Tag: Kim Hurst
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Huttcross 2018 Grand Finale
Click or not: Huttcross 2018 Grand FinaleThat’s a wrap, folks! Lambs are frolicking in the fields. Wellington’s weather system is turning to something more unpredictable than a Trump administration. Spring must be here. With a changing of the seasons, we bid adieu to Huttcross 2018. The new Huttcross Veldrijden Crew dished up a bumper series this year with bigger numbers than… …
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FOJCX 2018: Joyful & Triumphant
Click or not: FOJCX 2018: Joyful & TriumphantYou’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of Sunbury CC. They’re a small club. With an even smaller CX crew. In the hipster city of Melbs. Back in 2014, that rambunctious rabble had a bold vision that Australia could become a player in the globalisation of cyclocross. Their strategy was to place Straya in the… …
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Huttcross #5: One Liners And A Bit Of Joy
Click or not: Huttcross #5: One Liners And A Bit Of JoyWhile the Biggest Cyclocross Party in the Southern Hemisphere posse aka Fields of Joy CX gang aka Melbourne GP of Cyclocross corps (sheesh – more pseudonyms than Prince) were praying for rain in Victoria, the Huttcross working party were busy scoping out the least wet areas of Moonshine Park for their penultimate round of the season. The sun… …
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Huttcross 4: Fight Club
Click or not: Huttcross 4: Fight ClubRacing is life. Fifteen bucks buys you a ticket to ride. Like-minded souls forget the social constructs that dictate hierachy, ditch the stiff working week threads, let down their hair and kick back to relax in the ambience of blood, mud, sweat and heckles. The only thing that counts here is how hard you can pedal. And… …
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Huttcross v3.0
Click or not: Huttcross v3.0For a discipline steeped in history born from the Flandrian plains, New Zealand cyclocross is a mere bubba. But, before you know it, baby steps become bounding leaps (across barriers) and you’ve got a rebellious teenager on your hands. Now entering double digits, Huttcross was born out of the desire of an American to recreate… …
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Jetlag Induced Musings Of ‘Cross
Click or not: Jetlag Induced Musings Of ‘CrossFresh off the plane from my recent ORL-LAX-AKL-WEL haul and countering jetlag like a badass. The return leg was less painful than the outbound equivalent via Houston, which was peppered with Texan security life experiences and washed down with a midnight drive from the Big Apple to upstate New York landing us in our final… …
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Insider Rides: Kim’s Niner BSB CX Nationals Rig
Click or not: Insider Rides: Kim’s Niner BSB CX Nationals RigMy obsession with bicycles has been lifelong but, somewhat ironically given my Northern Hemisphere heritage, I only started racing cyclocross in the depths of an Upper Hutt winter in 2010. Courtesy of the early days Huttcross crew, I debuted on my full suspension mountain bike and within two races had found myself an aluminium frame… …