. In terms of an actual event, it's not huge in
the scope of the extreme enduro world, but it's
pretty well known in the west coast area, and the
fact that I was able to sweep up on those guys,
it was pretty awesome. That was the best feeling
about it was just to know that I was able to run
away with it like that.
Aside from racing, you've been a student
for several years. Now the light is at the end
of the tunnel. How does it feel to have that so
close?
It's so close, senior year. I'll be graduating May
of '16. This year was actually tougher because I
had two pretty rough semesters in a row. It's been
rough on me and my training hasn't been there
and it showed in a lot of the races, you know. I
was falling apart about lap 12. I knew that I was
dwindling down because of school and the lack
of training, but luckily I was able to pull through
and ride strong enough to get the championship.
I'm really looking forward to next year and not
having that extra burden on me. Putting the work
in and making sure I'm 100% ready at every race
and pushing the whole time, I think that will really
show in my results.
Not many people would have blamed you
for maybe saying, 'I can do school later, I
want to focus on racing now.' Did that ever
enter your mind?
In the past I thought about putting school on
the backburner and finishing it later, but I'm at the
top of my game right now and school's almost
over. I can make it. And from here on out I'm free.
I got my engineering degree in my back pocket
and I got two championships in a row. That's
huge for me. I'm doing everything I can to pro-
mote myself as a rider, as a good character and a
potential employee, and looking forward to doing
something I enjoy for life after racing. CN
Webb has
taken on a new
challenge: the
SuperEnduro
Series in Europe.
He beat the
world's best
extreme riders
at the opening
round in Poland.
It was Webb's
first race as an
official KTM
factory-backed
rider.
