Lyttelton Urban DH 2014

Last weekend was the annual (if not delayed) Lyttelton Urban Downhill Race in Lyttelton, NZ. This is a crazy DH race that involves jumps and drops in the urban setting of steep city streets and suburban backyards. Scott raced in the 2013 LUDH, and posted his video, which I then posted to this blog. 

Anyways, here's my photo montage from this year's event. 

Scott at the treehouse jump.

Not Scott. But look, containers and harbor views!

Scott jumping out of the haunted house.

Not Scott. But it could have been!

Guy I caught at the right time...

Scott, who I caught at the wrong time.

Someone else's photo of Scott coming off the Porthole Bar.

Jump to the finish off the roof of the Porthole Bar.

He was pleased with his race, and rightfully so- coming in 4th in Open Men, and 19th in the overall Pro category. He also filmed his race run again, which is pretty much the coolest thing ever. 

CLICK HERE!!!!!

And yes, I know I'm painfully behind on posting anything. But I've been away traveling. So lots of photos of mountains and sheep to come. (Don't like mountains and sheep? Go read someone else's blog.)

Video Thursday: Scott Rides in Christchurch

I have been working non-stop since our trip to Auckland, so I have nothing for you. But Scott put together a cool video of him riding a favorite trail in Christchurch.

CLICK ME- WATCH VIDEO!

(Yes, I tried to upload it TWICE but Bloger is stuipidstupidstupid and can't get along with iMovie and doesn't support uploading from Vimeo [whathtehell] so please click on the link to be redirected to the video. Which I know is a pain and would annoy ME, because it should just play on the page you are looking at right now, but nnnnnooooooooooooo, Blogger isn't into that. End rant.)

The Bike Wife Rides

The other night I came home from a late shift to find that Scott had whipped up my very own bike video! He's a talented guy! Anyways… proof this girl rides:

Ok you have to CLICK HERE because Blogger.com only supports You Tube which is very annoying.

All the footage is from beautiful Queenstown, NZ.

Video Thursday

So, Video Thursday isn't actually going to be a thing. But today I'm sharing two videos, so today is Video Thursday!

Anywho, the first is actually an advertisement for the Canterbury region. As Im sure you've gathered from reading my blog, the region has scared off tourists with earthquakes and rebuilds. It wants them back! So about two months ago we were sitting at Smash Palace, meeting up with some other expats, and this camera crew came up and asked Scott and I to - basically - say nice things about Christchurch. We did the interview, finished our beers, and forgot about it.

Low and behold, a few months later, here is the video! Scott's face made the cut... only my voice made it in. Obviously, they found him to be the prettier one! Ha.

Please click here to view video!

Also, a few weeks back I mentioned having a crazy weekend... and then never wrote another thing about it. I didn't forget! I was waiting for the following video to come out. Once again, I'm barely in it. If you pay close attention, I'm in a few background shots wearing hot pink gloves.

We spent 2 days building trail... ie; this girl swung an axe and shovel thingy for 2 days straight. I know, I was impressed too. We built the "missing link" between two existing mountain bike tracks out in the middle of nowhere. I strongly encourage you to check out the following video. The quality is super impressive, it's not too long so your attention span shouldn't suffer, and my hubby is one of the stars. He's in blue.

Please click here to view this video!

Alright, I'm off to work. Happy Thursday everyone!