Media – Page 12 – Kath Bicknell

Media-ing the Subaru Australian MTB Champs

The Australian Mountain Bike Championships is a multi-day event which brings together a huge collection of talented, passionate people. In addition to our country’s elite and up-and-coming racers rolling around the car-park-come-event-centre, tons of bike industry folk and local media personalities are an important part of the weekend as well.

I spent the 2013 Champs working as part of a three-person crew with Flow Mountain Bike’s Chris Southwood and Mick Ross. Armed with my camera and a voice recorder I enjoyed the change in rhythm from typing stories and the different challenges quick, timely and unique web content allow.Continue reading “Media-ing the Subaru Australian MTB Champs”

@bicksnpieces: Time for Twitter?

I bought an iPhone. It’s really fun.

I joined Instagram. Scrapbooking and sharing the colour in my world is exciting.

I’ve been publishing more writing on the web than is practical to share on this site through news posts.Continue reading “@bicksnpieces: Time for Twitter?”

Bikes, Brews and a Short Film From Flow

The first instalment in a three part film from the Flow Mountain Bike Bikes and Brews Tour has been released online. Watch it on it’s own, or see it in conjunction with reading the story in the current issue of the print mag. This link will take you where you need to go.

On a personal note, getting to join the Flow crew on a trip like this was one of those moments that felt too good to be true, but stretched out over days. Guided trail tours from All Terrain Cycles, food and drink at local establishments that are as tourism worthy as the trails, meeting inspiring people who call these places home and getting to watch talented people doing their thing in a sport and job that I love.

We hope the stories from the trip inspire other riders to discover some of the big thrills these locations have offer as well. Part one takes you to Beechworth. Keep an eye on Flow for parts two and three.

Image: Damian Breach. Follow that link for more of these too, and get planning your next long weekend!

Flow Mountain Bike Magazine – Issue 2

Flow’s second print issue hits stands today. I love how rich and varied the content is, and how much it builds on the last issue. Most of all I’m excited by how the magazine makes me feel as a mountain biker.

On top of the high production qualities, evocative images and sophisticated writing, it also speaks volumes about the history, present and future of this sport. There’s a series of interviews with three inspiring people who have dramatically shaped Australian mountain biking, an insightful piece about the long development of the Canberra trail network and its coming of age, and a story on the recent Bikes and Brews tour to Victoria’s high country which made me laugh out loud.

From me, there’s a column, and a selection of interviews I really enjoyed writing up with riders we met up with on the Victorian trails. There’s also a piece on psychological states of flow that takes my academic work and puts it in conversation with life on the dirt.

If you haven’t checked the website in a while, there’s a heap of new content on there too. Enjoy the read!

Flow: Bikes and Brews Teaser

I recently joined the crew from Flow Mountain Bike to check out the biking and breweries in North East Victoria. Guided trail tours, swims in the river to cool down, witty banter, food and drink of champions….I had to pinch myself multiple times to make sure it was all real.

Tales from the trip will be in issue two, available on January 9. A short film is also in the making. Here’s a teaser. How did you spend your last afternoon?