st. nikolaus and krampus
December 18th, 2009
The festival events start even earlier in Austria than England (apart from the TV ads in the UK which I really don’t miss). I apologise for the lack of mountain biking…
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26trix leogang bike park
July 13th, 2009
26trix brings together the World’s best riders to compete in a dirt jump competition, we spent a somewhat wet afternoon watching these guys ride bikes like we never will…
winter polo world cup
March 3rd, 2009
I’ve never really thought of myself as a journalist and this blog post about the 7th Hypo Liechtenstein Snow Arena Polo World Cup 2009 is no exception. However, there are…
scheffau 30000
February 13th, 2009
Scheffau 30,000 is my own little attempt to challenge myself on a full days skiing. The 30,000 relates to trying to complete 30,000 vertical metres of descent in one day. There are a number of factors…
new years eve
December 31st, 2008
As 2008 draws to a end and the turkey is finally finished. What did you do with the leftovers? turkey curry? turkey sandwiches? Myself and Manu hope you all had a great Christmas and hope you enjoy the New Year celebrations. We’ll be enjoying…
riding and running
October 15th, 2008
We didn’t have much time to spare as we needed to head off to the nearest town for an appointment to get the baby scanned. With a quick browse through the paper we thought it would be nice to get some fresh air and watch others…
STIHL timbersports
October 1st, 2008
It was a scorchingly hot day that the STIHL Timbersports qualifying event in St. Johann in Tirol took place. I like sport in virtually an guise it may take. Watching any competition is usually good for a laugh. To save a few pennies we went on the…
dumpling festival
September 21st, 2008
It is said that there was a world record broken in St. Johann today. Interested to find out what that record was? Today was the 27th Annual Knödelfest in St. Johann in Tirol. Apart from having a nightmare trying to find a spot to park, everything else felling to place nicely. A quick stroll through…
schladming UCI world cup – part II
September 18th, 2008
Last Saturday was the downhill event for both Men and Women in Schladming. So how much did we enjoy this? For me it can be summed up as…
schladming UCI world cup – part I
September 15th, 2008
I’m ashamed to say this is the first UCI event that I’ve ever attended. Was it worth it? Would we come back? By heck yes! Want to know why? Firstly we…
