Full speed towards the top 🏁

Eddie began riding motocross at the age of four, enthusiastically encouraged and supported by his father, who was a rider himself. When he was six, he crashed during a motocross session and ended up with the handlebars striking his abdomen, which resulted in surgery. After the accident, Eddie took up trials riding and quickly became proficient.

“It’s the coordination in trials that is truly unique. The feel, clutch control, throttle, braking, and maintaining the correct body position on the bike,” says Eddie. “Trials is really a gateway to all other motorsports,” he continues. “If you learn to handle a trials bike, you can become good at anything: motocross, enduro, road racing. You develop that feel.”

At the age of 14, Eddie won the Swedish National Championship gold in trials. It was quite unexpected. He hadn’t even been aiming for a podium finish, yet he managed to win. It became a very big deal. From that moment on, trials was all he could see ahead of him. At sixteen, he began competing in the premier World Championship class. ser framför sig. Vid sexton börjar han köra i stora VM-klassen.

Eddie competed in the World Championship for over a decade. His best results included a fourth-place finish in an individual round and eighth overall in a season. However, without the right backing — and a so-called minder on a full-time salary — that final step towards a world title remained out of reach. For Eddie, it was difficult; without the financial means to support a top-level minder, competing at the highest level simply wasn’t possible.

In 2019, after ten consecutive Swedish national titles in trials, Eddie began exploring super enduro.

The discipline takes place in an indoor arena, on a purpose-built track packed with obstacles, with seven minutes of flat-out intensity per heat. And if trials is chess, then super enduro is boxing — pure adrenaline and explosive power.

“— You’re standing on the start line, surrounded by riders who all want to be first. SuperEnduro is the adrenaline. Extreme enduro is the adventure. It’s like sprint versus long distance — completely different things,” says Eddie.

This season of SuperEnduro — seven rounds across Poland, England, Hungary, Spain and France — saw Eddie finish fourth overall in the World Championship. The goal remains the same as it has always been: to become World Champion.

“— You’re standing on the start line, surrounded by riders who all want to be first. SuperEnduro is the adrenaline; extreme enduro is the adventure. It’s like sprint versus endurance — completely different disciplines,” says Eddie.

This season of SuperEnduro — seven rounds across Poland, England, Hungary, Spain and France — saw Eddie finish fourth overall in the World Championship. Yet the goal remains unchanged: to become World Champion.

Electric-driven — and Stark as a Wolf

For the past couple of seasons, Eddie has been riding for Stark Future, aboard the Stark VARG — a Swedish-founded electric bike developed and built in Spain. Switching from petrol to electric isn’t just a technical change; it’s a shift in mindset.

“The first times I rode it, the feeling was incredible. You’re going just as fast as on a conventional bike, but it’s silent. The clutch is gone — the rear brake sits there instead. It takes a bit of getting used to.

— In panic situations, you instinctively try to pull the clutch to get out of trouble — and of course, you can’t. It just brakes instead. It took about six months before I really started to feel at home.”

But once that feeling clicks into place, an entirely new world opens up. Using the phone mounted on the handlebars, he can choose between five different power maps — from a soft training mode to full attack.

“You’ve effectively got everything from a 50cc to a 1000cc in the same bike. I ride on very low power to maintain full control. My neighbours have become very happy,” he laughs.

The silence isn’t just good for neighbourly relations — it fundamentally transforms the riding experience. Vibrations and engine noise simply disappear.

Romaniacs

If you ask Eddie about the most insane experience he’s ever had on a motorcycle — not the most enjoyable, not the hardest, but the most insane — the answer comes without hesitation.

Last year’s Red Bull Romaniacs. The environment was utterly life-threatening, and you rode as fast as you dared. In the helmet-cam footage, it’s unmistakable: a narrow mountain ridge, a sheer hundred-metre drop on the left, just as steep on the right. No margin for error.

“A near-death experience. But the adrenaline — it only lasts a few seconds, and then you’ve let it go,” says Eddie.

He won. And he wants to do it again.

Rise Stronger

Injuries come with the territory. In 2016, he hit a rock during a trials ride while wearing an open-face helmet and fractured his face. The recommendation was six months of rehabilitation. He was back on a motorcycle after a month.

“It was only my face. The rest of my body was working just fine.”

Eddie’s perspective on fear and risk is considered, not reckless.

“— The better you are at crashing, the better you become overall. If you crash and come out of it alright, you only grow stronger from it.

If you can stay relaxed in those moments, if you’re positioned correctly on the bike, then nothing really happens.”

Tips for those who want to give it a go 🏍️

If you’re thinking about trying SuperEnduro, extreme enduro, or simply taking your riding to the next level, Eddie’s advice isn’t a checklist of techniques.

“Play around, experiment, and use your imagination. Don’t copy how everyone else does it — find your own way. Do your own thing.”

And that sense of playfulness is closely associated with Eddie. For those who follow him on social media such as Instagram and YouTube, he’s known as “Swedneck” — a slightly wild yet exceptionally skilled rider who playfully pushes both himself and his motorcycle to the limit.

Follow his journey towards the World Championship title!