Mountain biking: Past names inspire Gray to success

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Gray was a competitive swimmer with the Waves club before she started mountain biking four years ago. "I went out riding with a group from the mountain bike club and it was fun," she said. She has enjoyed training on the bush tracks at Wakari Forest, ...

Full speed ahead with Cuyuna Lakes Whiteout mountain biking celebration

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For the first Cuyuna Lakes Whiteout mountain biking celebration, the anthem has a similarly awe-inspiring vibe. Yawkey Mountain High, Cuyuna. And for mountain bikers coming to this place, whether they've been here before or not, the plan is quite ...

CNES keep pace on biking course

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Due to recent initiatives and development work carried out by Active Schools and Outdoor Learning Comhairle nan Eilean Siar was recently made an accredited mountain bike centre by Cycling Scotland. This means that in addition to delivering the ...

Mountain Biking at Paradise Lake Conservation Area

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My husband and I had an awesome time, even though this was my first time mountain biking and he has gone on lots of trails before--we just each took it at our own pace. The dirt terrain is relatively smooth with small hills. Some areas have roots and ...

Mountain Biking: Teenager classy in cross-country race

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By Alistair McMurran on Mon, 16 Jan 2012 North Canterbury mountain biker Anton Cooper (17) moved up to a new level in Dunedin yesterday. Cooper dominated the first round of the New Zealand Cup mountain bike cross-country series on the tough new course ...

Mountain Biking: Atkin shows up elite rivals on slippery downhill course

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By Alistair McMurran on Mon, 16 Jan 2012 Sarah Atkin (Lower Hutt) continued her domination of New Zealand women's downhill mountain biking in Dunedin on Saturday. Atkin, who won the first race in the New Zealand Mountain Biking Cup in Queenstown last ...

Mountain biking: Mountain biking focus for former Olympian

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Graves (29), a professional mountain biker since 2002 and a member of the Yeti Cycles-Fox Racing Factory team, is sponsored for mountain biking and not BMX. "After Beijing I concentrated on mountain biking for two years and realised I didn't want to go ...

Mountain biking: Leading riders to put new track to test

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By Alistair McMurran on Sat, 14 Jan 2012 A new era will start for Dunedin mountain biking this weekend with the downhill and cross-country events being held at the same venue on Signal Hill for the first time. The second race for the New Zealand ...

mountain biking world watching tasmania

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The Minister for Sport and Recreation, Michelle O'Byrne, today launched Wildside MTB 2012, Australia's premier mountain biking stage race. Ms O'Byrne said the four-day event, which began in 2002, will focus the mountain biking world's attention on ...

Mountain biking: Leov using NZ series to train

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By Jack Salter on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 Professional mountain biker Justin Leov has had a busy few weeks and the world series is yet to start. The 26-year-old Dunedin man, who is based in Spain, missed Monday's first round of the New Zealand mountain bike ...