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Athlete Blogs: Pete Smallfield
If you had asked me 12 months ago what I would have been up to for the summer of 2015/16, I can guarantee I would have told you of my plans to return to the Coast to Coast and put in the performance I wanted to deliver in February of 2015. I remember sitting in […] Read Post
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Photo Blog: Johny Cook – Crankworx Recap
Just shy of a month ago, mountain biking’s biggest show hit our shores and while the hangover took a while to wear off, we’re already starting to look forward to the big show next year. With a gang of photographers capturing the excitement from on the ground, and for the benefit of... Read Post
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Torpedo7 Through the Loop Enduro
Hatched over a couple of Stoke Pilsners after a busy day on the go up at Crankworx Rotorua, the idea for a gravity-orientated enduro was driven by the apparent lack of events around the Queenstown Bike Festival for 2016. With only two weeks to make it happen, a plan was quickly pulled together and... Read Post
- ben lomond, Bike, enduro, fernhill, mountain bike, mtb, queenstown, race
- 05 Apr 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Anja McDonald – Tour Aotearoa
I was standing, laughing with some friends who had been waiting to see me come by. A woman I didn’t know asked where I’d just ridden from. I replied ‘Cape Reinga’, and she laughed, or sort of scoffed, and walked off. I looked at my friends and we all cracked up. I was on my... Read Post
- aotearoa, Bike, New Zealand, tour
- 31 Mar 2016
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Torpedo7 Spring Challenge 2016
April 1st, the 91st day of the year and April Fools Day. But this isn’t a prank! Entries to the Torpedo7 Spring Challenges open this Friday April 1st, 2016. This is a big year for the event with the 10th South Island edition being run plus the launch of the inaugural North Island version. For... Read Post
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Athlete Blogs: Hamish Fleming – Te Anau 8 Hour Enduro
The Te Anau Enduro was a new race this year, consisting of mtb, kayak and run laps, approximately 25min in length (at the start of the day). The goal was to complete as many laps as possible in the 8hrs allowed, with the catch being that if you completed 3 different laps (eg run, bike, kayak) in a... Read Post
- athletes, Bike, blog, kayak, multisport, race report, run, T7 Athlete, te anua
- 23 Mar 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Matty Graham – Tour Aotearoa 2016
It’s about the journey, not the destination. This was something I pondered long and hard over the 3000 km Tour Aotearoa course. If you were to choose a destination to travel to, Bluff would not be high on my list but it was certainly a place I was looking forward to reaching. Likewise, the... Read Post
- adventure, aotearoa, Bike, New Zealand, nz, solo, tour, unsupported
- 21 Mar 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Kate Fluker – The Pioneer
Find stunning, find character, find welcome. What the Pioneer promised and what the Pioneer delivered. It has taken me a while to get to this write up on The Pioneer because to be honest it took a while to remember and realise what exactly we had just accomplished!! 7 days of racing, 569km, 15,273m... Read Post
- Bike, lagardere, mtb, New Zealand, pioneer, south island, stage race
- 03 Mar 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Fiona Dowling – Coast to Coast: Longest Day 2016
After a below mediocre race in 2015 which left me feeling dissatisfied crossing the line I immediately knew that I would return to the start line of the Coast to Coast Longest Day in 2016. And so as winter drew to a close and spring arrived I entered another summer of rocks, rivers, roads and... Read Post
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The Gravity Mountain Biking World Descends on Rotorua
A strong contingent of elite athletes, a new downhill race, the Deep Summer photography showcase and more Kidsworx events will see Crankworx Rotorua expand for 2016 as New Zealand welcomes the international mountain biking community. Fans can join the King and Queen of the Crankworx World Tour,... Read Post