Category: Travel

    with Nitro Max Belgium Ardennes Adventure This article may not be of much use to you guys on the other side of the Atlantic, but there are Zuk owners over here in the Benelux that visit iZook on a regular basis. For both you and them its a nice opportunity to see what […]

     with John Cosentino Zooks from all over the North East  came together for one or both of a two day run around Beacon Mountain, NY organized by Eddie Casanueva. Eddie is the east coast rep for ASA and co-founder of Spidertrax, Inc. The terrain was mostly rock, loose rock and granite. The trails […]

Click Here To Visit with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Rubicon Adventuress with NCO The dust has settled, and the 2000 Calmini Appreciation Run on the Rubicon Trail is over.  All I can say is WOW!  Coming from North Western Ohio, I was in awe with both the beauty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, […]

       Broad Canyon (Hard) rounded out the event on Saturday with a group of 26 vehicles, including three Hummers. The canyon walls are tall and steep. This makes it interesting when it rains. There have been flash floods through this valley that have been recorded as high as 32″ above the canyon floor. […]

    with Bill Johnston Chile Challenge 2006 I keep getting asked the same question over and over again by the folks I work with…  “What kind of competition is this Chile Challenge you go off to each year?” I have to explain to them that the only ‘challenge’ is getting back from the trails […]

       Keith Chapin rolled in from Albuquerque, New Mexico and brought his school bus yellow 87 hard top Samurai to the event. The paint is accented by a black ‘school bus’ stripe along the sides along with the words ‘Short Bus’ where you would expect ‘school bus’ to be. He had done a […]

        Rear steering was one of the major changes this year. And we saw many rigs taking advantage of the capabilities that it provided. Although it is allowed this year for competition, there is a 3 point penalty assessed once it is used in an obstacle. But the penalty is only added […]

2008 ‘Big Picture’ Buy as many as you would like (in one order) and you will only be charged a single $5 fee for shipping and handling to anywhere in North America. —> These are large format 11″x17″, printed digitally on gloss stock. <—  If you didn’t get the 2007 photo, it is also available […]

  with Rae Champoux photos by Rae, Lisa and Murphy Two Girls and a Samurai All weekend long I had been talking to my husband Mitch about me taking the Zuk out for a little bit of female bonding/ wheeling with my best friend, Lisa Ellsworth. Saturday morning rolled around and Mitch was not feeling […]

    with Bill Johnston Amatista Ledges Amatista Ledges is a trail in the Robledo mountains just west of Las Cruces, New Mexico. It is listed as a ‘moderate’ trail because it has some technical parts that require a spotter and a locker. This is not a hard core buggy trail, so it makes a […]