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DENE HUMPHREY NZ ENDURO CHAMP - Dene had a passion for bikes from 3 years old. He went to races with his family. One handed wheelie age 8 years No helmet In those days STARTED MOTO X RACING AT 8 YEARS OLD
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Sadly Dene’s Dad died when Dene was 12 years old. He had a lucky break when he was 13 and met the owners of NZ’s best motorcycle magazine, called Kiwi Rider. John and Pete saw Dene riding and ended up taking him under their wing. Dene started doing photos for the magazine in 1986.
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FIRST PHOTO SHOOT 1986 DENE WAS THE KIWI RIDER DIRT TESTER FOR 20 YEARS & SPONSORED BY KIWI RIDER
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CHECK OUT DENE’S MULLET – THIS WAS HIS FIRST ENDURO NATIONAL WIN IN 1990
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DENE GOT HIS FIRST SPONSOR IN 1991 WITH YAMAHA NZ AND KIWI RIDER DENE DIDNT HAVE MUCH MONEY AND GOT TWO FREE BIKES EACH YEAR AND ALL PARTS. DENE WON THE NZ ENDURO CHAMPS IN 1992, 1993
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IT WASN’T ALL GOOD FOR DENE HE GOT A BIT BROKEN
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DENE WAS IN LOTS OF NEWSPAPERS REPORTING HIS RACING. PHOTO OF DENE THAT CAME IN THE WEETBIX PACKET
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DENE MEET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE IN 1994
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MORE DIRT TESTING
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DENE’S RACE RESULTS OVER THE YEARS 1987 - 1 st King of the Dome 1989 – 2 nd National Enduro champs 1990 – 1 st Dead Toad 1990 – 1 st National Enduro champs 1991 – 1 st National Enduro champs 1992 – 6 Day ISDE – NZ Team – Silver medal 1992 – Honda Top Trail Rider 1 st place 1992 – 1 st National Enduro champs 1993 – 1 st National Enduro champs 1993 – 4 stroke nationals 1994 - 1 st National Enduro champs 1994 - 1 st Dead Toad 1994 -1 st Top Trail Rider series 1995 - 1 st National Enduro champs 1995 – 1 st Rodney Easy Scramble 1995 – Hawkes Bay 6 hour 1 st overall 1995 – 1 st Waipu Caves race 1996 – Woodville 1 st Moto GP and River race 2000 – 2 nd National Enduro champs 2000 – 1 st Dead Toad 2001- 2 nd Expert ISDE 4 day 2002 - 1 st North Island Enduro 2003 - 2 nd Hawkes Bay 6 hour 2004 - 2 nd National Enduro champs 2006 – 1 st National Enduro champs (first round only) Big crash, and in and out of hospital for 1 ½ years.
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ACTION SHOT FROM DIRT TESTS
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THE START OF A SIX HOUR RACE DENE GOT 1 ST PLACE.
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DENE GOT TO TEST LOTS OF NEW BIKES AND WRITE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOOD AND BAD
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MORE ACTION SHOTS AND PHOTO SHOOTS
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DENE WAS CALLED HUMPSTER IN THE ARTICLES THAT HE WROTE
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DENE STOPPED RACING IN 2006 AFTER A BIG CRASH THAT BROKE HIS LEG AND CRUSHED HIS FOOT
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DENE SAID ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT RACING IS THE GREAT PEOPLE YOU MEET. DENE GOT TO RIDE IN SOME AMAZING PLACES AND MEET LIFE TIME FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY
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