Solar rays ignite MildWood.
Had I not had the chance to meet him, I just don't think I could have pushed "publish" on this! Motul Metzeler Sherco Race Team rider...
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May 28, 20232 min read
The Surgeon is coming to dissect the lovechild of Mountain and Turner.
The Surgeon, Australian Hard Enduro Champion Anthony Solar, lands in Western Australia this Wednesday! And he very much intends to put...
May 22, 20233 min read
That was an expensive weekend!
Hard Enduro Australia have somehow managed to capture the absolute essence of Hard Enduro in three short words: Ride Break Fix. It...
May 19, 20233 min read
Racing the Indian Pacific to the pub.
You never really know when something is going to make a good ride a great ride, but it seems to happen rather regularly. Riding is funny...
May 16, 20237 min read
Billy the Kid went to Romania.
"To say I'm thrilled that an actual Romaniac has given me his experience in words to share with you all is an understatement. Young Force...
May 10, 20233 min read
Checklist for Hard Enduro
Do you dream about holding onto a Beta 300RR Racing or Gasser EC 300 as it blasts you near vertically up a boulder strewn slope, from one...
May 8, 20233 min read
A story without words: WHES 2023 Round 1 - Toodyay Terror.
B.J. Novak challenged the concept of children's literature when he created the Book With No Pictures. It was described by Mark Levine of...
May 4, 20233 min read
Rain Dance
The W.A. Hard Enduro Series Round 1 - The Toodyay Terror. Held at the beginning of April, it was almost a certainty that the Graham...
Apr 28, 20234 min read
I did a thing!
I am a little bit terrified to use this as a blog title. But, as I don't make any money at all from the thousands of hours I spend...
Apr 18, 20233 min read
Even a bad day is a beautiful day riding Trials.
It is a funny thing; this hobby that we endure - sorry, enjoy. On every other Sunday, I ponder why I can't pursue a past-time that does...
Apr 9, 20235 min read
The Western Front: Stories from the trenches.
Paul Byrnes, author of The Lost Boys writes "In the First World War of 1914–1918, thousands of boys across Australia and New Zealand lied...
Apr 4, 20233 min read
The Goat ate our Invitational!
I very much doubt that any one race event could rattle the Goat’s cage. But always up for a challenge, the W.A. Hard Enduro Series...
Apr 1, 20232 min read
You can bring a knife to a gun fight if you know how to use it!
The WHES Graham Jarvis Invitational was not always going to be just about Graham Jarvis. But it was always going to be about a hard and...
Mar 27, 20233 min read
Jakob "the Jackal" Petrig is hoping Goat is on the menu at Bridgy
WRD Junior Academy Rider Jakob Petrig was born to bikes. In fact, it might even be that he was conceived via some miraculous (or...
Mar 20, 20234 min read
Rudling ruptured, but in repair mode.
It was a little bit like someone stuck a hoover down my gob and sucked the air out of my lungs. WRD Rider Darren Rudling was out of the...
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