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‘Suzuki Sand Blast a unique opportunity’
At Epic Events we strive to deliver the best trail rides in NZ. That’s why the rides are called ‘Epic’. The best rides start with the best venues which are very difficult to obtain. There are increasing issues of personal risk, land fees, insurance, liability and legal requirements that are making it even harder to gain top notch trail riding venues. Land owners no longer just say ‘no worries mate, you can use my land’.
The venues we use are negotiated on a year by year basis and that is why the rides are often only confirmed 90 days prior to the event. There are no fixed term lease deals.
There is no guarantee that the extremely popular Suzuki Alpine Express and Suzuki Desert Storm rides will occur in 2006. Currently Winstone Pulp International (managers of the Desert Storm venue) are consulting with their lawyers as to whether Epic Events Ltd will be granted a permit to run Desert Storm. And if Suzuki Desert Storm does occur in 2006, there is no guarantee that the NZ Defence Force Desert will be included as has been the case for the past 2 years.
The latest Epic Event Suzuki Sand Blast follows the theme of Epic Events trail ride venues. It has been really hard to secure the NZ Defence Force lands, but the trade off is that the riding is exceptional and truly unique.
Suzuki Sand Blast takes riders on an Epic journey through farm land, tussock trails, mountain edge, creek crossing, shingle hills and sandy dry creek beds all in a fun and flowing way.
Suzuki Sand Blast also takes riders right by a film set from Lord of the Rings. The set is called Helms Deep (in the movie it was a big scrap between good and evil).
I rode the zones last week and was blown away by the sandy bermy dry creek beds, the undulating tussock country, the ruggedness of Mount Ruapehu and the views across Desert.
So the moral of this story is;
Suzuki Sand Blast might be the only chance to ride the army training area for some time.
* Suzuki Sand Blast 17-18 December 2005
* Entry forms and new photos are at www.epicevents.co.nz
* Or phone Nick Reader at 021 983 766
