NzoLand
Dec 6, 2024
Earthmoving, our way
This week I got to go out in the woods with my long-time riding buddy and chief Nzo photographer Graeme Murray. A...
Nov 19, 2024
Tasmania: an Nzo Field Trip
In late spring, Nzo took a long-overdue trip to Tasmania.
The party was Craig and me, and we were heading to Tassi...
Nov 13, 2024
What to wear for weeks in the bush
About two years ago we reported on an incredible outback bike ride by Dylan Kentch.
A short time later we tracked ...
Oct 25, 2024
The History of Dobies
While fossicking through some archive folders in a search for something - I don’t remember what - I found two inte...
Oct 18, 2024
A funny thing happened
Here is a funny thing that happened this week, and necessitates a deep dive into Nzo history.
Just after the turn of...
Sep 17, 2024
How to get sponsored
Even a small mountain bike apparel brand adrift in the South Seas gets its fair share of sponsorship proposals.
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Aug 23, 2024
Work / Ride / Lie down
Back in the early years of the Nzo project, our mate Coxy was a regular visitor to the shop, our house, and the loc...
Aug 2, 2024
The Paparoa Track
I got to experience the Paparoa Track on a recent trip to the top of the South Island, and I can't wait to go back ...
Jul 19, 2024
Swapping bikes for carpets
During the early nineties we spent a couple of years living in a VW Kombi. That little bus took us from San Franci...
Jul 5, 2024
What I reckon
It is that time of the year when keen people in our hemisphere are getting up at 2am to watch Le Tour de France.
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May 3, 2024
Top of the South
Almost two months since I reckoned I would report on a recent mountain biking trip in this blog, I am only now get...
Jan 26, 2024
Chance meetings in the woods
One of the highlights of the summer break was a chance meeting I had in the forest.
There is a tap and drinking f...