Stories - Patagonia New Zealand

“I’m generally bad at drawing boundaries between different riding styles,” Carston Oliver admits. “I just try to find the fun on whatever bike, terrain or ‘type’ of ride I’m on.”

For the Love of Dirt

Sakeus Bankson

For the Love of Dirt

Sakeus Bankson

4 Min Read

The Sickness – a slab-filled trail north of Pemberton, British Columbia – traces the edge of a plateau above the community of Mount Currie, the present-day seat of the Líĺwat Nation and home to most of its 2,200-plus members.

Together as One

Ryan Stuart

Together as One

Ryan Stuart

11 Min Read

After six long days in the South Chilcotin Mountains, we started our final descent back to the truck with our minds consumed by thoughts of dry clothes and cold beers.

Ultralight Foolishness

Will Cadham

Ultralight Foolishness

Will Cadham

9 Min Read

Scientist Emilé Zynobia zips through a golden sea of coffee crops and banana trees after winding through colourfully painted neighbourhoods in Manizales, Colombia.

Over-Roasted

Lucas Isakowitz

Descending through Colombia’s coffee country, a crew of mountain bikers explores how climate change is impacting one of the world’s most cherished beverages and the lives of those who depend upon it.

Over-Roasted

Lucas Isakowitz

16 Min Read

In Relation to All Things

Alexandera Houchin

In learning her ancestral language, one mountain biker finds a different way to relate to the world, herself and her community—and ride her bike.

In Relation to All Things

Alexandera Houchin

6 Min Read

Betty Birrell goes full send on Floppy Bunny, her go-to warm-up lap on Mount Fromme in southern British Columbia. Photo: Travis Rummel

North Shore Betty

Darcy Hennessey Turenne

After nearly 30 years on the hallowed trails of southern British Columbia, Betty Birrell still thinks life is one big playground—and that you’re never too old to send.

North Shore Betty

Darcy Hennessey Turenne

9 Min Read

Millions of buffalo once thrived on the Great Plains; the stolen homelands of the Jicarilla Apache, Cheyenne and Ute Nations. Concrete buildings and highways can’t erase their history. Photo: Leonardo Brasil

All Trails Belong to Mother Earth

Renee Hutchens

Following in Indigenous Footsteps on the Ute Pass Trail.

All Trails Belong to Mother Earth

Renee Hutchens

7 Min Read

The Blue Derby trails through northeast Tasmania's ancient Gondwanan forests have been a revelation to mountain bikers. Photo Stu Gibson

Gondwanan Trails

Mike Blewitt

Mountain biking saved Derby once already. As the loggers move in, can it save the town again?

Gondwanan Trails

Mike Blewitt

8 Min Read

Moments of Flow

psychology of the perfect ride.

Moments of Flow

10 min Read

The Writing on the Wall

In a tiny Colorado ski town, the world’s oldest mountain-bike club is facing the complicated reality of recreation gone right.

The Writing on the Wall

10 Min Read

Larch Love

An Ode to Larix Iyallii.

Larch Love

11 Min Read

The Last Hill (Until the Next One)

Searching for an honest adventure right out their backdoor, a group of skiers and snowboarders travel south from Reno, Nevada on bicycles loaded down with ski and camp gear.

The Last Hill (Until the Next One)

15:40

Moving the Needle

As editor of the world’s largest mountain bike magazine, Nicole Formosa showed her audience the world’s largest issues – and revealed the sport’s resistance to confronting them.

Moving the Needle

10 Min Read

Water Always Wins

A lesson in the rules of trail building.

Water Always Wins

10 Min Read

At the River’s Edge

How one suburban mountain biker’s vision for a trail system reshaped a former industrial town – and turned trail building into a family tradition.

At the River’s Edge

6 Min Read

Patagonia NZ

For the Love of Dirt

For the Love of Dirt

Together as One

Together as One

Ultralight Foolishness

Ultralight Foolishness

Over-Roasted

Over-Roasted

In Relation to All Things

In Relation to All Things

North Shore Betty

North Shore Betty

All Trails Belong to Mother Earth

All Trails Belong to Mother Earth

Gondwanan Trails

Gondwanan Trails

Moments of Flow

Moments of Flow

The Writing on the Wall

The Writing on the Wall

Larch Love

Larch Love

The Last Hill (Until the Next One)

The Last Hill (Until the Next One)

Moving the Needle

Moving the Needle

Water Always Wins

Water Always Wins

At the River’s Edge

At the River’s Edge

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