THE HOP COMP Friday, July 31, 2009-787011.jpg) Two weekends ago Me, Justin.S & Mike.L ran the Zombie / RedBull BMX hop comp. It turned out to be a rad event and got a little gnarly. The event was run in RedBull's Hanger, we started of the event with the Hop Comp.. the highest hop on the day was 39" and was done by East Auckland's Brian 'Buttery', not quiet as high as previous hop comps which reached 43"+. We also ran a highest wall ride comp on some ghetto 1/4's donated for the event by Bevan. The wall ride got a little out of hand, a few riders where sprinting in from the street and hitting the wall as high as possible, Jono won the wallride comp and Louis Bolter was about a inch behind him. After every wall ride the ramps fall apart a little more, eventually we had to call it quiets as someone was going to get hurt, check the photo below to see how high some of the riders where going. We then went on to run a best trick out of kicker to flat.. this again got gnarly and kids where throwing themselves all over the place... a few banger tricks went down like Truck Drivers & Tuck No Handers, but Jono Hopping from H-Town officially shut it down when he flipped out of it. Anyway it was a rad event and fun was had by all. Thanks RedBull, Triple6, Subrosa and Macneil for making it happen. And thanks to all the riders who came and supported the event. -703589.jpg) -786577.jpg) -786565.jpg) -711767.jpg) -765562.jpg) -765550.jpg) -738983.jpg) -711783.jpg) I will have a few more photos up soon. SILINGA WOODS Wednesday, July 29, 2009 One man, a shovel, allot of hard work and dedication = Work of Art. Silinga Woods Trails by Caleb.      TWO TEN WTP Check out the new line up from WeThePeople landing on our shores in August. Looking like a pretty killer line up for 2010.
THOMPSON PARK Monday, July 27, 2009 Check out these photos of the recently finished Thompson Park in Christchurch, looks pretty amazing. Someone down in ChCh should organize a pre jam there before the EDH Local Assault Jam... would be a fun time!
     BMX.CO.NZ WEB VIDLOUIS BOLTER Thursday, July 23, 2009 Here are few photos I shot a while back of Louis Bolter on this rad Up Rail in GreyLynn park.
   Louis is off to Canada for a few months to enjoy some nice hot weather.. have fun over there bro! D1NZ BMX WHARF JAM Entries for the D1NZ Wharf Jam have closed. There is now officially 41 riders in the Jam. Although there is the possibility that on the day there will be some wild card entries to full in spots for those that don't show up.
Here is the rider line up: Fraser Booth, Harrison Loxton, Jordan Bryers, Beau Sanford, Troy Swan, Kendall Savage, Mike (Boof) Reader, Linden Alderton, Bevan Cowan, Mark Davids (Ewok), Adam Camplin, Seth Lemming, Brian Anzalotti, Jed Mildon, Natasja Wys Billy Clerke, Keith Shine, Mark Longden, Mark Russie, Carl Cavangh, Tim White, Joff Rae, Audry Holeyoak, Jaden Lemming, Alan Cameron, Logan Smith, Alan Montfiore, Jono Hopping, Kane O'Hagen, Connor Smyth, Olly Denford, Stephen Geddes, Felix Pollock, Joel McDowell, Rhys Williamson, Liam Marshall, Morgan Hughes, Jaden Jeffery, Simon Dow, Liam Stewart ,Hemi Mildon. This event is going to be a fun time with that many riders entered. Shits going to go down! I hope every one has somewhere to stay, other wise the foam pit is going to be pretty packed! ..Also T-Whites-Bikes has come on board as a sponsor making the sponoser line up: Levis, Demon Energy, Volucid, Vans, Quick Silver, Kicker, Holly Water, T-Whites-Bikes. So there will be plenty of prizes up for grabs. HOP COMP PHOTOS UP ON SPECIAL OPS Justin has a bunch of photos from the Hop Comp up on his web page, RedBull Specials Ops.
Check them out.. www.redbullspecialops.co.nz DUDES IN CANADA Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Richard Gregory sent over a bunch of photos from a trip to Seattle the just recently did. In the photos are Andrew Lazer, George Bolter and Richard. Check the gnarly hop over to double kink rail George does... that kid is going to come home to NZ better than ever.
        Thanks for the photos Richard! GEORGE ROAD TRAILS James from TruBMX sent in this nice little clip he put together from the Gorge Road Trails Open Day... how amazing is that place.
gorge rd trails-open day-20" edit from trubmx on Vimeo. Riders: Micheal Lefebvre, Ben Seek, James Keane, Asher, Jake Prebble & TJ LavinThanks for sending the video in James.. Good Work! HOP COMP Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Thank you for everyone who made it out to the 3rd Annual Zombie Hop Comp. It was a rad event and fun day.
Brian aka Buttery from East Auckland took out the comp with a hop of 39inchs. Seth and Stephen tied for 2nd at 38inchs. I got plenty of photos to get up and hopefully there is some footage circulating so keep an eye out for that. For now here is a photo of Jono Hopping get his gnarly whip on over the rubbish bin.  BMX.CO.NZ GOES LIVE Monday, July 20, 2009 I just got word on the weekend that BMX.co.nz, a new New Zealand mail order has gone live and ready for action. Head over to bmx.co.nz to check it out.. its looking pretty good, lots of bmx trickery and more to come. Its run by Ryan who is the mechanic from Hedgehog Bikes... so its a rider owned company. The site is still undergoing construction, I believe they are yet to add a few more pages like a team page etc. They also have plenty of new stock to arrive over the next few weeks. Definitely worth keeping your eye on as they are going to be getting pretty involved in the BMX scene. WWW.BMX.CO.NZ AUK DAY TRIP Friday, July 17, 2009 Monday morning Jono rocked up to my place bright and early, the mission was a day trip to Auckland, which Jono seeming does alot. We met up with Stephen and Piggy and a few other locals at Vic around lunch time, We had a quick jam until Jono owned some kid on the roll in, sending him flying up the roll in. Next we headed to the north shore to the worlds most packed park filled with kids on holiday, It was snaking heaven. Jono managed to flip the retarded spine which = open mouths and claps from most of the people at the park, piggy pulled some sweet diped 3s and 1 foot Euros, Stephen did a solid Euro over the spine and then a bar over the hip/spine at the back of the park. Later on we headed into town and our car over heated in rush hour traffic for no reason after we got it fixed we went and Jamed the Medical school banks where piggy did some rad slides before we went and set up for a photo at the hospital which we got kicked out of because of my slowness setting up flashes, but with the help of Stephen and Piggy as my voice activated light stands we ran back in and Jono gapped from the roof over a drop (maybe 4 meters high by 2meters wide?) down onto the emergacy entrance.
Photos Left to right: (Stephen, Stephen, Jono, Stephen, Piggy, Piggy, Stephen, Piggy, Piggy, Jono, Stephen, Jono, Jono.)              HOP COMP AND APPAREL SALE Just a reminder that tomorrow is the Zombie Hop Comp.. and T-Whites-Bikes is also going to be running an Apparel sale on the day. All BMX Tees only $30ea.. which is super cheap and a good chance to stock up before summer.
  A few people have been asking where the RedBull hanger is.. its pretty simple to find... head up College hill from Victoria park, take your first right onto Gudgeon St, then Left onto Hargreaves.. simple, see you there! UNDERGROUND The much anticipated Flow Visuals Underground DVD is finished and ready for release early next month.
There will be a jam at Waikanae skatepark on the 8th of August to celebrate the release of the DVD. It will go from about 11am until 5pm with music, a bbq and a couple of people on the mic giving out some spot prizes etc. There will also be a short competition, so some awesome riding will definitely go down! After the jam, the premiere for 'Underground' will be held at Waikanae Rugby Club. It's across the feild from the skatepark, so it's really easy to find. There's also going to be a bar open, so it's going to be a good party! Keep an eye out for the official flyer for the release Party and Jam and details on how to get your hands on one of NZ's best riding videos. Good work Paul.. its going to be a killer DVD. NEW SHOP ABOUT TO DROP Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Just got word that Ben Seek from Christchurch is starting up his own shop dedicated to BMX called 'Inside Line'. The online shop should be up and running on the 1st August and the physical shop will be open in a few months. Ben is a rad guy and I'm sure he will do an amazing job, and I'm sure the BMXers in ChCh will be stocked to have another BMX shop and someone to support the local scene. I will post more news on 'Inside Line' as it comes.
 In other Christchurch related news, Travis from EDH has set a final date for the Local Assault Jam 09'.. The Jam will be held on Sat 7th of November at Washington Skate park. Start booking your flights now!.. its going to be a good one!  |
