Southstar Shuttles Rotorua

29/11/2021

The old Southstar shuttle bus lives on as a house bus

S1E19: In this episode, we finally move into our bus! And since we just rebuilt our engine, we take her out on a road trip down south and over the Lindis Pas...

30/09/2021

Load em up, save the chat for the back! group from Wellington were cutting laps and dodging raindrops today in Cougar Park, Tokoroa. Favourite Trail: Ginger Cougar

30/08/2021

How awesome to see Slim and Karen Pene's son Tuhoto getting inside the top 20 at the UCI World Downhill Championships, held in Italy early this morning.

Debut World Champs Rider Tuhoto-Ariki Pene stoked with his 14th place Another rising star, Tuhoto-Ariki Pene, 20, scored a top-10 in his first world championship in the elite grade, returning to the famed Val di Sole downhill test where he won a Junior World Cup race two years ago. But it was a 20

22/05/2021

This crew were on the huss today, maximising their lap numbers on the Cougar Park trails in 3hrs of power.

23/04/2021

Both the Southstar Viking and Landrover were in use yesterday for a couple of Wellington families, making the most of the school holidays to do some uplifts at Cougar Park Tokoroa. Booking slots available all weekend. Txt o call 021619954

04/04/2021

Easter Sunday hotlaps at Cougar Park with a charter of the Southstar Landrover. This group's favourite trail: Speedy Cheetah 🐆

03/04/2021

Maximum stoke from this group, enjoying the end of daylight savings with a 3hr session on the Cougar Park, Tokoroa trails with the Southstar Landrover providing the uplifts. Favourite Trail: Basil Balls.

07/03/2021

First group today on a Southstar Cougar Park charter, 3hrs of fun lapping the trails. Charters available next Sat/Sun 9am, 12:30pm and 4pm. Txt 021619954 to book.

28/02/2021

Southstar has launched uplift charters for Mountain Bikers in Cougar Park, Tokoroa. 45mins drive from Rotorua. The charters are for groups of 2-13 riders. We have two vehicles available to charter - the iconic ex-Army Southstar V8 Landrover - uplift's 7 riders, and the modern Yamaha Viking uplifts 5 riders. Charter cost is $140/hr for either vehicle with most groups doing 3-4 hour sessions.

Cougar Park has 10 shuttleable descents with a range of grades 2-5. It' a quick turn-around, so it's possible to ride all 10 in a 3hr session, and hit your favourites twice with a 4hr session.

Book by calling or texting Jeff on 021619954

Bookings available Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 9am, 12:30pm, 4pm

Group Meeting Point: Public Parking at end of Newell Road, Tokoroa

A portion of uplift income is passed on to the local and used for trail maintenance.

25/09/2020

3x Landrover shuttles operating today at Tokoroa's Cougar Park for the official opening of 4 new trails. Grades 2, 3, 4 and 5 - something for everyone. $5/uplift with a $500 donation tab from the Tokoroa MTB Club meaning riders can get 2 uplifts each free until the tab is used up. BBQ running from midday. Shuttles running 10am till 3pm.

Access the new trails fastest from Newell Road end. Or ride through Cougar Park from the main soccer ground entrance off Mossop Road. The trailhead for the new trails is near the top of Kahu climb at the summit of Cougar Rd. The Trailforks App has this existing Kahu climb, but not the new trails yet. It's all open terrain so you can see the trails once you're there.

Some of the Trailcrew will be there. Be sure to give them a pat on the back as this is some of their best work yet.