SPECIALIZED WINTER GRAVITY SERIES: GRAVITY ENDURO
May 22, 2025
The Specialized Winter Gravity Series is back for another season at Christchurch Adventure Park.
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2025 MUD MAIDENS DH
May 12, 2025
From home-made number plates to all-day racing party at the 2025 Mud Maidens downhill race
SINGLE SPEED NATIONAL CHAMPS
May 6, 2025
Whitlock and Pilkington lock in the top step at Pirongia MTB Park before battle for 2026 hosting rights comes down to a tyre bead.
DIRT TOWN QUEENS ENDURO
May 2, 2025
Absolute scenes from Queenstown’s first ladies of loam.
NZ MTB RALLY 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
April 11, 2025
Heli-bike missions, 4×4 shuttles, a bloody boat crossing—and that was just getting to the trails. The NZ MTB Rally served up a week of chaos, carnage, and world-class riding in some of the wildest terrain around. From loamy steeps to wide-open alpine senders, the good times were flowing faster than post-stage beers.
Here’s the final NZ MTB Rally 2025 highlights movie—crank the volume and soak it in. And if you missed it this year, don’t stuff it up again… it’s back 14–21 March 2026. Lock it in.
SIBLING SHOWDOWN AT THE WHAKA 100
October 29, 2024
Brothers split seconds apart in national title race, Sammie Maxwell takes women’s title.
WORLD FAMOUS IN NZ
October 22, 2024
How a Kiwi couple grew the Whaka100 from a side hustle into a global event.
From Howick with Love
April 18, 2023
CXP Racing might be a small team, but their products are world-class and globally sought-after.
Fort William World Cup Gallery
May 24, 2022
Round two of the UCI Downhill World Cup went down over the weekend in Fort Williams, Scotland, and as per usual there were some kiwi riders giving it their all in the wet and slippery conditions.
CRANKWORX SUMMER SERIES SOUTH ISLAND
December 15, 2021
Crankworx Summer Series 2021: Crankworx has today announced the addition of a summer series festival in New Zealand. The multi-stop mountain biking festival will see international and local riders explore the varied terrain of Central Otago, Queenstown and Wānaka, known for epic vistas and world-class mountain biking tracks. The Crankworx Summer Series will see Crankworx-calibre racing come to local destinations outside the usual World Tour, giving up-and-coming riders and locals the chance to mix, mingle and drop in with some of the world’s best mountain bikers.
COOPER, 6TH IN UCI WORLD CUP ALBSTADT
December 15, 2021
New Zealand cross-country mountain bike champion Anton Cooper made a superb return to UCI World Cup racing with sixth place in the opening round in Germany.
The 26-year-old was pipped for the last place on the podium in a sprint finish with rising British star Tom Pidcock who climbed through the 155-strong field.
Middle Hill’s Mud Buster Enduro
July 27, 2020
Chilled vibes, incredible trails, glorious sunshine, tight times from a stacked field and a sausage and a beer at the end: Middle Hill hosted the perfect race for their first ever event.
A Mammoth retrospective
June 3, 2020
Beers in the bushes, big brutal stages, and a tattoo at the end—this is Nelson’s Mammoth enduro.
Competing in the face of Covid-19
June 3, 2020
How are NZ’s fastest racers coping with coronavirus? We check in with some of our pro riders.
Nelson to hold first round of EWS 2021
February 26, 2020
The home of sunshine and gnarly riding will host the worlds best in 2021.
Aorere Enduro: day two photo gallery
October 28, 2019
Two days of wild racing has wrapped up in Nelson for the first EWS Asia Pacific continental round of the season.
DME 2019: Fast, loose and physical
February 4, 2019
Long, loose and dusty tracks; River swims and cold beers; Quality yarns in the memory of a legend. The 2019 DME was another winner.
Nelson Downhill Winter series – The racing never stops.
May 29, 2018
Gallery and writeup from Nelson DH winter series double header weekend.