2013 Challenge, 2014 Challenge, 2015 Memorial Ride, 2016 Challenge, 2017 Hillbilly Hot dog, Riding the 2018.
Kurt was born in Drammen, Norway 1962 has three Children 1985, 1988 &
1989, with my soulmate Rita Helen. In addition to two fantastic
grandchildren.
In 2001 I left Norway and went to Houston TX and founded a company RigNet Inc. Texas is where I first started to Ride Harleys, every weekend I rented a bike and was Riding from Friday afternoons to Monday Mornings, In 2002 I Purchased a Fat boy 100 years anniversary gold key edition. Unfortunately, shortly after I must go to Singapore, I shipped my bike to Norway with Texas Titles on, and kept it in the basement collecting dust for a few years
In 2006 I was living in Qatar, I was CEO of RigNet MENA in addition to Global CTO for the company. The only focus in life was chasing the “Benjamins” Always in a Suit and Tie. Chasing the next contract and new markets.
I
was on a short visit in Norway in September 2006 and had a flight back
to ME early the next day, I went into the basement where I had my Fat
Boy and got a new idea, within just half an hour I had the Bike out of
the living room, a small bag on the saddle, and started Riding toward ME
and Qatar.
The
trip took me 10 days, from Stavanger, Norway to Doha, Qatar. This trip
was the first extreme biker journey of my life. I left Norway with Texas
plates on the bike and no other documents of ownership or insurance for
the Bike.
The thrill and challenges of this trip getting the bike through numerous border crossings made me finally feel real alive again.
I
was in capital Damascus in Syria, and had not used any GPS on my trip
so fare, as I had a meeting in 2 days I was now in a hurry to get back
to Doha Qatar, so I punched in Doha Qatar on the GPS and started Riding,
it was only one snag by with using the GPS, that I figured out a little
later when I was in Iraq and had accidentally passed a border crossing
on a small dessert road.
The
shortest route from Damascus to Doha was through Baghdad Iraq, through
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and Not through Jordan and Saudi Arabia as
expected. The adrenaline Rush it gave me , when I had survived and was
unhurt after a trip through Syria into Iraq back to Syria, into Jordan
and through Saudi Arabia riding with Texas plates on the bike can’t be
explained.
For
all the years after 2006 to my first Hoka Hey in 2013, I was riding my
bike wherever I was traveling, I had the passion for riding, but I was
always riding alone, as no one I knew could do the long-distance riding
in the areas I was riding.
I
participated at my first Hoka Hey in 2013, did not know nothing what
was coming, and it can’t be explained in any way, I think everyone
participating will give different answers.
The
thrill of been taken to unknown territories, and the uncertainty of
what you will meet around the next bend in addition to coping with all
this mentally over a long period of time is what really make me feel
alive.
After my first Hoka Hey in 2013, it started to grow on me, I just didn’t want it to end, just wanted to continue riding.
When
back in Norway, I immediately decided to ride again, and it has become
the passion of my life riding The Hoka Hey Motorcycle
Challenges where I have found
something special.
Meeting up with a fantastic team of other riders and organizers that have the same passion for extreme riding as myself.
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