By Caleb Smith on Friday February 3 2012 in Exclusives, Racing
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 ›
By Caleb Smith on Friday January 27 2012 in Racing
Red Bull have just dropped this mini doco on Brook MacDonald’s win at Mt Hutt in the weekend. He doesn’t even swear!!! More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday July 11 2011 in Racing
It’s not that I don’t like Gwin, but after the super fun to watch 2010 season (which was anybody’s game) watching him decimate the field by seconds at each race isn’t that exciting (although it may be for some). Watching the rest of the top… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday July 4 2011 in Racing
2011 Mont Sainte Anne World Cup Downhill Finals — More Mountain Bike Photos So if you didn’t get up to watch Freecaster’s (best ever) event coverage of the MSA DH you should be kicking yourself right now. It was edge of the seat stuff with… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Wednesday June 1 2011 in Racing
Don’t what happened here but we missed the boat on this one. I realise it’s been up on other sites for a few days now, but better late than never. Maybe we won’t drop the ball with the last one and maybe RedBull will even… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday May 24 2011 in Racing
Hawkes Bay’s Brook MacDonald (MS Evil Racing/Red Bull) won at Round Two of the European Downhill Cup. MacDonald is racing the full iXS series with teammate Wyn Masters (New Plymouth) this year in between World Cup races, and claimed his Todtnau win in perfect conditions… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday February 28 2011 in Exclusives
If you follow Spoke‘s Twitter account, Like Us on Facebook or you were at the the last round of the DH Cup and at the Nationals you’d be aware that Napier based World Cup shredder Brook MacDonald has signed with energy drink giant and action… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Monday February 21 2011 in Racing
NZ MTB Cup riders raced the final rounds of the Downhill and Cross Country national series events in Christchurch over the weekend, at the Living Springs Farm Park in Governors Bay. New Zealand’s crop of Elite world ranked top 25 riders weren’t holding back at… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Tuesday January 18 2011 in Racing
New Zealand’s best mountain bike racers dealt with a Napier heatwave and world class fields at the Eskdale Mountainbike Park over the weekend. Both Downhill and Cross-Country races at the second round of the RaboDirect NZ MTB Cup were contested in extreme conditions on World… More ›
By Caleb Smith on Saturday July 24 2010 in Exclusives
Definitely my worst ever post title. But it’s the truth. The Kiwis killed it in qualifying today in torrential rain at Champery, showing that our boys can actually ride and handle their bikes. Blenki qualified first which is awesome news but the rest of the… More ›