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Video transcript for Ephraim Gudgeon - Journey from back injury to professional bodybuilder


Released 13/01/2020

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Ephraim Gudgeon doing pull ups whilst sitting in a wheelchair

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “My name is Ephraim Gudgeon. I’m 26 years old and in 2017 on Waitangi Day,” 

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People around and on a cliff of a waterfall 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “I was swimming at a waterfall just with some family during the summer.” 

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People jumping into the water and Ephraim Gudgeon recording himself about to jump in the waterfall 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “I jumped off the waterfall and upon hitting the water, I burst my T12 vertebrae and” 

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Multiple people swimming in the water 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “as a result, I became paralyzed from the waist down.” 

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Clips of people watching and standing by the waterfall waiting for someone to jump off the cliff and into the water 

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Ephraim Gudgeon jumps off the cliff and into the water as his family members watch. 

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Ephraim Gudgeon trying to swim underwater 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “All I could remember was not being able to feel my legs. I remember yelling for help but no one could hear me and say I just had to swim it to edge. By the time I got to the edge, everyone else had realized something was wrong." 

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People on the side of the waterfall watch as the helicopter hovers over the water 

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Paramedic and other people watch and comfort Ephraim Gudgeon 

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Ephraim Gudgeon putting on his red hoodie whilst sitting on the bed and then getting up 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “Since my accident, I’ve had to learn how to overcome a few challenges. The main one being how to train” 

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Woman passing a drink to Ephraim Gudgeon in the kitchen 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “in a gym” 

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Ephraim Gudgeon doing dumbbell shoulder raises in the gym 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “as a wheelchair user so that I can still stick to my passion which is bodybuilding.” 

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Ephraim Gudgeon wheels himself to the car 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “Along with other things such as learning how to drive” 

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Car driving in the city from a first persons view 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “and still enjoy the outdoors.” 

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Ephraim Gudgeon with a woman on a side walk by the beach 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “My advice to someone in the same situation would be to learn” 

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Ephraim Gudgeon and a woman crossing a pedestrian crossing 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “to appreciate the things that you do” 

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Ephraim Gudgeon and a woman moving down a street looking at various shops 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “currently have instead of focusing on the negative.” 

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Ephraim Gudgeon entering a supermarket clips of him looking at various fruits and vegetables 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “I never regret jumping off the waterfall and I’m not saying that I will do it again.” 

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Ephraim Gudgeon having food at the dining table and laughing 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “But I am saying that I’m grateful for the many opportunities, the people” 

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Gym instructor demonstrating an exercise to Ephraim Gudgeon 

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Ephraim Gudgeon – “that I have been able to meet and all the work that I have been able to do since the time of my accident.”

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Ephraim Gudgeon with a woman sitting by the beach