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The Highlander is back
Easter Saturday saw the return of the Highlander to the Rotorua racing scene after a 7 year hiatus.

Graham Agassiz’s introduction to the YT family
Aggy joins YT and shows off the new Capra AL in this supercharged edit.

Introducing the Funn Mamba S Pedal
The Funn Mamba S brings together the power of clips with the control, fun and freedom of flats.Lighter and lower profile than the original Funn

Pivot Trail 429 V3 Review
We were sent the third version of the genre bending Trail 429. Here’s what we thought.

GX EAGLE AXS
New for 2021, The GX AXS upgrade kit is your entry point into wireless drivetrain simplicity

3 Peaks Enduro Photo Recap
Another epic weekend in Dunedin. Jemma Wells shot the event for your viewing pleasure.

The Prospector Matangi Station race coverage
The Prospector Stage Race trails offer both a challenge and exceptional views!

Rocky Mountain Release The New Instinct
The Instinct has been the go-to bike for riders looking for a bike that does it all, and their most recent design takes that philosophy to the next level.

OneUp Components Vanderham Blasting Blues
Watch OneUp Components Thomas Vanderham carve up two of his favourite North Vancouver trails.

Pivot’s New Trail 429
Fresh on the scene is the Pivot Trail 429, with 120 in the back and 130 up front its an attractive new down country option.

Video: NZ National Champs Raw Footage
What a track. Big props to Will Keay and organisers for putting on a hell of a race track for National Champs over the weekend. Sam Blenkinsop goes back-to-back Champ, with Jess Blewitt taking the womens.

Video: Vanzac’s Pandemic Pandemonium
A dusty Sunday ride for a couple of blue collar blokes. If you needed any motivation to push your riding, here it is. Go get sendy.

Billy Meaclem in Absolutely Furious
Not everyone has style. And certainly not style on every type of bike they jump on! Billy Meaclem is just too good to watch, regardless of the what he’s riding.

Cinema: Conor Macfarlane in “Peak to Pub”
New one from TiltShift Films featuring Conor Macfarlane going nuts on both snow and dirt. Some heavy riding goes down in this.

Cinema: ‘Hedonism’ – An NZ Road Trip
The boys put the new Status through it’s paces the only way they know how; pure aggressive riding. This is as core as it gets.

Cinema: Tiltshift Series: Conor Macfarlane in ‘Double Exposure’
Next in the series from TiltShift Films is ‘Double Exposure’ featuring Conor Macfarlane. Where Conor takes his trail bike up dream to open up his doors to a whole new bag of tricks than his Downhill Bike.

Release: Santa Cruz releases the new Nomad 5
The Nomad is a stalwart of the Santa Cruz fleet, and it has just had a revamp. We recently spent a week in Craigieburn getting to know this new brute. More details inside.

Story: More is More
QMTBC is an amazing club, with a huge volunteer base and a passion to build the community their future is looking all too bright.

Cinema: Matt Macduff’s Welcome to Title edit
Matt Macduff delivers above and beyond in his new edit for Title. Surely a few world first’s in this.

Story: The First bite of the Baugette
Kiwi’s are lucky to have an abundance of natural landscapes in which to build trails, it just takes someone to instigate it. This is a story of a quintessential kiwi bloke with an urge to build trails.

Cinema: Remy Morton’s Sound of Speed
If you haven’t seen this yet, do yourself a favour and enjoy this. Our latest cover boy Remy Morton goes chainless in the Queenstown bikepark.

The new Evil Offering is here
Evil’s True Mountain Bike Model is Back, Redesigned and Trail-Ready – The Offering returns with increased reach that benefits both climbing and descending

Cinema: Gee Atherton in ‘The Ridgeline’
It’s been awhile since we have seen something from Gee. He doesn’t disappoint in this conquest to tame a ridge with barely any room for error.

Release: New Canyon Spectral 29
Canyon have sought out to create the most versatile bike in their lineup. Taking the key traits of their popular Spectal 27.5 they have developed a lighter, stiffer and better 29 version. Full details inside.

Cinema: Mark Mathews in ‘Changing Seasons’
Mark Matthews is an artist, in both his trail building and riding. Sit back and watch this amazing piece of work.

Cinema: Tiltshift Series – Episode 1: ‘Le Spot’ with Mateo Verdier
In this first episode of the Tiltshift series, Mateo Verdier delivers a clinic on style at LeSpot.

Cinema: Chasing the Podium with Guy Johnston
Behind the scenes of our very own Guy Johnston as he takes on his first season with the YT Mob.

Cinema: Sound of Speed with Emil Johansson & Martin Soderstrom
This what you get when two of the best in the game put their creative eye to work in a bike park. Some incredible bike riding within.

Release: Santa Cruz launch the new Bullit
Santa Cruz have another E-bike in the foray. This time it’s the Bullit. With 170mm front and rear travel, a mullet setup from factory and a 630Wh battery to keep you going run after run. It means business.

Story: Tales from the Paparoa
The West Coast is an untamed and unruly beast. Relentless weather and inhospitable mountains make for an interesting yet beautiful place to build a trail. This is the story about building a special trail, the Pike29 Memorial track.