Mini MTB Stage Races built for the Weekend Warrior!

Welcome to Australia’s newest mountain bike events! 

Built around great trails, beautiful tourism destinations and a race format that is totally different.

Each of our events is an introduction to the concept of stage racing, with challenging courses that are packed with the best single track in each region, but only needing an average degree of fitness to complete. These events are for everyone!

Our courses are all about fun riding, with heaps of flowy single trail and a lack of long, boring gravel road grinds in each stage. 

Each event has been curated to pair the best locations with the best trails, creating an awesome weekend away to a region   that you maybe wouldn’t have considered travelling to before.  Each destination is hand picked – for both Trails and Tourism!  

Podium glory is also done differently at our events. We search to crown the best Weekend Warrior using a unique handicap system, designed to recognise the riders who race most consistently, to the best of their own ability, over all of the stages! 

Best of all, you will only need to take no more than one day off work to attend each event (rather than a whole week of leave to do most of the major Stage Races). And did we mention Value?  Each one of our events are priced to be affordable so that more people can get back into doing events – offering the best value for money of all of the major MTB events across Australia.   

Pick the event you want to do, but a word of warning, once you have done one you will want to do them all!

 

Which One Will YOU DO?

March 7-9, 2025
June 06-08, 2025
September 12-14, 2025
Oct 31 - Nov 02, 2025
March 06-08, 2026

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We are sad to hear of the demise of the @porttoportmtb  event. Our current management team spent years working to build this event before the decision was made to sell it. What transpired from there was a mixture of external factors (in particular weather and covid) that was nobody's fault. In recent times we offered to buy the event back with the view to recapturing the glory days in the Hunter Valley. Unfortunately a deal couldn't be done! 
The reality is events have never been harder to run in Australia. A cost sensitive rider market, increased supplier costs, less government sector funding and tighter sponsorship market, make breaking even on events a tough proposition. 
We at Quad Events are committed to the future of MTB events. Our new model is to create mini stage races, held over a weekend, that cater for a time poor, cost sensitive market, who still want a great riding experience. 
If you love Mountain Biking events we hope you can give one of ours a try this year! What better way to start than with our first event for 2025, The Black Pearl? We can promise it combines the best of what we learned from running our old event in and around Newcastle! We hope you tell your mates and see you all on the start line in March. ☠️👑

We are sad to hear of the demise of the @porttoportmtb event. Our current management team spent years working to build this event before the decision was made to sell it. What transpired from there was a mixture of external factors (in particular weather and covid) that was nobody`s fault. In recent times we offered to buy the event back with the view to recapturing the glory days in the Hunter Valley. Unfortunately a deal couldn`t be done!
The reality is events have never been harder to run in Australia. A cost sensitive rider market, increased supplier costs, less government sector funding and tighter sponsorship market, make breaking even on events a tough proposition.
We at Quad Events are committed to the future of MTB events. Our new model is to create mini stage races, held over a weekend, that cater for a time poor, cost sensitive market, who still want a great riding experience.
If you love Mountain Biking events we hope you can give one of ours a try this year! What better way to start than with our first event for 2025, The Black Pearl? We can promise it combines the best of what we learned from running our old event in and around Newcastle! We hope you tell your mates and see you all on the start line in March. ☠️👑
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The Black Pearl 2025 Course Details Are About To Drop!!! ☠
Our Course Director and local Newcastle trails legend Liam McGuire has been hard at work finalising the course for our first event of the year.  Full details coming this weekend. 👏
Regos are now open, including an early bird offer, so tag your mates, lock in the dates, and we will see you in Newcastle in March! 👑

The Black Pearl 2025 Course Details Are About To Drop!!! ☠
Our Course Director and local Newcastle trails legend Liam McGuire has been hard at work finalising the course for our first event of the year. Full details coming this weekend. 👏
Regos are now open, including an early bird offer, so tag your mates, lock in the dates, and we will see you in Newcastle in March! 👑
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Need some inspo to get ready to ride The Black Pearl in March?
Grab the latest edition of @australianmountainbike magazine and check in on Moshy as they follow his preparation to ride in our first event of 2025.

Need some inspo to get ready to ride The Black Pearl in March?
Grab the latest edition of @australianmountainbike magazine and check in on Moshy as they follow his preparation to ride in our first event of 2025.
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Mark your diary and lock in for your first MTB event of 2025!!! 📆
Times and locations are confirmed for The Black Pearl in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.  Registrations are now open and our Early Bird discount is available until February 16. 🐦 See you on the start line in March! ☠

Mark your diary and lock in for your first MTB event of 2025!!! 📆
Times and locations are confirmed for The Black Pearl in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. Registrations are now open and our Early Bird discount is available until February 16. 🐦 See you on the start line in March! ☠
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Congratulations to Carl Hooton - Winner of our Golden Ticket for 2025! 👏🏼 Carl (and a lucky mate) have won a ride in all four of our upcoming events this year, just by being on our email database!  He now has the option to take a different mate to each event so put your case forward to "Ride With Carl" 😂 Which One Will You Do? 👑

Congratulations to Carl Hooton - Winner of our Golden Ticket for 2025! 👏🏼 Carl (and a lucky mate) have won a ride in all four of our upcoming events this year, just by being on our email database! He now has the option to take a different mate to each event so put your case forward to "Ride With Carl" 😂 Which One Will You Do? 👑 ...

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