Tag: Makara Peak
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The Rocket Man Strikes: The Kim Jong Un-duro
Click or not: The Rocket Man Strikes: The Kim Jong Un-duroSatire, after all, is just comedy without any punchlines. But who exactly was the joke on at the Kim Jong Un-duro? Following in the succession of the Winston Peters Enduro First Enduro, the Donald Trump Freedom Enduro and the Tiger Woods Golf Enduro, the annual Wellington Mountain Bike Club event at Makara Peak in Wellington… …
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Winning With Winston: The 2017 Enduro First Enduro
Click or not: Winning With Winston: The 2017 Enduro First EnduroWords Tom Adams. Images Dan Sharpe / www.visualsby.me and Edward Wilcock @edwardwilcockphotography First a brief backstory. In 2015 Aidan Forrest and myself decided to run a low-key, low-budget, low-everything enduro at Wellington’s Makara Peak Bike Park. We used Noel Leeming kitchen timers at each stage start and finish, and riders recorded their own times on a piece… …
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Foundations Of Growth In Recreation Activities: Part 2
Click or not: Foundations Of Growth In Recreation Activities: Part 2This article follows on from Part one in this series, foundations of growth in recreational activities. Part two presents and offers considerations, which should be factored into successful recreation development planning and activities by way of using mountain biking as an applied example. The first port of call for factors to consider in the planning… …
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Vote 1 Enduro First
Click or not: Vote 1 Enduro FirstFirst there was Enduro, or whatever it called itself, but it long precluded any other uphill and downhill biased brethren of the cycling fraternity. Therefore it is superior. Satirically-themed racing returns to Makara Peak this March the 18th, and we are determined to put Enduro First. Now in its third year, the Wellington Mountain Bike… …