20/11/2015

Once upon there was a stag called Elvis. There was something not right about him. He liked to eat flesh! One day a hunter walked by and Elvis sneezed and blew a tree over and the tree killed the hunter. He nibbled on his fingers and he said "It Tastes Like Chicken" as a chicken walked by...... The arms are the best, they taste like chicken wings, so Elvis lifted the hunter up with his antlers all the way to his house and his antler snapped... hahahahahahaha! He's Elliott the deer with one antler!
Elvis had a fun life until he wiped out the human race and had no flesh to eat and then he died.

My Ski Story

                                                                                                     

Thursday the 15th of October, 5am in the morning, waking up to a loud beeping alarm. I grabbed my bags waiting for Daniel to pick me up. Oh wait! He's here just as I sat down! Yay, our journey starts. I’m already bored but I can't wait to get there, I can feel the excitement in my gut. Yes we're entering Ohakune where the big carrot stands. We checked in and got some high vis gear so our teachers can tell its us and they will know where we are. We are heading through a forest going up the winding road to get to the car park. We were the first ones there. It's 7am and we’re ready for the morning start!

We collect our gear ready to get our lessons started. My teacher arrives, first we start on how to slow down by swerving in and out. Yes, my lesson is over. Time to go up the mountain. As we are going up the chairlift we saw lots of people climbing to the top of the mountain to see the hot water in the middle.

After we hopped off the chairlift, we buckled our boots into the snowboard, and off we went. I was thinking it wasn’t too bad until I hit a straight and went flying into a pile of snow. I started eating it so I wouldn’t feel so embarrassed.

As we reached the bottom, I felt proud of myself and thought I should challenge myself and go higher up the mountain.

By the end of the day I was exhausted! I can't wait to go up the mountain again.

Dirt Bike History

Whats the different between Road Bikes and Dirt Bikes.

People enjoyed racing and riding off the road, but up through the 1940's they had to make do with big Indians and Harley-Davidson's that were built for street and highway use. These motorcycles were not designed to carry their riders through mud, water, and rough terrain. They were heavy and had short, soft suspension with little ground clearance, and tended to get hung up on every root or rock they came upon. By the 1950's, so-called. These motorcycles—brands such as Triumph, BSA, Matchless, Norton, and Ariel—were lighter and had better ground clearance than their American counterparts, but they were still heavy and designed primarily for use on the road. And they often had unreliable electrical systems that failed under wet and dirty riding conditions. As in America, off-road motorcycling in England and Europe during this era was conducted with modified street machines. 

When was the first Dirt Bike made?

The serial production dirt bike contributed to a lasting change in world-wide motorcycle design and manufacturing. It launched product specialization and niche marketing in the motorcycle industry, resulting in products as diverse as the large and luxurious Honda Gold Wing, and the lean and lithe Gas Gas trials bike. Today one can buy a bike designed precisely for a specific use, and quality is superb. However, product specialization has resulted in segmentation of the motorcycling community into ever narrower interests, perpetuating the idea of motorcyclists as a “minority community,” despite the great increase in motorcycle sales.