By Caleb Smith on Monday March 5 2012
It’s a super sunny day here in Wellington but the last couple of weeks have been pretty damn unpredictable right across the country. Rain and 90km winds aren’t the things you wish for when putting on an outdoor event and Red Bull must have had… More ›
By jonodrew on Wednesday November 9 2011 in Off topic
This year at the Wide Open Product Launch we tried to bring back the old Wide Open Dream Track sessions. Hopefully this can grow over the next few years. More ›
By Kelly McGarry on Sunday February 27 2011 in Exclusives
So the Frew Farm Jam went down over the weekend in Winton, Southland and if you weren’t there (like me) well it looks like we missed out. Kelly McGarry and photographer Graeme Murray both made the trip and together they have put together this exclusive… More ›
By Lester Perry on Thursday November 11 2010 in Exclusives
WideOpen Road Trip around North Island from firstfloor on Vimeo. Wow, the Wide Open product release coverage just keep on flowing, this time interviews with Brett Frew and Conor MacFarlane, along with some dirtjump action. More ›
By Lester Perry on Tuesday November 9 2010 in Exclusives
The coverage from the Wide Open product launch keeps on flowing, this time with a bit of dirt jumping from Summerhill trails. Brook’s not kidding that weak Mo’ has taken him months to grow! More ›
By Lester Perry on Thursday October 21 2010 in Exclusives
Wow, what a hectic couple of days it’s been! After a midnight lights-out following an hour or so of banter and abuse dished around the Wide Open and Spoke crews, it was a 6:20am blaring alarm that got us dragging our carcasses out of bed… More ›
By Lester Perry on Wednesday October 20 2010 in Exclusives
Caleb I have been chasing the Wide Open team around the Bay of Plenty today. First stop was Wide Open HQ out the back of Rotorua to meet up with the crew, then we shot through to Summer Hill in Tauranga. Here’s a gaggle of… More ›
By Lester Perry
Brett Frew teamed up with uber camera guy Pieter Reichwein (“Aint A Big Deal“) to put together this sweet clip to say thanks to his sponsors. Awesome clip! Caleb and I will be cruising the North Island from right now until the end of the… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday April 27 2010 in Racing
The New Zealand Dirt Jump Open this past weekend was, for lack of a better phrase, “OFF THE HOOK”. The event started off with a bang on the Saturday with 50 riders at the qualifying and nearly 200 people showing up to watch that. Amongst… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday April 14 2010
Luke McCombie moved to Queenstown for the summer. Six weeks in he broke his collarbone, but luckily for us he picked up his neglected video camera and started filming. This is his first clip and has highlights from the Frew Farm and the Gorge Rd… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday February 15 2010
Thinking about heading to the deep south for the Frew Farm Jam? Well you should let the following couple of pics make up your mind. Brett and Dan Frew have been putting in serious work on the farm and built a whole new MTB line… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday October 20 2009 in Exclusives
Thwarted by the weather at every turn, Wide Open team riders Brett Frew, Matt Scoles and Junior World DH Champion Brook MacDonald made do with far from ideal conditions in a short road trip leading up to the Wide Open product launch last week. It… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday September 23 2009
We just received an update on the 2010 Farm Jam from Brett Frew at Southern Freeriders. Most importantly they have shifted the date of the Farm Jam to the 6th of March, which just happens to coincide with a dirt jump comp that Spoke is… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday May 27 2009
Jon Drew’s long awaited New Zealand MTB film Local Knowledge 2 (reviewed in Spoke 32) has finally arrived from the replicators and they are flying out the Wideopen Distributors door. Save yourself a trip to the local bike shop and buy one right now from… More ›