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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

The math of a Sumatran Bike Tour. 13 days 50 hrs ride time ??? km 4 rides in a monsoon 1 volcanic lake 9 organgutans 8 elephants 1 peacock sh*t load of monkeys 0 flat tires 0 mechanicals 0 tigers 2 invitations

The 140 km, 6 hr journey down to Malaysia's historical city of Melaka turned into a bigger day on the bike then I expected.  Trying to ride out of Kualu Lumpor was ridiculous with freeways going every which way.  After

Yesterday Kris and I flew off the Island of Langkawi and officially ended both of our 2011 race seasons.  I am calling it the year of the dodo bird.  Between being burnt out, injuries, and flat tires it definitely wasn't

 On the breakfast menu today was an option called the "Malaysian breakfast",  A choice of chilled fruits, Chinese Porridge with choice of chicken or fish with bean curd.   Mmmm, and travelers wonder why they get diarrhea...    Last Thursday night