B-Max is a bike-orienteering intro for beginners, kids and families. It's also a short/intense bike-orienteering event for experts. We run them early in the season as an introduction to the longer, more rugged Wellington MTB-Orienteering Series.

Why B?

• B stands for Bike. For B-Max it doesn't have to be a mountainbike. Typical terrain is the banks of the Hutt River, and any parks connected to them.
• B also stands for Beginner. You don't need prior experience. The event is set up so there's an extremely short course almost within sight of the start. When you get the hang of that, you can try something a bit longer. Typical length is 5km, often with a short-cut half-way.
• B stands for Brownie Points. We know some mountainbike supremos, they do amazing rides on their expensive bikes. But not usually with the family. B-Max provides the opportunity to score "brownie points" by bringing the family!
• And B stands for Blast. There's actually an international type of MTB-Orienteering over a short distance where there are lots of paths, such as a campus. There are lots of tracks through the willows on the riverbank!

Can I do it? Download a typical B-Max course here. Print it off and read how a seasoned bike-orienteer would find the control points here. Of course you can do it!

Why not take your bikes out to Totara Park and try it out? Here's another B-Max course at Lower Hutt. Here's a different one in Upper Hutt.

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