There comes a time in every father son relationship when the son stops looking at his father as a rule driving boss man and begins to just look at him as a person. My dad has taught me a lot of great lessons over my 26 years, and as I grow I start more and … Continue reading Dad’s Day
One of the most common sayings I run across on almost a daily basis is, “Living the Dream!” and to be frank the phrase brings more questions to my mind than I am comfortable with. There’s no one dream that everyone wants to live so why is it “the”? My grandma says it best when she … Continue reading Living the Dream: 4 Step Program
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
Right from birth we have choices to make and those choices are limited by what is available to us. In some cases children are born into wealth and have many choices of what toys to play with, which room to play with them in, and which beach resort house to play at with those toys, … Continue reading Play the Hand You’re Dealt
Winters over and we’ve decided to migrate from Wanaka to Christchurch to enjoy the summer biking around Canterbury and the rest of the south island. Living in a bigger metropolis has given us a similar feeling of home. The decision of moving to a big city like Christchurch meant we were going to risk the … Continue reading Vanlife Pt.5: Finding Balance
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