PIE CUTTING OF TEAM 1000 TREES

Saturday 19/1 became the cutting of pie of team of "1000 Trees" in the natural environment, forest of Seih Sou. The rumours that most came for the pie and not for the training that followed, was not confirmed....Next year with still more transcriptions!

4th MTB Thassos Cup race

We would like to inform you about the 4th MTB Thassos Cup race on May 4th, 2008 in Thassos island, Greece. After 3 successful MTB races on our island with many participants from Greece and other countries, our 4th, point to point race,will be a completely new route of 58 km, with 12km of single track.
We'll start from the Beach of Potos vilage (San Antonio) and the route goes up to mount Trikorfo (857m),passes through the old village of Theologos and ends up after a 11 km of single track between,streams,forest and olive trees back to the starting point of Potos Beach.

The entry fee is 10 Euros per person and includes:
-T-Shirt from the race
-Free energy drinks during the race
-gifts from sponsors of the race

There will be 4 categories-
15-18
18-35 men
35+ veterans
Women

For accommodations in Potos during the race there is a list with MTB hotels and the price to this hotels is 10 Euros per day, per person. You will find details for this in the official website of the race:
www.mtb-thassos.com

If you are interested to take part in the race you need to send us an email with your:
-Full name
-age
-telephone number

We hope to see you there!

Yannis Reizis-Nikos Kitrinos
Potos Thassos Greece

BIKE RACING PROGRAM 2008

MTB
AGIOS PANTELEIMON PIERIA INTERNATIONAL MTB CUP 30/03/08
SFENDAMI MTB CUP 19-20/04/08
AMPELAKIA LARISA INTERNATIONAL MTB CUP 20/04/08
THASSOS MTB CUP 04/05/08
PROSOTSANI MTB CUP 17-18/05/08
VASILITSA GREVENA INTERNATIONAL MTB CUP 25/05/08
ELATI TRIKALA DH CHALLENGE 26-27/05/08
ELATI TRIKALA INTERNATIONAL MTB CUP 27/05/08
NYMFEO FLORINA INTERNATIONAL MTB CUP 07/09/08
PTOLEMAIDA KASTANODASOS MTB CHALLENGE 14/09/08
ELASSONA LARISA ELASSONA 6H MTB CHALLENGE 28/09/08


ROAD
TOUR OF HALKIDIKI INTERNATIONAL TOUR 08-11/05/08
TOUR OF SITHONIA MARMARAS 11/05/08




THIS PROGRAM WILL OFTEN UPDATED AS NEW RACES WILL BE POSTED
SO STAY TUNED

2007 REVIEW

The time has come, at the end of that year, where everyone should make his review. So i m making mine.
2007 was a very important year for me. Even if it started badly, ended much much better. First of all i had to overcome so many things (one of which was my ex. I forgot about her more easily than she did, in a great surprise of me) that made me feel so miserable. As months went by, i found out that almost all people always feel miserable, most of them without a serious reason. Well, i m healthy, i have a great job, a home, a car, a bike, mom, dad, brother, so i don't see why i should feel miserable. I met people that don't have even the half of what i do, but they are so happy that i 'm jealous of them. So i tried to change my point of view and succeeded.
2007 i started bike racing. I always hated racing because of the competition (i m not a competitive guy at all) but a lot of friends persuaded me to go to open bike races, where competition almost does not exist. I love riding my bike so what the hell. I did it. And it was great. A great experience with a lot of fun. I had friends and i ve made many others. I ve learned things and improved myself. I liked bike racing so much and right now, i m waiting for the next season.
Last year i went for vacation to Lefkada. A Greek island famous for the surfers. It was that time when the idea came to me. I wanted to learn windsurfing. A hole year past until i took the decision to buy a surf and start learning this sport. I m still new at it but i can handle my board extremely well.
This year i also learned what trust, friendship and loyalty means. Many people betrayed me, so i didn t know who to trust. But also i found friendship in places and faces i didn t expect.
Finally at the end of 2007, after 14 years, i managed to quit smoking. Even if its still early i can say that i m a winner.
At 2006 i made a present to myself. A hole new and expensive bike. A Scott Genius MC 30. At 2007 i made another present to myself. Another expensive bike. This time it was a Scott Ransom 40.
2008 will bring no presents to me, from me. 2008 is the year that i ll make presents to others. None familiar. Unknown children that starving or dying of diseases in countries that we, the civilized ones, does not want to know their existence.
I expect from all of you to do the same. If we could save only one little child....
Imagine.....
For this year i will make the same wish as the last one. I don't want more i don't want less. I wish, not to loose what God gave to me so generously.


I wish the same for all of you. Even if you were good or bad to me....


HAVE A FUCKING HAPPY GREAT YEAR

OPENING SKI SEASON PROBLEMS

SO HERE WE ARE.SNOWFALLS MAY HAVE STOPPED FOR NOW, BUT SNOW IS ENOUGH FOR SKIING. NEVERTHELESS THE FIRST SKIING ATTEMPTS FOR THE SEASON, WERE CROWNED WITH FAILURE.
FIRST DAY WAS WEDNESDAY 19. I FORGOT MY GLOVES AND MY HANDS WERE FREEZING. MY BROTHER FORGOT HIS SALOPETA (SKI TROUSER) AND ALSO HIS JACKET. A UNIFORM UNDER WATERPROOF TROUSER, WAS THE EMERGENCY SOLUTION. AS FOR MY FINGERS, STILL HURTS AFTER CRASHING ON COLD SNOW.
SECOND DAY WAS SATURDAY 22. MY BROTHER (AGAIN) AFTER TWO YEARS OF SUFFERING FROM HIS BOOTS HE TOOK THE ULTIMATE DECISION. HE MADE A SKI BOOTS TUNING ON THE SNOW. USING MY SWISS KNIFE HE OPENED A HOLE ON THE INNER BOOT AND FINALLY FOUND HIS PEACE OF MIND. WATCH THIS SPECIAL VIDEO LOL.
BY THE WAY, WEATHER WAS FANTASTIC SO WE HAD A GREAT DAY AND EVEN GREATER FUN. HOPE NEXT TIME TO BE LUCKIER SO TO ENJOY MORE THE GREAT WHITE.

Kassandra MTB Ride

With success has been done the 1st Kassandra MTB Ride Sunday of 4 November! Despite the rainfalls of previous days that kept far enough friends, above 30 individuals were assembled in order to ride the paths of Kassandra while weather was great.

After breakfast with coffee and croissants in the Halkidiki Sports - Sportful shop, at the duration of which we saw closely all collexion of the Italian Sportful (unfortunately the bicycles of Steppenwolf were still not here), we began from asphalt in order to enter the mountain from the beautiful village of Kassandrino. Following a forest street and making 1-2 stops in order to enjoy landscapes and we are assembled again, we reached after 3-4 km in the ridge. The limited visibility unfortunately did not allow us to see Olympus and Sithonia however the view was great. We followed the ridge and changed the route after many wanted to enter in paths despite the fear for mud, we began to go down in long and soft bent slope that allowed little more fun! In certain points we met indeed mud but fortunately it was as much as to enjoy slipping without risk.

The route came around 35 km, that corresponded with the stops about 3 hours of roughly recreation and amusement on the mountain! In the end, all had a big smile in their faces - and enough mud in their clothes! Those who could remain a little more, we gathered in a local tavern and were shared impressions, telephones and photographs as the wish to organize something similar shortly!

first photographs from event you can find in link

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21499&l=cc975&id=745537274

others will follow shortly.

From our side we thank all that helped to organize this trip (a great thank to Tasos Efraimidis for the exceptional poster that he drew, also to Lu of Sportful for the mapping of the route) and everyone that honored with their attendance (pleasant surprise a pair that came from Athens but also the presence of Reizis-Kitrinos that organizes the race in Thassos, that came exclusively for this reason!)

Everyone else continue cycling because the next excursion is very near!

Friendlily,

Mihalis Aleyridis - Stathis Koytmeridis