After admittedly strange beginnings as a tiny underground mountain biking website Vorb has taken the "Best Sports & Recreation Site" award at the 2007 People's Choice Netguide Web Awards. As an added bonus Vorb also made the finals of "Best High-Speed Internet Site" next to TV3 and TVNZ!



Winning these awards is a huge honour, and it wouldn't have been possible without the support of you, the loyal and somewhat crazy Vorbii. Vorb has come a hell of a long way from the half dozen static pages I threw together in November 2000 and it has been a privilege for me to meet and ride with so many people through Vorb. It truly is the fantastic community we have that makes this site what it is. Thank You.

The amazing thing Scotty and I took away from the awards evening is that we're pretty sure Vorb was the only independent solo run website to win an award - and was rubbing shoulders with multi million dollar corporate giants. People couldn't believe that there was only one person working out of his spare room behind Vorb (one person referred to their website team of 18 as "small"!)

This shows the New Zealand cycling community is stronger than ever and we will be working hard to making Vorb and even more enjoyable and informative place to visit. But first I believe I have to go riding, lots, probably in Rotorua on the way home...

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mob: awesome work Tama! Moonrides gonna be full of stocked vorbers now

Awesome stuff Tama And fully well-deserved You should be super-proud of what you have created and provided for the MTBing community

Thanks everyone! Considering that I started this week with the Hearse catching on fire at Pak n Save (it lived but cost a shitload to fix) things have worked out pretty damn sweet!

See you in Vegas!

Great news to start the morning.

3 cheers for the Vorbii and their intrepid leader.

well done Tama. you da man

Hey Tama.............Where was the fucking tux??

Slim wrote: Hey Tama.............Where was the fucking tux??

At the dry cleaners getting the jelly and mustard stains removed

so THATS what you look like!!!!!

Grapefruit wrote: so THATS what you look like!!!!!

Nah - that was Tama far more handsome stunt double

A credit to the hard work of Tama and the Vorb crew, and all the cool people who hang out round here as well.

O for Awesome - I Vorb

Wow! Well done! Thank you so much for all the hard work you do ... and I am so pleased you have been so well recognised for it! Wonderful news!

Tama wrote:

Slim wrote: Hey Tama.............Where was the fucking tux??

At the dry cleaners getting the jelly and mustard stains removed

If you'd told me you had the awards I'd have been more careful

Congratulations Tama. And also congrats to all those Vorbers who over the last five or so years have made Vorb such a fun place to surf while at work.

Congrats Tama

Look what happens when you take a seed of an idea and cover it with 7 years of manure and hot air.