Dirt Diaries

Simon trades in his tool belt for MTB life in Queenstown (2020)

Ever thought about quitting your job, selling your home and moving to Queenstown? Well.. Simon did just that. here's his story:

There comes a time in life where you can go with the grain or carve out your own path - Simon has done exactly that - from swinging spanners as an Automotive Technician in Sale, Victoria. Simon realised his time was now to act on his dream of Living in a MTB town and trading careers for satisfaction, He has landed a job with the team at Bikeaholic, Queenstown - Although the Covid had...

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Pre Covid - We ride Rotorua and 440 Bike Park, NZ.

In March 2020 we set out on a quick ride trip to New Zealand's north island with Rotorua our main focus - we squeaked the trip in before things escalated with the current Corona Virus and right after Crankwork's ended (early March the perfect time for quiet trails) consider this an itinerary with some of our experiences to make it easy if your looking to do something similar in the future!

Feel free to ask us any questions about the trip - contact@wetheriders.com.au

Photo: One last lap of the lower jump line after a big day...

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Dirt Diaries: Shane Freeriding in UTAH

Dirt Diaries: WTR Supported freerider Shane Oravsky recently jetted over to the West coast of America for a month long roady/freeride trip with best mate freerider - Aric Duncan. With some pretty famous Utah freeride sites on their map.. we caught up to see how things got on.

WTR: Hey Shane! Welcome home, that looked like a really epic trip mate..Tell us a bit about it, what was the plan, where did you go exactly, how did you get around?
Shane: Thanks mate! Yeah was definitely an epic trip, I’d say the best holiday I’ve...

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