Filthy Newswire

Kiwi Filth meets Scottish Filth in early August

(Brett, 07-20-09, 03:27:47)

hooking up with Haggis in Edinburgh. Boys will ride south scotland - 7stanes, glentress , Peebles. Lovely. updates soon

abu dhabi

(Brett, 04-01-09, 04:53:16)

I'm missing Korea's mountains and the excellent freeriding trails we have there. I need places with mountains, trees, streams. Too much to ask? Must organise a return to Korea before this year is out. camp out on the mountain at our secret camp spot "shangrila". Go native. Spend a week or two living rough, but clean and simply and, more importantly, riding the mountains of Seoul every day. Reconnect to nature, earth, speed, trees, dirt.....Filthiness and all that it personifies. Core boys are still there and although I'm older and know I should move onward, I still pine for the simplicity of the Filth. kai bai bo (rock scissors paper) to suss who drives the next shuttle. The easy, cheeky competitiveness amongst the Boys, the laid back superficially nasty but never vindictive sarcasm the Filth throw back and forth. Humour is the essence of days on the mountain, speed and skill flying down trails we developed, ball clenching rock face drops we purposely included in trails, rock obstacles to keep you honest and on your toes, chasing a lad in front, staying in front of the boy behind you. Man, I need this....like a fish outa water, a Filthster washed too clean. missing his fix. thems good times been had, ten years of serious fun, but the future awaits, trails still to be run, lads with a Filthy core to fly with, zip zap with, hang with. I miss the speed, I miss that beautiful rush when you know you're on the very fine edge of control and the sublime flow versus the slam of a mistake or the outer edge of a tree that glances too close. A fine and honest balance. Away from the artificial, materialistic, troublesome struggles we call career and work. Kimchiland.... I will be back. Beester

Update from the "Beest"

(Brett, 03-02-09, 22:32:36)

Hi, just a note to say I'm still available to answer questions about Korea and mountainbiking. I've left Seoul (Now Abu Dhabi) but still in contact with the boys and their freeriding and XC toys in Kimchiland. Drop me a line on brett.bowie@gmail.com. Oi!!

Enjoying Abu Dhabi. Still in contact with key Filth back in Seoul - although not as often. Best option if you are new to Korea is to hook up with the MTBK website or the Filthy Freeriders website

(Brett, 02-20-09, 04:08:47)

best people to call or email on this website are Jerry or Kev Silverson. Look under Contact/members. There's a big biking scene in korea and this website serves as the springboard for the two main message baords. Good luck. Beest

Hi - Update from Abu Dhabi

(Brett, 03-19-08, 18:18:59)

yes - Abu Dhabi is where I now reside and work. Its an Arabic and Islamic culture, very little biking. This site, albeit from another time and place that is most definitely not the UAE, is still fully functional. I don't update it that often but it still serves as the main link for MTB in Korea. Contact details for the guys are still the same, I think. Enjoy. B

Indy Festival Phonenix Park Summary of Events

(Brett, 07-30-07, 09:57:37)

Race results for the ODBIKE DH race team-
1/ Female DH - first place (Danice racing under ODBIKE banner)
2/ Male sports Downhill First place (Drew), second place (BC Kev) and 4th place (Mike Greer). Me - I don't know yet. 8th? 10th? Last?
3/ 4th place in North Shore event. (Bee)
4/ 3rd place in combo team event (uphill ride, uphill run, Downhill)(Drew and BC Kev)
5/ 2nd place (Bee) in really embarrassing dancing competition on Saturday night on main stage in front of everyone.
6/ 5th place (we think) Brad in the sketchy night-time Four Cross event. Danice wa the only female and made it into the final 16. She was in first place in her next race but crashed splat on the first wide gap jump.

EXCELLENT results. Boys and girl happy and great promotion for ODBIKE. Thanks Paul and Jay

The winnings:
1/ New snowboard
2/ rollerblades
3/ sunglasses
4/ THREE new freeride bike frames. Two HT and one Full suspension
5/ set of pannier bags
and other shit I have forgotten

Bought:
1/ about 12-14 authentic RACEFACE riding shirts and shorts (for 10 000 won a piece!!!)
2/ tow truck ride to Wonju 24 hour car center.
40 000 won.
3/ a new disc for the jeep's transmission which blew out on the way home.
300 000 won
4/ a tow truck to Seoul for the second jeep mechanical.
200 000 won

Still to buy - a new alternator -
180 000 won.

1/ The DH course - a wet and sloppy wench on Saturday. But Sunday - after strong winds - an absolute flying 8-10 minute flying HOOT!!
2/ The four cross - the start was pretty sketchy and huge pileups took place. Brad did really well and came 5th (we think). Well done but no banana
3/ 3 meter drop. Pretty sick but doable. I thought about doing it on my HT azonic then thought better of it after my last azonic breakage.
4/ 5 meter drop. Really sic. DJ - the Korean guy who did it. BIG balls. Very Josh Bender like. Meaning he crashed both but walked away afterwards.
5/ Combo team event. ODBIKE guy did the ride uphill and came in 7th, Drew did the run and came in 5th. As soon as I saw him coming up the hill I took off on the Downhill. Drew tagged Kevin who was the official DH racer who then proceeded to chase the flying Kiwi fat assed "rabbit" down the DH course. Kev passed me about a third of the way down and also passed two other riders. I passed one other rider in my attempt to catch up with the speeding Kev. Fun fun FUN!!
6/ North Shore event. Two identical man made courses running parallel. Riders raced against each other. Twisty turnie woodwork ranging from about 1 foot off the ground to 6 foot. With one 5 foot long skinny and three big teeter tooters to finish. Boys were riding it FAST. I missed the seed race and was about 4 cold beers into the day so I crashed ten times in the practice much to the amusement of the crowd. Quite surprized I came fourth in the race actually. Lotsa fun and quite the crowd pleaser event.

All up a great weekend (best MTB festival I have been to in Korea) except for last night's mechanicals. We all got home at 5 am fuck!!