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Jackrabbitt Missions

We are on a mission, to get everyone involved! Check out our new JR Missions over on our Facebook Page. We’ve put together a gallery of all the entries so far…keep them coming!

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- ‘…define “road-worthy”!’

‘…define “road-worthy”!’ So this next part was incredibly exciting. As the title suggest, Moss was about to get his first official taste of road. MOT was booked in, but first…

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- ‘No, I have no idea how to sew a canvas roof liner…but I can learn!’

‘No, I have no idea how to sew a canvas roof liner…but I can learn!’ This is where the finer details and designs had to come into play. So neither me or my dad are particularly good at interior design, so designing an interior for a small space seemed like a colossal job. We… Read more »

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- ‘Were these bits supposed to go back on too?’

‘Were these bits supposed to go back on too?’ Now, with a heading like the one above in the ‘Engine rebuild’ section of my story, you know this is going to be good… This is how we started. Using an A-Frame ladder, loads of cheap pullies and some cheap rope that was NOT load… Read more »

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- “I’m not impatient, I’m excited…and impatient.”

“I’m not impatient, I’m excited…and impatient” Big things were happening. The bus was looking less and less like an empty husk and more like a homeless man’s make shift home. In my eagerness I was beginning to get a little ahead of myself and started on a few extra jobs that were not particularly necessary… Read more »

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- “Is sander’s elbow a thing?”

“Is sander’s elbow a thing?” The rebuild had begun. I had lost hope and motivation many times over during the long welding process and on occasion contemplated selling up and doing away with all the stress. However, it had all been worth it. Nothing could be as difficult as endless welding…right? I could barely deal… Read more »

A VW Bay Window Story: The Gallery of Weld

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- “Dad, the van’s on fire again…”

“Dad, the van’s on fire again…” This chapter is also titled the “Learning to weld again” section. The van was bare of all fixings, bar the wiring loom and a few other small things we did not fancy threading through the body again later on. In front of me I had a list of all… Read more »

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- “Oh look, more rust…”

“Oh look, more rust…” So here is where it began… I rolled the van onto the drive under the 1 dp (dad power) engine, then stood back to admire the best buy of my life so far. Holes every where, dripping old oil, mirrors hanging off and questionable ‘cigarette’ burns in the upholstery…I could not… Read more »

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- “That’s a hole lot of bus…”

“That’s a hole lot of bus!” The following morning I woke feeling content in the drunk exploration of a dream and that it was remaining so. I went to work early and spent the short shift in a daydream of VWs, adventures and oddly an episode of Poirot featuring Pete’s Dragon (please see previous post… Read more »

A VW Bay Window Story: Rust, Rehab and Restoration- “So here’s what I’m thinking…”

“So, here’s what I’m thinking…” Over time, stories tend to acquire new details and become further and further for the truth, so believe me when I say I will do my best to remember exactly how everything happened. Memory is not my friend and it has been a life time since this story started. A… Read more »

Out on a mountain

Our resident gadget fanboy (me) took out to the hills to create an immersive 360 experience up in the mountains. If you have a good cardboard give this a watch and let us know what you think!

One more brew – bike night

In January this year, I received an email from Ben Gerrish from www.hddn.co.uk asking if I’d like to join a group of creators in making something for an event. As creatives, we thrive on a brief and a deadline and that is exactly what Ben proposed to us… We’re going to host 40 people (turned… Read more »

The VW adventure bus

I remember a day when I used to cram 4 bikes and 4 people into and onto a Subaru Justy, and for those that don’t know what a Justy is, it’s a mini sized 4 wheel drive car… So you can imagine how tight that was. Needless to say, I used to look at those… Read more »

A good ride out

Let’s set the scene, I’m 30, I have 2 kids, a dog, mortgage, wife, pension plans, insurance, self employed, etc etc… so you can imagine that time is a little limited these days along with me being a little tighter on opening my wallet*. I’ve started to look for cheaper alternatives to mountain biking and… Read more »

Raise. Snowboarding in England

Firstly let me set the scene. I’ve been a self employed web developer for over a year now, and it’s been a tough year, lots of learning curves and expensive mistakes. Lots of hours spent late into the night. However, prior to this, I have always worked for someone else, where the rules are set… Read more »

Martyn Ashton, back on 2 wheels and grinning ear to ear!

Nothing gets your heart pumping and face smiling like a good ride out on the mountain bike, but just imagine how it must feel for Martyn Ashton to overcome one of the worst possible injuries and to get back out on his back with his mates. Of course it won’t be the same as before,… Read more »

One in eight million – Share the stoke

I always felt like it wasn’t worth entering competitions, until now, I won the competition of a life time, and the grand prize was a holiday to a destination of my choice, Turtle Bay in Hawaii, Telluride in Colorado, or Laax in Switzerland. They also threw in a GoPro hero 4 Black and all the accessories… Read more »

A morning blast round Whinlatter

Nitro Circus Action Figures Trailer

This is going to be incredible! So many crashes! You have to watch the trailer…and if you don’t get excited for the full thing…you can’t be human!* *I am a Nitro Circus fanboy…that gang can do no wrong!

Road bike party 3 – Sam Pilgrim

Jamie Nicholls – Forged in Steel

RedBull Hardline by Dan Atherton

Just watching this got my heart rate up, I can’t imagine what Dan Atherton feels like at the end of this in terms of arm pump etc. This is downhilling to an extremely high level, I look forward to seeing some more from all of this RedBull Hardline series. The trail itself must have taken… Read more »

186ft waterfall drop in a kayak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrveNdW_sj0

Kelly McGarry – Going long

This pretty much sums up the term “Eating dirt”. A massive overshoot at the Redbull Rampage turns into an unrecoverable crash, which scorpions McGarry out the front door and straight into the floor face first. The most amazing part of this is that he was still in the finals competing after this crash in the… Read more »

Kelly Slater – Still got it!

Massive air!

Lacondeguys winning run POV

Ball’s of steel.

Danny Macaskill: The Ridge

This is an extremely impressive video. Looking at the riding, the location, the cinematography and putting it all together into a materpiece. I often think, “I reckon I could do that with a bit of practice”…but with this I have to say he has gone above and beyond with his riding…and CutMedia have done an… Read more »

First tsunami flip on a bike

Erm….. Just watch!

Evening Ride @ Stainburn forest

Since I have been back from my travels I have on been to my local trail a hand full of times. In this video I am riding the longer of the 2 red routes. Awesome flow through the trees at the start, which then throws you into fast technical rock gardens. I stuck with all… Read more »