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Safari Arie: The Legend of Long Distance Cycling

Safari Arie: The Legend of Long Distance Cycling

The Cyclist Guy interviewed me. “May your greatest dreams and goals be ahead of you; not behind you”—thus said the man, the myth, a legend, Safari Arie Hoogerbrugge. It is but one of his numerous inspirational quotes from this legendary long-distance cyclist. Read the...

When it all made sense

When it all made sense

When it all made sense is sort of a goofy title for this blog post because in many ways I don’t know if my life has made any sense to me.  Every day of my public school and high school life I was bullied.  I did not know how to be around kids my age.  No friend ever...

El Diario NRT News – Fresnillo Mexico

El Diario NRT News – Fresnillo Mexico

On September 6 two journalists tracked me down where I was staying at the Fresnillo fire station and interviewed me. If you speak and read Spanish you will see they did a story about me on page 11.  Open the following link and click on El Diario and swipe left until...

Epic

Epic

My moms cousin (my second cousin) Trudy Voortman Prins wrote the following blog post quoting me and referencing my bike ride in her latest blog post.  The link to the blog post can be followed HERE. Epic “Now must you cast off sloth,” my master said, “sitting on...

Pebble Magazine

Pebble Magazine

Ever fancied hitting the open road on a bike? Long distance cycle touring is as eco friendly as travel gets and it has a lot of other benefits. Arie Hoogerbrugge explains. Arie Hoogerbrugge is cycling from Canada to Belize, Central America. Once a long distance lorry...

Hoogerbrugge Reaches Vancouver Island

Hoogerbrugge Reaches Vancouver Island

By Linda Harrington Early in 2020, Shoreline Journal readers met Arie Hoogerbrugge who was a few months into his journey pedalling across Canada in the midst of winter to eventually travel 55,000 kilometers to the tip of Argentina.  His journey began at the Terry Fox...

‘Interesting to see where all this leads’

‘Interesting to see where all this leads’

Arie Hoogerbrugge certainly knows his way around a bicycle, and is more than adept at navigating Canada’s highways from the seat of his two-wheeler. The 47-year-old Grimsby, Ont., native completed a 6,500-kilometre trek across the northwestern part of the country back...

Cyclist stops in Sudbury during epic journey

Cyclist stops in Sudbury during epic journey

Arie Hoogerbrugge certainly knows his way around a bicycle, and is more than adept at navigating Canada’s highways from the seat of his two-wheeler. The 47-year-old Grimsby native completed a 6,500-kilometre trek across the northwestern part of the country back in...

Making a dream come true, one kilometre at a time

Making a dream come true, one kilometre at a time

Riding up County Road 121 a few kilometres from Kinmount, 47-year-old Arie Hoogerbrugge pedals his bicycle, smiling, free from the constraints of an ordinary life, pushing his physical and mental limits during his epic 55,000 kilometre dream ride that started in St....

‘Safari Arie’ is the new Man in Motion

‘Safari Arie’ is the new Man in Motion

In this time of fear and isolation, it is nice to hear of someone who beats the odds. OTTAWA—Arie Hoogerbrugge is a man on a mission. Two missions, in fact: fi rst, ride his bicycle to Tuktoyaktuk in the Arctic Circle, and then to the southern tip of Argentina, for a...

71. Arie Hoogerbrugge – The Road to Argentina

71. Arie Hoogerbrugge – The Road to Argentina

Arie Hoogerbrugge started riding to Argentina on November 11, 2019. Since starting in Newfoundland, the outpouring of support and the kindness of strangers he has received has fuelled his journey and kept him warm and fed. Listen in as he speaks to the lessons learned...

Hoogerbrugge Reaches Vancouver Island

Cyclist Travels Shore on 55,000 km Journey

By Linda Harrington Some of us have problems navigating our Canadian winter on four snow tires, imagine doing it on two narrow bicycle wheels? Arie Hoogerbrugge has been gaining a bit of local attention throughout our Nova Scotia communities as he continues cycling...

Arie Hoogerbrugge Interview

Arie Hoogerbrugge Interview

Arie Hoogerbrugge to friends, family and random interactions with people I am described as adventurous, interesting, unusual and different compared to anyone else they have ever personally met. Listen to podcast here

Arie Hoogerbrugge Interview

Arie Hoogerbrugge Interview

Thortek Outdoors is proud to sponsor Arie Hoogerbrugge as he begins his next great journey across Canada and through the Americas. This time he is going big with a 55,000 km journey through 24 countries. In this interview, Arie shares about his passion for cycling and...

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