It’s been a year and a half since we left New Zealand, but after coming back to sell our van “Philipa” and travel around the northern part of the south island for the past month (with a rental this time), the things I missed most about this beautiful country seem to have stayed exactly the … Continue reading The Kiwi Experience Pt.3
As we travel around and live in different places, I love when people come to visit us, especially when they have an open mind and want to go on some adventures. When my friends Marc and Jessica flew all the way from Manitoba to New Zealand last year, Marisa and I planned a special road … Continue reading New Zealand: Tramping with the Manitobians
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Dear Athletes, If you would like any of the photos below please email info.live4therush@gmail.com and we will send you an electronic copy. All I ask is if you post it on your social media to give me credit using @live4therush. Thanks for putting on such an awesome show and enjoy the photos. Cheers, Mitch & … Continue reading Arrowtown Stompdown
I can still remember being at the airport when we arrived in New Zealand 14 months ago and was flipping through one of the local mountain bike magazines. I saw a feature for the Old Ghost Road and I knew right away I wanted to bike the trail! That first summer up in Rotorua mention … Continue reading Biking NZ Part 6: Old Ghost Road – The Loop
Long before we left Canada, Rotorua was on the radar to hit up. Between a review from my previous boss (Cam Sorensen – Bike Park Manager @ Silvestar Mountain Bike Park) and the Crankworx publicity, we knew Rotorua was going to be an all-time destination for mountain biking. What we couldn’t of planned for is just … Continue reading Biking NZ Part 5: Rotorua (aka RotoVegas)
Part 4 of the NZ biking series brings us a lot closer to our home base of Rotorua last summer in a small town known for its logging operations and low income neighbourhoods named Tokoroa. What most people don’t know, even those involved in the mountain biking scene is that this place has some of the … Continue reading Biking NZ Part 4: Tokoroa
We’ve been in New Zealand for almost a year now and the time travelling around both the North and South islands while working, snowboarding and mountain biking has gone by too fast. There’s still so much we want to explore and learn about this amazing country! Here’s 10 more things we’ve learned, embraced and love … Continue reading The Kiwi Experience Pt.2
Another trail with some history brings us to the Timber Trail in the Pureora Forest region between Lake Taupo and Te Kuiti. The trail takes advantage of the old logging Ongarue Tramway used to harvest trees of the forest in early 20th century. Rail lines were built to get the trees out, camps were built to … Continue reading Biking NZ Part 3: Timber Trail
The North Island of New Zealand is ground to a variety of many different landscapes, and somewhere near the middle is Tongariro National Park. In some places within the park like the famous Tongariro Alpine Crossing hike, it could be regarded as one of the busiest places to visit, whereas other hikes/bikes have been some of … Continue reading Biking NZ Part 2: Tongariro National Park
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