Every World Cup Downhill season I look forward to two things: Kiwis on the podium, and any film work done by Clay Porter. Whilst many web vids emerge weekly from ‘the usual suspects’ in world MTB cimematography, Clay’s work is more select. He does have… More ›
In the last couple of years the New Zealand and world downhill scenes have been witness to the rise and rise of Brook MacDonald, a young guy starting to make it BIG. While spending a few days with Brook during the Wide Open road trip in late… More ›
Mark Weir has been one of the most prominent faces of ‘All-Mountain’ riding and racing for the past few years and has certainly got a target on his back at any enduro / all-mountain event he competes in. Regardless of if that event is a… More ›
This summer has hailed the return of one of New Zealand’s truly legendary mountain bike racers, Darryn Henderson. “Never heard of him” you say? Well back in the ’90s Hendi (as he’s been known since forever) was dominating the national and international DH circuit. I… More ›
A few weeks back we caught up with Simeon Patience, one of Spoke Magazine’s photographers, and continuing the theme this week we caught up with budding photo-pro Ryan McCrae. Read on to learn a bit more about this talented young mustache grower……. More ›
I first met Mike Hickman way back in about 1999, I think it was. We were at the then infamous ‘lake jumps’ near the Hamilton lake, pretty much some handily shaped lumps of grass designed for golf practice but better used for jump ‘training’. Mike… More ›
Frankly Thursday is back for the new year! This week we catch up with Tryfan Ephraim from Wainui and get his take on what’s good in life and mountain biking…… More ›
Meet Simeon. He’s not one for the spotlight or being the centre of attention; you won’t hear him mouthing off or talking anyone down but you will see him smiling, riding bikes, taking photos and just being a genuinely friendly, nice guy. What better sort… More ›
“He’s the man with the plan.” What kind of plan you may ask? A downhill park plan. Tim Lawton has been a key figure in the formation of the Bay Of Plenty based operation dubbed the ‘Cycle Obsession Bike Park’, a new MTB park with… More ›
Caleb and I arrived at the Wide Open HQ to meet up with their team riders and get amongst some photo and video action. Crouching behind a laptop in the offices was a silent figure, tapping constantly at the keys, obviously busy with some very… More ›
You’ve hopefully seen a bit of a feature on John Oldale in a recent issue of Spoke Magazine, offering a bit of a background of the man himself. We caught up with John via the wonder of the electronical-inter-web-ernet device to dig slightly deeper and… More ›
Have you ever browsed the pictures of a MTB magazine, website, or seen in person a girl that rides her bike like a boy? Well quite possibly that’s Gabby Molloy. Gabby has been riding since long before I met her about 10 years ago, and… More ›
Roughly 10 years ago I moved to Hamilton and went about finding an inner city spot to ride my bikes. Needless to say, back then there wasn’t much option but to street ride and do skids at the BMX track—unless you had a car which… More ›
“A two sided coin.” That’s how I would describe Byron Scott; there are two distinctly different (and sometimes polar opposite) sides to him, but what’s in the middle is gold (well, some sort of metal). ‘Heads’ is the daytime, business-hours Byron. An experienced and schooled… More ›
All things start somewhere and many grow out of something else. Whether an idea sparks action, or circumstances lead you down a certain path, however something starts, the fact remains that sometime, somewhere, someone will have to do the hard graft to get it off… More ›