By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday January 9 2012 in Racing
More Mountain Biking Videos The 2012 NZ MTB Cup presented by Nature Valley got off to a scorching start today in the blistering heat of Queenstown. The new Remarkables downhill venue overlooking Queenstown Airport, Frankton and Lake Wakatipu delivered dry, dusty, and very hot racing… More ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday December 12 2011 in Exclusives, Racing
Wide Open have been dropping photos of their latest team rider on Facebook and the Net over the last week and today I received an email announcing that Matt Scoles is back on the Wide Open programme. Here’s the official word: “Wide Open is stoked… More ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday November 30 2011 in Exclusives, Racing
Tonight nothing happened, no one timed anything, no one raced down barking emu, car parts extesion, carparts and the roller coaster. Ed Crossling didn’t come first, Hadley didn’t come second and brother Ryan didn’t come third. If something had happened and some one timed it… More ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›
By Caleb Smith 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 ›