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Jon Television S02E03 – MTBNZ DH #1

0 By on Tuesday January 17 2012 in Racing

The first round of the 2012 MTBNZ DH Nationals has arrived in Queenstown. The brand new Remarks Grass Track invites the riders to a fast, loose and ridiculously dusty visit and racing mode is officially on in New Zealand. Jon Television brings you the whole… More ›

Athertons on GT for 2012

0 By on Thursday January 12 2012 in Racing

GT Bicycles is proud to announce its partnership with Atherton Racing. Beginning in 2012, the mountain bike race team of Dan, Gee, and Rachel Atherton, will join non-family GT rider Marc Beaumont and form the new team GT Factory Racing. “Atherton Racing is one of… More ›

Wyn Masters on Pivot in NZ for 2012

1 By on Friday December 30 2011 in Racing

So if you follow Wyn on Twitter you will have noticed he’s been riding Pivot’s Phoenix DH bike. Well, according to the Revolution Products blog it’s all official: “So it gives us great pleasure to say that Wyn Masters is now racing on the Revolution… More ›

Cabin’s Mid North Island XC Finals Report

0 By on Friday December 16 2011 in Racing

While Dirk Peters fired out an early warning shot to his rivals ahead of the upcoming NZ National MTB season, it was the debut of the yet-to-be-named rock garden that drew all the attention during Sunday’s final of the Mid-North Island MTB series. Over the… More ›

Anton Cooper signs to Trek World Racing for 2012

0 By on Tuesday December 13 2011 in Racing

Not that no one saw this coming, what with Anton signing to Martin Whiteley’s 23 Degrees a month or so back, well as of today Christchurch super-mini-shred Anton Cooper will be raicng for Trek World Racing joining fellow Kiwi Justin Leov on the powerhouse team.… More ›

Coppermine Redux

0 By on Wednesday December 7 2011 in Racing

So Ian from Nelson’s (well New Zealand’s) most prestigious all-mountain race, The Coppermine, has just dropped this re-edit of the Coppermine descent footage that we brought you a month or so ago. The clip definitely shows a bunch more and the addition of music is… More ›

Brother Ryan gets hooked up on Pivot

8 By on Thursday December 1 2011 in Racing

The Revolution Products DH team has been around for last five seasons and they’ve enjoyed a huge amount of success, but have decided to grow the team and now they’ve added their first Super D/Enduro DH rider to showcase Pivot’s rad trail bikes. So Chris… More ›

Danny Hart: Every ride has a story

0 By on Tuesday November 22 2011 in Racing

This past season fans joined Danny Hart for a ride of a lifetime. We watched, astounded, as he attacked every DH course in his bonkers style and his flat-out commitment to speed. Here is a different look at the man himself. At home, relaxed, preparing… More ›

Brook MacDonald Signs with 23 Degrees

0 By on Monday November 21 2011 in Racing

Although Martin answers the question in the press release, you’ve got to be thinking is there any more space at 23 Degrees for any more Kiwis? I mean maybe MTBNZ should be employing Martin direct to manage all the New Zealand downhillers. With Brook on… More ›

Endura Launches NZ XC team for 2011/2012

4 By on Wednesday November 16 2011 in Racing

The New Zealand distributor of Scottish cycling apparel brand Endura has put his money where his mouth is and launched a massive XC team for the 2011/2012 season. The team, consisting of Raewyn Morrison, Adrian Retief, Nigel McDowell, Josh Parkin, Ryan Hunt, Amber Johnston and Nathan… More ›

Eddie Masters signs with Revolution / Pivot

1 By on Tuesday November 15 2011 in Racing

Just heard via Chris at Revolution Products that Eddie Masters has joined the team and will race for the Revolution Products team for the 2012 season. Eddie took delivery of his new 2012 Pivot Phoenix DH on practice day morning at round 3 (Napier) of… More ›

The Athertons and Commencal part ways

2 By on Friday November 11 2011 in Racing

This Team Rumours guy (or guys) really knows what’s up. Now he’s called part of the Atherton equation, today the official press release regarding their departure from their five year sponsor Commencal was released. Team Rumours has them getting more wings and heading to GT… More ›