Category Archives: Events

Astute Financial Team

We are looking forward to meeting up with the Astute Financial Team in Cairns next week. These guys and girls have been training their gizzards out for months to give the Croc a red hot shot. Can't wait to hang out with you guys and cheer from the side lines.

Luxembourgish National Champion Cross-Country 2018!

Hi all, Hope you had a nice weekend!! I spent my weekend racing my first cross country national championship ever in Luxembourg, the country I have been representing since the beginning of this year. I had this race on my mind for the last few months and have been preparing really intense for making a good result on...

Kyle Walter

My name is Kyle Walter, I live in Perth, Western Australia and I’m 28 years old. According to mum and dad I’ve been riding bikes since I was 2 years old. I just got on my sisters bike, no training wheels, and took off around the garden. Legend has it the dents in...

MY JOURNEY TO NO. 7

    MY JOURNEY TO NO. 7 by Brendon Skerke I grew up playing competitive sport from the age of 5. Born and bred in Victoria it was simple. As soon as you were walking and running, in the winter you donned an AFL footy jumper and joined thousands of other kids running around a giant footy oval...

Victory in Germany

A little update from last Sundays race in Einruhr, Germany.

by Soren Nissen

After some weeks where my focus has been mostly on my training it was once again time to get ready to race in Germany. “Rursee Bike Marathon” consisting of 100km and 2500 meters of climbing was on the program.

Adventure Freak?

A number of years ago i was approached by a marketing executive to write about an MTB event i was training for. I was running an IT company at the time and we had to speak on the phone often to discuss the article.  On one of these calls she said to me,...

Brendon Skerke

My name is Brendon Skerke and I live in Cairns Far North Queensland with my wife Lee and beautiful baby girl Nyah. When not racing my bikes I am employed as a Detective Sergeant in the Queensland Police Service and I am a member of the Astute Financial Racing Team.   How did you start in Adventure...

Leah Montgomery

So my name is Leah I live just outside Vancouver British Columbia (Canada) and I am one of the minority who was born in Vancouver and lived here basically my whole life.  I'm a small animal Veterinarian and I own one clinic and am in the process of opening a second clinic.  When...