OnWORD: Learning to Ride a Long Way (Video)

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Post author By Curator
Post date December 6, 2024

“OnWORD” is an inspiring documentary that follows a group of 10 young people on a momentous 987-kilometer bikepacking journey from Wellington to Wānaka, New Zealand. Read on to find the 20-minute video, a collection of 35mm film photos from the riders, and an introduction to WORD, the organization behind the journey, from founder Ashley Peters…

We’re going to head back to 2002 (turns out that’s over 20 years ago, ahem) when I was finishing up high school in Arizona, the internet wasn’t really a thing on my radar, you could buy a $4 burrito, and I knew all the words to every Green Day song (also the Backstreet Boys, just in case you were getting the impression that I was cool).

It was a rule in our house that I would go to university, so I reluctantly agreed and then quickly got stoked when I found out you could get …