Category: PRESS RELEASE
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The Moment
Click or not: The MomentIt was when mountain biking was full of freshness and blind innovation, when bikes were for one for all terrain and riders were still concentrated on racing and going up was more important than going down. While the rest of the world was Lycra’d up and hitting heart rates, some renegades in British Columbia were… …
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Girls On Dirt
Click or not: Girls On DirtWhat is Girls On Dirt? It’s a ‘women’s only’ enduro race. Christchurch-based mountain biker Jason Turner helped start a girls only riding group called Girls on Dirt, and saw “a bit of gap with the current enduro races and the small numbers of female riders. So I wanted to see if we could get more… …
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The Breeders Are Back
Click or not: The Breeders Are BackThe band who wrote one of the best songs ever amongst a host of great songs are back and sounding as fresh as a band who hasn’t played together for decades can sound. No matter how fucked up they may be or have been, the Deal sisters can still lay down a groove for an… …
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Omata Time Is Now
Click or not: Omata Time Is NowAs a longtime anti-data cyclist, releases of new GPS-type products barely registers with me. Garmin, Strava and Zwift are as foreign a concept as Trump in the White House should be, and just as difficult to comprehend. So it was a surprise to me that a simple analog-face cycle computer would get me wanting to… …
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SSWC17 Rotorua: Keeping It Local
Click or not: SSWC17 Rotorua: Keeping It LocalWhere would mountain biking be without great design – from trails to bikes to helmets, shoes and clothing? Nzo are a Rotorua clothing company making well-engineered and great looking gear. They’ve recently taken that to whole new level letting you customize your own riding clothing here. Gary Sullivan from Nzo is always generous with his… …
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Guantanamo Baywatch Blame Myself
Click or not: Guantanamo Baywatch Blame MyselfPossibly the best-named band of all time release their cracking new single. If you don’t like this, don’t blame us. …
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Paul McCartney Impersonator To Tour NZ
Click or not: Paul McCartney Impersonator To Tour NZDead rockstar Sir Pall McCartney is set to tour New Zealand for the the first time since his passing in 1966. The former Beatle was the first of the Fab Four to kick the bucket, and has been portrayed by lookalike Eddie Groves, a plumber from Hackney, ever since. Groves/McCartney is thrilled to be heading… …
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Look Rad, Help Vic Park
Click or not: Look Rad, Help Vic ParkVictoria Park has always been there for us, we remember spending many hours of our lives there. We remember the downhill shuttles and late-night digging. We remember hanging with friends and clowning around. We remember all the good times. Even when new and shiny chairlift options come, go and will eventually come back again, Victoria… …