In addition to the launch of the Flow Mountain Bike website today, the print magazine hit stands. While the website does what the web does best, the mag does what mags do best – like draw you away from the immediate as you flick from photo to photo, cover to cover, one story to the next.Continue reading “Flow Mountain Bike Magazine – Launch Issue”
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Flow Mountain Bike Website Goes Live
Have you ever been so excited about something it wakes you up while you sleep? That’s how I’ve been feeling in anticipation of the Flow Mountain Bike website going live. And I’m not the only one.
The site, and the quarterly print magazine that runs alongside it, amassed 6,500 fans on Facebook just anticipating the launch. It’s fair to say that Flow fills a big gap in the Australian and New Zealand mountain bike media landscape that fans of the sport have been waiting to see built on for a while.
With a focus on things that the internet does well the site pulls together content in some fresh and exciting ways. So have a look around, join the Flow Crew, soak up the reading and images, and get involved by commenting on what you see, and sharing the news around.
Marvel at the innovative site design too. Swell Design have done a mind-blowing job on this front creating something sexy and stylin’ that’s easy to navigate, search, read and customize. The Flow Live page, which aggregates social media trends is particularly cool.
From my side of the computer screen, I’ve been enjoying – and inspired by – the chance to contribute content to the site and to learn from the talented crew involved in bringing it all to life. Flow Mountain Bike’s production qualities speak volumes about how much they value the processes involved in a project like this, the respect they have for their contributors and the passion for mountain biking shared by everyone on board. I’m as excited by the launch as I am about watching it grow and evolve.
Gallery Page Update
This year has been an amazing one for new experiences and adventures. This has been made possible in no small way by support from the Bicycle Garage in Lilyfield, Sydney and the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com race team. So many great memories and journeys in the last twelve months have also made the ‘Gallery’ page look a little dated. It was time for an upgrade.
Thank you to Russ Baker, Gaye Camm, Dan de Witte, Bill Hatcher, Tim Hill, Dan Mackay and Rob Parbery for being part of said adventures and for all the flashy flashbacks.
Subaru Active: Women’s MTB Set-Up Tips Vid
Harbour views, team chatter and one clean race bike. Click on either image above to head over to the Subaru Active site and check out a recent video we filmed on women’s bike set-up. Thank you to Mike Blewitt, Rich Tyler and Subaru Australia for their ongoing support of the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com race team. I’m proud to be involved.
Outer Edge – Issue 32
The pages of Outer Edge magazine pull together stories, tips and experiences from a whole range of outdoorsy adventures. I wrote an article for the June/July issue that looks at the Solo 24 Hour MTB National Champs held at Canberra’s Majura Pines over Easter. I wanted to write a story that moves away from how ‘extreme’ this discipline is and looks at how some of the event’s repeat offenders enjoy the lifestyle that comes with rocking up time and time again.Continue reading “Outer Edge – Issue 32”
Kath Bicknell 