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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 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...
Feb 27, 20233 min read
They've made a 'Ram Race' for Hard Enduro riders!
Trying to get my head around the context of Ballarat and its significance to Hard Enduro was difficult. There are dozens of towns and...
Feb 18, 20232 min read
A mountain goat in dairy cow country.
The five most frequently asked questions when passing through airport customs are; What is the purpose of your trip? How long do you...
Feb 7, 20234 min read
So wrong that it almost makes it feel right.
When I think about hard enduro little tingles run through my small bits. I am sure it is much the same for you lot out there (though I...
Dec 7, 20224 min read
The title chose itself.
300. A peculiar number on which to base a story. 300 is the extraordinarily small number of Sparton soldiers that King Leonidas gathered...
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