Early season testing started for the Santa Cruz Syndicate with mechanics, engineers and riders arriving in the town of Imperia, Italy, for three days of extensive testing aboard the latest Santa Cruz full carbon V-10’s. The bikes were decked out with the Syndicate’s newest sponsor… More ›
So Day 3 at the Mondraker setup camp saw actual riding on their World Cup spec’d rigs. Jono did work. According to Patrick, Brook did one run in four hours. They are there to get these bikes dialled and that kind of dedication to tweaking… More ›
Spoke‘s longest running senior photographer Simeon Patience got a brand new ride in the mail today. Now it’s been a while since any Spoke staff have been rolling on Rocky Mountains, actually Spoke‘s last editor Eleanor still rides a beautiful steel hardtail from the late… More ›
So Patrick Fallon just banged through a whopper gallery from today’s session at the Marcocchi/Mondraker setup in Queenstown, looks like Spoke senior photographer Sven Martin got on the tools as well today, either that or Brook isn’t mechanically minded at all. Oh in the photos… More ›
Back when I worked in a skate shop in Wellington I met Jamie and his brother Ben, who were both shredders. Turns out Jamie and I were also at design school together but those damn industrial designers had a building all to themselves so I… More ›
Well if the name of the event is anything to go by it looks like Nelson is the place to be on the 21st of April. If you show up to race, chances are you could win yourself a complete singlespeed Ibis Tranny (worth lots… More ›
So a couple of days ago we dropped a press release letting you know that MS EVil was gone and MS Mondraker had risen in its place, with Brook MacDonald staying on the team. Anyhow Mondraker designer Cesar Rojo and Marzocchi decided that Queenstown was… More ›
I just got this email from Brett Frew regarding the Farm Jam, which is just around the corner. If you’re down the bottom of the South Island it’s well worth checking out and there should be some pretty heavy hitters. “The countdown is on for… More ›
The Santa Cruz Syndicate and SRAM/RockShox brands have been synonymous with one another for 8 years, from the inception of the Syndicate in 2004 through 2011. It is with sadness and great respect that we are parting ways in 2012. This has been an incredible… More ›
The Coppermine Epic Entries are closing very soon, in fact in ten days. Enter now and don’t miss out on what looks to be a stunning course this year. I rode it a couple of times over the Christmas break and it’s running amazing. Hell,… More ›
The Diaries Downunder boys have just dropped their second episode and this one features ex-World Cup shredder Nathan Rennie and hair farmer Kelly McGarry (who seems to be in EVERYONE’S clips at the moment) and some ginger lad called Si. More ›
Really, I do. I’ve always loved Black Market/Teva rider Adam Hauck; his riding both on dirt and on street is crazy. This little vid of him and and his Thrashbike boys killing time is kinda mental, I mean the guy can bunnyhop tailwhip on a… More ›
The good folk at Osiris in New Zealand have given us a few pairs of BMX shredder Ryan Nyquist’s Pro Model shoe to give away. Osiris have gotten on the MTB bandwagon and have put together a pretty banging team of riders, and this is… More ›
If you were on the fence about buying a copy of The South, well they’ve just gone and made it a bit more enticing by dropping the full clip of Cam Cole’s Vic Park section. Watch. Enjoy. Buy. More ›
The complete NZ Mountain Bike Championships wrap up with, as per usual, no photos. Just use your imagination… More ›