Sam Blenkinsop just made up for not making it onto the podium in the Canadian Open by taking out the Garbanzo DH with a time of 13.44.52. The Kiwis own Garbanzo; Justin Leov won the event in 2009 and came second last year! More ›
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 ›
Clay just dropped the Blenki trailer for 3 Minute Gaps and it’s pretty sick, but once you’ve watched it you’ll realise he’s trying to pull the wool. It’s not just Whanganui that features, there’s also a bit of Long Gully and a smattering of Rotorua.… More ›
I bumped into Team Lapierre’s Sam Blenkinsop yesterday in Rotorua which reminded me I’d seen this vid and it needed posting. A couple of hours later I was home and low and behold, an email from Sam’s teammate Cameron Cole was top of the list,… More ›
Regular visitor to New Zealand Clay Porter launched the website to his latest film project 3 Minute Gaps this morning. Clay and John Lawlor have been working on the project for the past couple of years and from what I’ve seen (a few sneaky stills)… More ›
When Sven Martin and Clay Porter were out here filming for Clay’s new movie Three Minute Gaps a while back, Sven nailed this pic of Blenki on the DH track in Rotorua. The Germans liked it so much Blenki scored the cover of one of… More ›
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 ›
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 ›
Like me, you may have looked at recent photos of Sam Blenkinsop and wondered what the heck those pads he was wearing were. Well now you know (well once you have read this you will know). So it’s an Italian brand called Bluegrass. At first… More ›
Lapierre bikes will finally be on our shores for 2011. This isn’t exactly breaking news but it’s pretty awesome, especially for Sam Blenkinsop fans out there. Bikes International has picked up the agency as much for Lapierre’s amazing road bikes as their highly regarded MTB… More ›
We dropped this news earlier but the press release is out & Cameron Cole has officially signed with French based DH team La Pierre bikes. He’ll team up with Sam Blenkinsop and Nico Vouilloz as of 1st Jan 2011.Read the press release below: More ›
Downhill competition filled the race programme today at the Mont Sainte Anne World Championships in Quebec, with the Junior and Elite Men’s and Women’s Championship races taking place. The changeable weather continued throughout the day, and just like the previous four days of events for… More ›
More Mountain Biking Videos >> The Wyn Masters junkshow is back again, this time broadcasting from Morzine, France. In this episode Wyn and Brook MacDonald take in a little Le Tour De France and do some shredding with Sam Blenkinsop. More ›
Well Spoke is stoked to bring you the news that Sam Blenkinsop killed it in this year’s Megavalanche taking 3rd behind his team manager/teammate Nico Vouilloz and first place finisher France’s Jerome Clementz (Cannondale). Race favourite Remy Absalon just scraped by in fourth. Other notable… More ›
Yup that’s right there are three Kiwis in the top ten!!! With three more rounds to go, Cam getting faster each race and Justin and Sam ready to strike, things could look pretty cool by the time the World Cup reaches US soil. More ›