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March 25, 2015
Middle East

Turkish Delight

As we sped across the narrow channel separating the Greek Island of Chios from Turkey, I thought surf […]

March 9, 2015
Europe - Western

Get ’em to the Greeks

We rolled off the ship in Athens with rain stinging our faces, which set us immediately wondering why […]

March 1, 2015
Africa - N. East

We’re on a Boat

Perched at the edge of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula we’d run out of Africa to ride. With Syria off-limits, […]

February 4, 2015
Africa - Southern, Videos

Meet the Nshongi Group

With some down time on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Jamie put together a movie of our time with our […]

January 7, 2015
Africa - N. East

Temples, Tombs and Subterfuge

Upon arrival in Wadi Halfa, we sought out a fixer named Mazar Mahir who had helped some of […]

December 27, 2014
Africa - N. East

Sudan on the Sly

After two days at Lake Tana, fuel finally arrived in Gonder at one of the half-dozen petrol stations […]

December 14, 2014
Africa - N. East

Riders of the Lost Ark

As expected, arrival in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa was a chaotic affair.

November 13, 2014
Africa - Southern

Mzungus in the Mist

Before we left Kigali, Jamie and I spied a large, bright green snake slithering about just beneath a […]

November 3, 2014
Africa - W. Coast, Videos

Surfing the Wild West

For ten months I combed the darkest corners of west Africa with my surfboard strapped to a motorbike.  […]

October 26, 2014
Africa - Southern

Skirting the Serengeti and Seeking the Source of the Nile

We left Nairobi with a plan to circle Lake Victoria, which meant crossing into Tanzania for a third […]

October 19, 2014
Africa - W. Coast

Motosurf Gear Review 2014

Plenty of dudes have an unhealthy preoccupation with gear of one kind or another and I’m no different. […]

June 23, 2014
Africa - Southern

The Bottom of Africa

Sitting in a comfy Cape Town backpacker hostel where I’d pitched my tent for the week, I began […]

April 28, 2014
Africa - W. Coast

Shelter in the Congo

I took a wrong turn getting back to the main road in Gabon and ended up riding in […]

April 6, 2014
Africa - W. Coast

Spending It All in Abuja

As I sat at the Nigerian police station I wondered how in the world I’d managed to land […]

March 16, 2014
Africa - W. Coast

The Gold Coast of Ghana

After I’d finished sliding around in the mud near the Ghana border, I looked up to see oddly […]

November 11, 2013
Africa - W. Coast, Morocco

Familiar Waters

The last time  I stood staring at the waves spilling over reefs below me was in December of […]

October 24, 2013
Africa - W. Coast, Morocco

Atlas Red

My newly acquired riding partner, Jonathan, was talking to a stately looking man that had flagged us down […]

October 21, 2013
Africa - W. Coast, Morocco

The Casablanca Company

The first rule of riding in Africa is that you don’t ride at night. Dead animals on the […]

September 24, 2013
Uncategorized

Priorities

“I’ve always wanted to sail to the south seas, but I can’t afford it.” What these men can’t […]

September 24, 2013
Bike prep

Dyna Rae All Dressed Up

In 4 days I fly to London, collect my motorbike, and point her south towards Africa. During the […]

September 23, 2013
Western USA

Circle the West

Good friends I’d grown up with had all finally gotten dual sport bikes and everyone was going to […]

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