George Bolter is living and riding in Canada at the moment.. enjoy some amazing weather and some of the worlds best skate parks. He sent in a bunch of photos for us to enjoy as we suffer through this wet NZ winter. He looks like he is having a great time.. and definitely getting pretty rad over there on the BMX.
The first two photos are George, next three are Paul Beadle and the last two are DS.
On the 14-15th of August there is going to be a BMX jam / Comp at the D1NZ event in Whangarei. There's going to have a pretty good street set up with lots of ramps and obstacles. Its going to be pretty causal jam with a Best Trick and High Jump Comp.... The deal is you need a pass to be able to get into the event and ride the course. So if your keen to ride on the day and think you can make it what you need to do is get a hold of Steve Demon at sales@holywater.co.nz and let him know your keen to ride, he will organize your name to be on the gate and an event pass. This is going to be a pretty fun event so get on it and get your name down.
There is also going to be plenty of other things going on during the day.. obviously drifting but there also will be FMX.. and ahh Bikini Girls.. Rad!
QC BMXer and Drifter Kyle Jackways is going to be there getting gnarly on his two favorite forms of transportation.
Another good'un from Tim Pierce.... NICE! "Heres an edit from a few shoots over summer in New Zealand. From Wanaka to Auckland, riders include Michael Lefebvre, Dan Yeoman, Asher Trafford, George Bolter, Paul Langlands and Louis Bolter. Filmed and Edited by Tim Pierce"
Travis from EDHBIKES has started working on the Local Assault Jam for 2009. The jam is going to take place in Christchurch in November.. so you have plenty of time to work out how to get down there. If its anything like last years event it will definitely be worth the trip.
Keep an eye on the Local Assault web page for more information. www.localassaultjam.com At this stage it looks like it is going to be held on the first Saturday of November and of course at Washington Skate park.. which hopefully has had its upgrade by then.
Just got word that Stafford Ramp in Auckland is getting an upgrade very soon. Check the pic.. looks rad as hell!
The person I got the word from said only rules are no under coping tricks and once you fall off your turn is over, haha!
Anyway should be fun to ride.. Ill keep you posted as the upgrades begin. And for those of you who don't know where Stafford Ramp is.. its the one on the left hand side of the motorway as you head towards Takapuna after the bridge.
Mike from Triple Six Distro sent thought his photo of the new Subrosa Fixed Gear Bike. I don't usually post Fixed Gear content.. but seen as this is a BMX company I thought I would. Mike was luckily enough to receive one of the very first samples made world wide and test it out... Its a pretty straight forward clean design, 4130 tubing and all that jazz! and of course Subrosa styling similar to there BMX's. If your not into the whole fixed gear thing, just slap a free wheel on this and imagine how fun it would be to coast from bar to bar.
Justin from Red Bull Special Ops and Wellington shredder Luke McCombie ran a bunny hop comp on the weekend just been out side the Mac's Brewery on the water front. Nate Scott won the comp with a hop of 41-1/2 inch's.. that's pretty huge! Luke McCombie came in 2nd, Timmy Hutchinson and Tim Wilson where third. Check out the photos below.. looks like a fun time.
Props to RedBull & Luke for putting on the event, and thanks to Caleb from Spoke for sending in the photos.
There has been officially RedBull hop comps in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch now, maybe its time to organize a National Hop Comp!
The new 2020 just came out in Aus and will be out in NZ very soon.
I got my hands on issue V32 already and its a killer issue. It also has some New Zealand riders in like Jono Hopping, Brad Greenslade and June Dungca. Its definitely worth checking out this issue.
Some of you may or may not already know but Revolution closed their doors this week.
Sam, Nate & Ben did an amazing job at running New Zealand's only Rider Owned BMX 100% Shop. It's a shame to see it go as it was responsible for so many amazing things in New Zealand BMX, they supported the scene hugely by getting involved with nearly every BMX jam, sponsoring a handful of riders, travelling up and down the country promoting BMX, doing tons of giveaways and most importantly creating what has never been done before... a BMX only shop.
It's a sad for NZ BMX to see them go... on behalf of all the BMXers out there I would like to thank the guys at Revolution to putting everything they had into something they believed in, and creating something that has never been done before. Respect!! You guys did an amazing job while it lasted... and I'm sure your shop will be missed throughout the BMX community.
I seem to be doing a bunch of Skate Park related post latly.. so why not one more. Not sure if I have posted these photos in the past but this is the new QueensTown park which is look pretty nice. Definitely looking forward to having a ride on this sometime this winter.. if its not snowed in that is?
Thanks for sending the photos in Devin... send some riding ones in, we know you can shred the front brake!!
Here is a few Flatland photos I took a while ago of June and friend (sorry forgot his name). These guys have some serious skill and was pretty amazing to watch them ride. Its takes so much determination and practice to be a Flatland rider.
GOD SAVE AUCKLAND CITY - ANOTHER S@#T PARK DESIGN
Monday, June 15, 2009
Apparently this is the purposed plan for a new Skate Park in Kingsland Auckland. I just don't get what is wrong with this city.
Population of Wanaka: 3,500-ish. Wanaka's latest Skate Park design: Click Here.
Population of Auckland City: 1.5millon-ish. Auckland latest Skate Park: Click Here. Something doesn't make sense here or add up right? Don't worry.. we will get there one day!