The Trans NZ Dirty Video
You can tar me with the lazy brush on this one, but I've finally gotten off my hairy ass to produce the Trans NZ Dirty Video! I was staring down the barrel of a deluge of material, so sifting my way through it ...
Bring back that loving feeling
I did a massive disservice to NZ and to our Dirty Christchurch affiliates by not rounding out the low down from the last mission. There was so much negativity pounding through the keyboard in my last rant that ...
Nydia Bay Gnarmageddon
The day after a 5 day ENDURO adventure race such as the Trans NZ that finishes in Queenstown, you have a number of options available to you for consideration and consumption:
Buy a lift pass for the bike pa...
Trans NZ: The McMassive summary
Well, better late than never here... Trans NZ may have wrapped up a month ago, but tradition demands the summary post is still pushed out the Dirty chute for your bemusement. I'm in a slightly Jekyll & Hyde...
Trans NZ – Day 5: The q-Town Finale
One of the nice aspects of Trans NZ is that its essentially the Goldilocks of Multi day ENDURO races. Just like the overall race length, each day isn't too short, nor is it too long either. Yes, they have manag...
Trans NZ – Day 4: The Wild West
At some stage when you're talking to people about doing Trans NZ, especially locals, they may suggest that its a reasonable amount of money to pay to ride trails that you can pretty much access any time you wan...
Trans NZ – Day 3: Peaking Duck
There were so many reasons to look forward to Day 3 on Trans NZ... First up, Coronet Peak is SO hot right now. Head to any fashionista main stream mountain bike website and you'll be hard pressed or just straig...
Trans NZ – Day 2: The Edge of Tomorrow
You'd think when you come away for a 5 day race that after finishing each fairly big day, you'd eat everything that was offered up to you and then fall blissfully into a 10 hour sleep, to arise fresh the next d...
Trans NZ – Day 1: Beginners Luck
As I stand at the start line of writing up 5 days worth of Race Reports for the Trans NZ Enduro, I find myself mixed up in a cocktail of laziness and reflection which has resulted in the two week gap between th...
Mission Briefing – Last of the Summer Shred
Last week I proceed to bemoan the state of affairs for 2016 thus far on the Dirty Mission front... So, rather than bleat on like a roasted goat, it's time to put some runs on the board.
My main approach for ...