Adventures

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This past week has been unreal as I have been travelling with the rest of the Kona Team through the south western united states.  The trip began in California with some SUP (stand up Paddle boarding) in Satna Cruz and

A week ago my Dad was out visiting my Brother Dustin and I out here in Victoria.  It was a perfect excuse to take an easy weekend on the bike and play some mini golf, eat bison burgers and watch

Here's an interview with the good folks from the Mongolia Bike Challenge.   Its just over 4 months  till the 3rd edition fires off!  http://www.mongoliabikechallenge.com/en/blog/2012/3/

Training on the west coast has been superb these past few weeks.  The achilles tendon is still tender from the 24 hrs of OP and swells up pretty fast if I go hard, so instead it has been alot of

Interview in Canmore Alberta, Feb 13th 2012 [vimeo 37451116 580 350]

The first race of the year is in the bank and it was a memorable one! The Kona 24hrs of Old Pueblo takes place near Tucson Arizona every year and is the largest 24 hr race in the USA. It

This past friday I flew out to Canmore for a surreal weekend with Tinker Juarez (Cannondale), Leighton Poidevin (Santa Cruz) and the rest of the crew organizng the World 24 Hour MTB Championships there in September. Getting to spend the

Riding up in Fort McMurray wasn't stellar. I started riding 12 km back to camp after work on the ice roads each day, which was pretty rad. This got shut down pretty quickly by the head contractor who made it

-40 is for the Penguins. Old man winter hit in full force up here in northern Alberta with the temperature bottoming around -42 for a few days. Working in these temps was a humdinger and it took its toll. Since

Work is work. January 3-4th hurt alot as the mind and body were still on vacation. January 8-10th hurt alot as well as Sean and I were tired but when your on production and the land is good you have

Tis the season to not think like an athlete and mow down on copius amounts of filler food and consume some non hydrating liquids. Work ended yesterday, just in time as the quad was limping along on 3 wheels, 1

The story from Sumatra is on hold due to work which is effectivly taking up 95% of my mental time and energy with eating taking up the other 5%.  Slashing trees is a pretty straightforward job, but as soon as you