“I’d done a little trip to Laos and Thailand where I had rented bikes and traveled around. Then when I got home to New Zealand, I decided to move back to Oregon, where I’d previously lived. Then it occurred to me, what …
“It all started for me by going enduro riding with my friends out in the woods near our house in my native Italy. Back then I was riding a Fantic Caballero 80cc from the nineties. Soon after though I moved over to …
“At the Rally Pan Am Rally School in February, I honestly thought I was in over my head, with no business even looking at a road book. These thoughts kept running through my mind as I tried to interpret the third tulip …
“Looking back on my early days riding, or even now, I wonder at times why I love to ride? For me, I think it’s been many reasons. The most important being that I’m alone. I love being alone. I don’t ever remember …
“Giant Loop was born during the Great Recession. My buddy lost all of his work and couldn’t make mortgage payments on the dream house he’d built just before the crash. To save his farm, I offered to use my life savings of …
“In the far north of British Columbia, I rode over 125 mi / 200 km into the wilderness on an abandoned rail grade. Being that deep into the north on my own was a fabulous experience. One morning while I was waking …
“Whether a moment is difficult or not has mostly been determined by our state of mind. Early in the trip was probably the hardest in this regard. A lost part could send me into despair. Within the first week of riding in …
