PHOTO COMPETITION Friday, March 27, 2009 Here is the winner of the Zombie x Revolution photo competition - Ryan McCrae -congratulation's!!
I have also listed the second and third places and each photo has comments by Cooper Brownlee. FIRST PLACE: Photo by Ryan McCrae - Rider Jono Hopping.  I really enjoy this photo, colours are awesome and so is the lighting, looks dialed, at first I thought you could get in a little tighter with the fisheye but then you wouldnt see where he is landing and get the effect the roof gives you. SECOUND PLACE: Photo by Stephen Geddes - Rider Bevan  I love the red in this one, wallride looks good and kinda cool spot, just a little low on the lighting front, i dont know how many flashes were used but another one to the right of the cam would have dialed this in, just to light his face up a bit. still looks rad, the roof lights are effective to i think. THIRD PLACE: Photo by Ryan McCrae - Rider Jono Hopping.  I'm a sucker for b&w photos and the backyard mini looks rad to, timing is good I think on this, same with lighting, the angle is rad because you get to see most the ramp on the other side so you know what's going on, His legs do get lost a little in the tree's but sometimes you cant help that. backyard setups are awesome! Thanks to everyone who submitted something to the photo competition and a special thanks to Cooper Brownlee of Focalpoint for judging the competition and his comments on each photo. Now we have the photo comp under wraps we will be running a new competition very soon. So keep an eye out for that. KILLER PHOTO Wednesday, March 25, 2009APOLOGIES I apologize for the lack of updates and the that this site keens on blowing its bandwidth to shit!! Should be all fixed for now.. so plenty updates to come.
In other news.. I will be posting the winner of the photo competition tonight so keep an eye out for that. And also don't forget about Optiki Jam happening this weekend, kicks of at 1pm.. more info here: www.zombiebmx.com/forum PUKEURA BAY SKATE PARK Monday, March 23, 2009 The new Pukerua Bay Skate Park in Wellington looks like allot of fun! NEW FP NEW 2020 Friday, March 20, 2009 New the Focalpoint Mag and the new 2020 Mag should be out any day now.. both of these issues are going to be rocking NZ content which is rad!
  Obviously Focalpoint isn't available in NZ.. but im working on that and will keep you posted. THREE STAIR Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Here is a couple of photos I took last week of George Bolter mucking around on a three stair downtown Auckland.
  PHOTO COMPETITION = DONE! The ZombieBMX X RevolutionNZ Photo Competition is officially over.
There was 15 pages of entries in total which is awesome, thanks to everyone who contributed. Cooper from Focalpoint Magazine is going to have a flick through all the photos and pick the winner over the next few days. As soon as I find out who it is I will let everyone know. Till then hold tight!  PROPHECY UPDATE There's yet a another good update from the Rotorua riders over at the prophecybmx blogspot. Check it!
 Ryan from Prophecy is getting good with the camera, check this killer photo of Piggy at Raglan Bowl he took, that really is rad! HAREWA HUCKFEST Monday, March 16, 2009 Troy sent me an email on what went down at the Harewa Huckfest.. looks like it was a fun day all round, awesome weather, some good riding went down.. and that bowl looks amazing! I was a bit bummed I couldn't make it down.. someone through a brick through the windscreen of my car and couldnt get it fixed in time...
What went down from Troy: So the rain scared away most people even thought it ended up being a sunny as afternoon in Hawera. The boys from Otaki/Waikanae/Kapiti and Wanganui made the trip up and shredded with us locals. Highlights of the day were: Jono Orr winning the high jump (58 inches off a 1 foot kicker), Kendal killing street with a hole lot of grinds, rail rides and manuals, Jackie the young ripper also tearing it up, Liam from Wanganui 720ing the spine, Darren whipping the huge table in street, Kane Ohagan owning the spine with 720s, massive dipped 3's and 3 whips to name a few, and the boys with style and flow hucking around the bowl; Boof, Phil, Joe, Bonnie, Joel and Troy. Lots more went on that I missed or forgot so check out the full report at www.bmxmafia.co.nz      Also I have added the BMX Mafia site to my friends list, so make sure you check that regulary. WEEKEND PHOTOS Sunday, March 15, 2009 Here is some photos from Saturday morning at Vic park.. Alan Montwfiore and friend shredding in the rain.
   I was also like to take this opportunity to say thanks to Alan for the huge help with getting the forums up and other little bits a pieces of web work he has help me with... its much appreciated Alan! thanks! DEVONPORT COMP IN THE PAPERS Devonport comp makes it into the papers.. check it out!
 Thanks to Kirk at Volucid for getting it done. A FEW MORE PHOTOS Thursday, March 12, 2009 Here is a few more photos from the ride last weekend at Manukau Park.
   Stephen - Table Air, JonoH - Vadar. SOCIAL JAM MIXTAPE Check out this rad little mix tape Travis from EDH made of the Social Jam in Arrowtown.. looks like a fun time and there is definitely some good riding going on down that end of the country!
Social BMX jam edit from edhbmx on Vimeo. Make sure you head over to the EDH web page too.. there is a bunch of good updates there. www.edhbmx.com LAZER! Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Here is a few photos I shot last weekend on a lovely sunny day at Manukau skate park of Andrew Lazaruk from Canada.. Andrew definitely shreds!
   NEW SHADOW GEAR I just got an email from Mike at TripleSix letting me know that the new spring range of Shadow gear is just about to hit NZ.. get your pre-orders in at your closet BMX store.. s@$t's looking good!
     OPOTIKI JAM Here is a updated flyer for the Opotiki Jam.. apparently the guys from Revolution are getting behind this so there should be a few prizes and giveaways.. choice!
 JAM WEDGE Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Here is some photos of Paul Beadle, Paul Moffat and Davey Struthers riding Jam Wedge in Vancouver...
Not sure who took the photos.. but thank you for letting me steal them!      Check out Dave's blog here.. blazeguard.blogspot.com TAUPO PARK PHOTOS Monday, March 9, 2009 I totally forgot to post these... better late than never I guess...
         KANE O'HAGANTOTALLY JAMMING Check the flyers below on up and coming jams.
-782811.jpg) The wedge, ledge and hop jam behind TripleSix has been postponed till further notice.. most likely to take place in April. The Helensville jam this weekend looks like it is going to go ahead, so if you live in Auckland you should make the quick drive out and support the jam! In other news had a very interesting weekend, went out to the Woodhill dirt comp which was alright, on the way home stopped at the trails and Karl Bensemann's bike got stolen off the back of Lesters car... we managed to track it down who stole it with some help from some local kids.. in the end a bunch of police got involved, a pregnant girl ended up in handcuffs's and the whole thing resulted in a drug bust! crazy evening out in West Auckland. DEVONPORT COMP COVERAGE Thursday, March 5, 2009 Here's some more rad coverage from the Devonport Comp.
Luke.G sent in this killer photo of George Bolter boosting a tuck no-hander over the hip!  There is a bunch of good photos on a Flickr, here is a few I picked out:      Photos in order are: Mark 'Ewok' Davis with and abubaca on the sub, The Wazman text book table, Louis Bolters H-Plant transfer, George Bolter boost over the hip, Omri turndown over the pyramid. Sorry I didn't find the name of the guy who took the pics.. if you let me know Ill give you credit you deserve for the photos! there pretty rad photos and there can be more found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9030368@N07/sets/72157614787346610/ Jordan Old made a nice little web vid and chucked it up on Vimeo of some of the finals runs, so make sure you check that out.. thanks Jordan. Devonport Bmx Competition 2009 from jordan old on Vimeo. The Devonport comp was definitely a success, everyone seemed to have a great time and enjoyed them self, and I was stocked with the amount of riders who put the effort in to compete in the event..... So with out a doubt I think we will definitely be looking at running this event again, bigger and better next time, I'm thinking we could add some vertwalls, sub boxes, wall rides, grind boxes and a fly out step up to the park.. what do you? Any ideas let me know! |
