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Ever wondered what it's like to race XTERRA in Dunsborough?

We were lucky enough to have the Search4Hurt crew shooting an episode as they tackled the race in April this year.

You can watch the full episode here:
7plus.com.au/search4hurt?episode-id=SEHU04-005&autoplay=true

Once you're inspired...

Remember that in 2025, the Dunsborough race is going to be the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships โ€“ so it's going to be bigger and more grandiose than ever.

Get all the details here:
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.xterraplanet.com/event/xterra-australia ... See MoreSee Less

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ENTRIES FOR THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY/GOGG ARE NOW OPEN!

Learn More & Enter ODYSSEY HERE: bit.ly/4dZm4Vf
Learn More & Enter GOGG HERE: bit.ly/3TMPbmT

Itโ€™s hard to put your finger on what has kept people flocking back to the Odyssey/GOGG Weekend for NINETEEN YEARS, while other events have come, gone and faded into obscurity.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s because ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€“ with a suite of mountain bike races of 100km, 50km, 30km, 10kmโ€ฆ and Gravel rides of 97km and 49km.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ on flowing singletrack & โ€œchampagneโ€ gravel that never seems to endโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ of the Otway National Parkโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ made up of World-Cup contenders & national jersey holdersโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s that ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ that says โ€œI know what you did. Youโ€™re tough as nailsโ€โ€ฆ

Or maybeโ€ฆ Maaaaybeโ€ฆ

Itโ€™s the magical combination of ALL these things (and more).

WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOUR RIDING SPEEDโ€ฆ

WELCOME TO THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY & GOGG

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐‹๐„๐†๐„๐๐ƒ๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐†๐„๐ƒ. ... See MoreSee Less

ENTRIES FOR THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY/GOGG ARE NOW OPEN! Learn More & Enter ODYSSEY HERE: https://bit.ly/4dZm4Vf Learn More & Enter GOGG HERE: https://bit.ly/3TMPbmT Itโ€™s hard to put your finger on what has kept people flocking back to the Odyssey/GOGG Weekend for NINETEEN YEARS, while other events have come, gone and faded into obscurity. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s because ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€“ with a suite of mountain bike races of 100km, 50km, 30km, 10kmโ€ฆ and Gravel rides of 97km and 49km. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ on flowing singletrack & โ€œchampagneโ€ gravel that never seems to endโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ of the Otway National Parkโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ made up of World-Cup contenders & national jersey holdersโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s that ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ that says โ€œI know what you did. Youโ€™re tough as nailsโ€โ€ฆ Or maybeโ€ฆ Maaaaybeโ€ฆ Itโ€™s the magical combination of ALL these things (and more). WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOUR RIDING SPEEDโ€ฆ WELCOME TO THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY & GOGG ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐‹๐„๐†๐„๐๐ƒ๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐†๐„๐ƒ.
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Degrease your drive trains & stock up on gels...

WEโ€™RE OPENING ENTRIES FOR THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY & GOGG THIS WEDNESDAY (11th September).

As always, weโ€™ll be pulling out all stops to ensure this weekend lives up to the title of the ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ ๐—๐‚/๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ off the year.

All details will be released soon, but in the meantime...

Here are a few reasons to get organised and enter EARLY this year:

1) โ€œ๐„๐€๐‘๐‹๐˜ ๐๐ˆ๐‘๐ƒโ€ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐† โ€“ Save ~10% by entering before 1st December 2024 (of course, if you enter both the Odyssey AND GOGG, you get 20% off!)

2) ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐’๐Ž๐‚๐Š๐’ โ€“ Be one of the first 500 to enter and get a FREE pair of Bellwether Cycling Socks courtesy of BikeCorp (does "n+1" apply to socks too?).

3) ๐‰๐Ž๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐– ๐…๐€๐‚๐„๐๐Ž๐Ž๐Š ๐๐€๐†๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐€ ๐…๐”๐‘๐“๐‡๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ“% ๐Ž๐…๐…! Weโ€™ve created a new page JUST for our cycling events. And to bribeโ€ฆ I mean โ€œincentiviseโ€ you to join, weโ€™ve hidden a promo code on the page thatโ€™ll give you a further 5% off.

Go to the and read the first post for details:

FOLLOW NEW, BIKE-SPECIFIC FACEBOOK PAGE HERE:
๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.facebook.com/RapidAscentMTBGravel

Thatโ€™s all for nowโ€ฆ

Join the group, set a reminder and get trainingโ€ฆ

The Odyssey is coming! ... See MoreSee Less

Degrease your drive trains & stock up on gels... WEโ€™RE OPENING ENTRIES FOR THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY & GOGG THIS WEDNESDAY (11th September). As always, weโ€™ll be pulling out all stops to ensure this weekend lives up to the title of the ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ ๐—๐‚/๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ off the year. All details will be released soon, but in the meantime... Here are a few reasons to get organised and enter EARLY this year: 1) โ€œ๐„๐€๐‘๐‹๐˜ ๐๐ˆ๐‘๐ƒโ€ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐† โ€“ Save ~10% by entering before 1st December 2024 (of course, if you enter both the Odyssey AND GOGG, you get 20% off!) 2) ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐’๐Ž๐‚๐Š๐’ โ€“ Be one of the first 500 to enter and get a FREE pair of Bellwether Cycling Socks courtesy of BikeCorp (does n+1 apply to socks too?). 3) ๐‰๐Ž๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐– ๐…๐€๐‚๐„๐๐Ž๐Ž๐Š ๐๐€๐†๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐€ ๐…๐”๐‘๐“๐‡๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ“% ๐Ž๐…๐…! Weโ€™ve created a new page JUST for our cycling events. And to bribeโ€ฆ I mean โ€œincentiviseโ€ you to join, weโ€™ve hidden a promo code on the page thatโ€™ll give you a further 5% off. Go to the and read the first post for details: FOLLOW NEW, BIKE-SPECIFIC FACEBOOK PAGE HERE: ๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.facebook.com/RapidAscentMTBGravel Thatโ€™s all for nowโ€ฆ Join the group, set a reminder and get trainingโ€ฆ The Odyssey is coming!Image attachmentImage attachment
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Dream ride. ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿšต‍โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿช–๐Ÿฅ‘

Shane Holliday stop talking about it!!

Tamara Spargo ๐Ÿ˜‰the queen of the mountain โ›ฐ๏ธ ๐Ÿšต‍โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšด‍โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿคฉ

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Entries are NOW OPEN for 2025 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships in DUNSBOROUGH, Western Australia:

๐Ÿ‘‰ www.xterraplanet.com/event/xterra-australia

If you missed the memo...

In 2025, XTERRA is collaborating with Rapid Ascent to take the former "XTERRA Dunsborough" from a local triathlon... to a true, global festival of sports โ€“ by making it the 2025 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships.

There will be:

โžก๏ธ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (including Long Course (APAC Championship!), Short Course and races for the kids)...

โžก๏ธ ๐๐„๐– ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง & ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ that will be the XTERRA Trail Marathon and Trail Half Marathon Asia-Pacific Championships (plus half marathon and 10km!)...

โžก๏ธ ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐’ $๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ), thanks to this being the first stop on the World Cup circuit and the Asia-Pacific Championships...

โžก๏ธ "๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐" ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ with food, entertainment and more...

โžก๏ธ ๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐จ๐ง showcasing the world's best athletes letting loose in the pritine wilderness of Meelup Regional Park...

And more!

If you're an off-road triathlete, trail runner or outdoor enthusiast who thrives on high-energy events...

You don't want to miss it.

Entries are now open with Early Bird pricing available for a limited time.

Get all the details here:
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.xterraplanet.com/event/xterra-australia ... See MoreSee Less

Entries are NOW OPEN for 2025 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships in DUNSBOROUGH, Western Australia: ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.xterraplanet.com/event/xterra-australia If you missed the memo... In 2025, XTERRA is collaborating with Rapid Ascent to take the former XTERRA Dunsborough from a local triathlon... to a true, global festival of sports โ€“ by making it the 2025 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships. There will be: โžก๏ธ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (including Long Course (APAC Championship!), Short Course and races for the kids)... โžก๏ธ ๐๐„๐– ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง & ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ that will be the XTERRA Trail Marathon and Trail Half Marathon Asia-Pacific Championships (plus half marathon and 10km!)... โžก๏ธ ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐’ $๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ), thanks to this being the first stop on the World Cup circuit and the Asia-Pacific Championships... โžก๏ธ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ with food, entertainment and more... โžก๏ธ ๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐จ๐ง showcasing the worlds best athletes letting loose in the pritine wilderness of Meelup Regional Park... And more! If youre an off-road triathlete, trail runner or outdoor enthusiast who thrives on high-energy events... You dont want to miss it. Entries are now open with Early Bird pricing available for a limited time. Get all the details here: ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.xterraplanet.com/event/xterra-australiaImage attachmentImage attachment+6Image attachment
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3 weeks ago
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Yeeha! *stock-whip cracks*

How good was the first ever Shimano Gravel Muster?!

Re-live the action with these fresh video highlights thanks to Aaron Collins.

Thanks again to all riders for coming and making this event something we think will become an institution on the Aussie cycling calendar. (As Toby from Shimano said in his post-race speech "we're in this for the long run". And so are we!).

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Aaron Petersen 2025?

So I’m guessing this means the end of the Redback?

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