permanently to New Zealand at the end of
the 2014 GNCC season and then won the New
Zealand Cross-country Championships the
following year.
He also set up his own cross-country series
– initially labelled the NZXC Series but now
rebranded as the NZ GNCC series – and he now
dedicates his time to running that, although
Whibley was named New
Zealand’s Off-road Rider
of the Year in 2008
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often also competing in it and winning races too.
Whibley – the former forestry worker they call
“The Axeman” – is about as sharp as they come
and, now aged 41, continues to race at the top
level of the sport in New Zealand, even indicating
that he will contest the cross-country nationals
again in 2020.