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Haka Tours: 6 Reasons Why Christchurch is a Mountain Bike Paradise
While areas such as Rotorua and Queenstown are well known in the mountain bike scene, Christchurch is pretty sweet in its own right – and here’s why... Read Post
- Bike, mountain bike, trails, christchurch, Christchurch Adventure Park, craigieburn
- 13 Jul 2016
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Queenstown Mountain Bike Club Needs Your Help
Everybody’s seen or heard of the bike scene in Queenstown. From the epic singletrack network up Coronet Peak to the rowdy descents of the Queenstown Bike Park and the stately Queenstown Trail network, there’s something there for all abilities. We’re doing everything we... Read Post
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Cookies MTB Coaching – Getting Kids Active
One of my goals this summer was to expose more kids to riding bikes. Teaching sports to children can be a combination of the most rewarding, enjoyable, yet most challenging experiences as an instructor. As we know, kids these days tend to live in a virtual world. They have an incredible amount of... Read Post
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Athlete Blogs: Andrew Sloan
Since racing Challenge Wanaka in late Feb which took a fair bit of sting out of the body, I backed that up with the Motatapu Xterra Tri 2 weeks later. This was a fantastic day out but it really was quite tough doing this just 2 weeks after a full iron distance race, but as […] Read Post
- Bike, wanaka, trail, hawea, motatapu, athlete blog, blogs, andrew sloan, contact epic
- 09 May 2016
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We Love You Mum!!
Behind every individual is a Mum that's seen it all. The highs and the lows, the laughter and the tears, without our Mum's we wouldn't be the people we are today. We asked our team to share some thoughts on the special women that bought them into the world and inspired them to be the best that they... Read Post
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Cooper, Gaze Head Powerful New Zealand MTB Team
We’re stoked to see 3 of our Torpedo7 team riders selected to join the NZ squad at the XC World Champs at the end of June. Elite Female racer Kate Fluker joins U19 riders Eden Cruise and Jessica Manchester in the Czech Republic and we wish them all the very best as they take on... Read Post
- Bike, mtb, XC, race, world champs, event, cross country
- 04 May 2016
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Cardrona dirt days
We recently had the opportunity to take a trip to Cardrona and experience an alternate perspective to the regular snowscape. The Cardrona Bike Park is in it’s first full season after a successful trial season over the 2014/15 summer and has something to offer for everyone from hardcore DH... Read Post
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WIN a Spring Challenge North Island entry!
EVERYONE LIKES GOOD NEWS YEAH?! Well, we’ve got something even better, exciting news! After ten hugely successful years in the South Island, the sell-out Torpedo7 Spring Challenge women’s adventure race is being launched in the North Island. It’s going to be held in the Rotorua region... Read Post
- Bike, run, adventure, race, multisport, women, female, spring challenge, girl, rafting
- 15 Apr 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Latham Fairhall – Training Tips
Some days you just don’t feel it….. There are always going to be hard days, the days where training is a struggle. Often those days are influenced by external circumstances but there are also those days where the sun is shining and you can’t be stuffed. That’s the dark hole that... Read Post
- Bike, tips, advice, running, training, athlete blog, help, motivation, latham fairhall, biking
- 12 Apr 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Mary Gray
It’s come to end of another awesome summer with heaps of great times to look back on! Most recently was winning the Motatapu Xterra which was my first off road triathlon and first race of that length. I wasn’t sure what to expect or how I would handle the race but I am pretty happy […] Read Post
- Bike, run, triathlon, athlete blog, mary gray
- 12 Apr 2016