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Premature Emasculation: WHES Round 2.
If even the smallest part of your almond-sized amygdala is driving your limbic system to suggest to your cerebrum that the hard enduro round you are about embark on is, in any way, a race for the 'lads', then you need to pull your head out of your rectum and reconcile just how well the women are racing WHES. The most comfortable I had been all day at Dardy. Thank you, Laughing Bulldog, for capturing my moment. I very much consider myself an ambassador of inclusivity and equal
Jun 286 min read


The ghost-faced killer is on the hunt at Dardanup.
Round 1 threw up more surprises than Scream 7, not the least of which was the battle for first place in the Iron Class (+45yrs). Crawling, dragging, inching across the line: this gorefest is NOT coming to a cinema near you. Round 1 Iron Class winner Andrew Lardner captured by Laughing Bulldog Images begging for mercy on the final hill of MounTurner. We have barely caught our breath and calmed our farm. Yet we are already staring down the dark corridor towards the flickering
Jun 104 min read


Six little ducks went out one day: WHES Round 1.
If you don’t want to know exactly what happened at the Adventure On Store MounTurner Madness WHES Round 1 then stop reading! If you do want to know, then best you go make a KEG of tea or coffee ‘cause this is gunst ta be a long one! Always an Adventure catches the rider that is Alway on an Adventure! Petrig wins Gold in WHES Rd 1. The number of riders that have stepped well out of their comfort zone coming into the 2026 WA Hard Enduro Series is twisted. So many are riding up
May 305 min read


WHES Final Round 5: What's your excuse now?
What else can ya say? The greatest challenge of the racing season? Trying to find particular words that perfectly place it all into...
Sep 26, 20254 min read


WHES Round 4: The Price of Chase(n) the Jackal.
All is never as it seems in Hard Enduro (chaos caught by Laughing Bulldog Images) Chaos can confer or confound opportunity, but...
Aug 25, 20256 min read


WHES Round 3: The Dardanup Dash delivered.
Make sure you are comfortable and have a full roll of toilet tissue because the Sherco Australia W.A. Hard Enduro Series Round 3:...
Jul 29, 20255 min read


WHES Round 3: Will Dardanup dish up a Dash of spice?
For all intent and purpose, the winner of this event is going to be harder to pick than a broken nose. Especially for Round 2 winner Kal...
Jul 22, 20256 min read


What's the one thing that money can't buy?
The Premier Mill Hotel - Not just any old building in any old wheatbelt town. It has been a pretty full-on year at work: by that I mean...
Jul 15, 20254 min read


Agenda neutral!
This truth bomb, I reckon, is a reputational sink and swim moment. It used to look like this. I love bikes. I love riding bikes. Road,...
Jul 7, 20254 min read


Humbled by a CFMoto at the 48th Capel 200.
Coffee in hand ( thanks to the Mundy Pub owners and their mobile caffeine fixative machine ), we stood in the sunshine whilst Ironstone...
Jul 2, 20254 min read


The Sanchification of Don Quixote: WHES set the stage at MounTurner.
Corps de Ballet in the paddock: there is nothing more magical than the sun shining on the start line. If ever you've seen a solid Hard...
May 27, 20256 min read


Joe Dirt jams a round peg in a square hole.
As with most Twisted tales, this one is underpinned by a very fundamental theme. "If it ain't fit for purpose, then make it fit your...
Mar 5, 20258 min read


Feeding the thieves?
Remember when you'd be out in the yard, you'd hear the sweet sound of a two-banger or the growl of an angry thumper, you'd look down at...
Feb 8, 20253 min read


The Yeti says "If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Many people don't understand how evolution works. They think it's a process of radical and absolute change. But it's not! Quite the...
Jan 25, 202515 min read


Chasin' the podium.
Do you remember the first time the circus rolled into town? Wandering wide-eyed as the crowd sucked you into the big top - you knew what...
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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