Whales|Wildlife|Wine
If the surf or theme parks aren’t your thing then there are plenty of other options for you in and around the Gold Coast. At this time of year whale watching is very popular. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for many things including feeding these rainbow lorikeets. They have lots of other Australian native animals […]
VIDEOS: Criterium & Endurance Laps
If you’d like to get a feel for the criterium circuit, here is a VIDEO. It is a 1.3km circuit and will be used on 9th July 2016 for both relay and criterium races. Criterium is 10.4km – 8 laps. This was recorded at a slow kicking speed of about 12kph. By the way, in this photo […]
Footbike Jewellery Souvenir – now that’s different!
A Brisbane artisan called Patrice has offered to handmake these pendants and pins for our event next week. They are made from twisted copper wire that is then coated in either gold or silver (rhodium). Please note that SIZE is APPROXIMATE and there are 2 Styles: Pendant (for necklace) – which comes with a leather cord […]
Friendship From Footbiking & Facebook
Some of our European competitors are already Down Under and acclimatising. One of these is Marek Kadlec from Pilsen in the Czech Republic. He’s been in Australia for nearly a week already and staying with the Hassan family in north Brisbane. The cute thing is that Marek’s photo has been on the […]
List of Competitors
Here is the list of competitors for the 2016 Footbike World Championships Footbike WC2016 Starters, including the start order for the sprints. Start times and race numbers will follow in a detailed race brief which will be emailed. And… please tag yourself/comment if you recognise yourself or someone else from this photo taken at the […]
Buy this special ‘designer’ footbike…
A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR AUSSIES! One of our Dutch athletes has decided to leave their footbike here after competing in the Footbike World Championships. The frame is made from alloy and it’s designed and built by Martin Bonder in the Netherlands. It has been used during competition for a couple of years and has been responsible […]
Gold Coast FUN After Kicking…
Do you want your Gold Coast FUN fast or slower after the kicking is done? We hope you’ve already checked out some ideas at the Tourism tab on the website. We’ve included links to many official tourism websites around Australia. If theme parks are your thing and you want to visit more than one, there […]
All The Maps
Here are the maps for each day of the Footbike World Championships: Day 1 map for the Sprint Competition on Friday 8th July 2016. Day 2 map for the Criterium and Relay Races on Saturday 9th July 2016. Here’s the circuit according to STRAVA. Day 3 map for the Endurance Races Sunday 10th July 2016. Here’s the circuit […]
Event Details Updated – Please Check!!!
We’re finalising the details for our event and, now we have all the competitor information, we’ve updated the Event Details tab. Please ensure you check again so you arrive on time 🙂 The “downloadable printable” version will be updated on Monday. Not long to go now. In fact some Europeans are already Down Under… (Image […]
Kangaroos and Kicking…
We’ve invited you to “Kick Down Under”. We guarantee the kangaroos are there but we don’t guarantee you’ll necessarily see them in the wild… it depends where you go… Here’s proof of their existence though!!! Aussie team member Jane Nimmo left her home in the Brisbane suburb of Bellbowrie for a training kick this morning […]
