Actif Epica is a celebration of human resilience. Featuring community initiated outdoor activities dotted along a long-distance bike race route, a snow structures that anyone can build and opportunities to learn. With the bike race as its geographic and organizational spine, these four activities will celebrate our collective and individual human resilience collectively in our home—the beautiful, challenging Manitoba winter.
Greg Smith, known to many site visitors as Sven Hammer, founded Fat-bike.com in 2011 and the site quickly became the #1 online community for all things Fat. A lifelong rider and storyteller, Greg has been covering fat-biking since 2011—sharing news, reviews, art, and adventures from the trail, beach, and back alley. Based in Milwaukee, he blends cycling culture with a punk rock edge across podcasts, blog posts, and community events.