FOCAL POINT ISSUE 19 Sunday, February 28, 2010 The latest issue of Focal Point is now online.. Issue 19! Another amazing issue produced by Cooper Brownlee.
STOLEN BIKE I got a message from Alan Montefiore the yesterday saying that his bike had be stolen out the back of his car in the Mt Eden area on Friday night. If anyone can help find it or track it down in anyway please let us know! It would be awesome to get Alan's bike back.
Here are the specs: Grips: ABD Bars: WTP Helium bars Stem: WTP Salt Forks: McNeil ID Front Wheel & Tire: Premium Light, Fly Ruben Front hub: Premium Interlaced Brakes: Dirt Harry leaver, Odyssey evolvers Frame: Fly 3 amigos 08 Seat: Subrosa pivotal Pedals: Odyssey Trail Mix Cranks: Primo Pro Hollow Bites Sprocket: Shadow 25t Skull design Back Wheel and Tire: WTP, Fly Ruben tire Back Hub: WTP 10t  RAMPAGE COMP Thursday, February 25, 2010 A little late but here is a few photos from the comp at Rampage last Sunday. It was a pretty chill event and a nice fun way to spend a Sunday.
           Highlights: Brian Anzellotti's 360 Tables are always fun to watch. Alam Montefiore's Flip Fakie on the roll in.. pretty gnarly! Cant remember his name.. but the kid from Tauranga who did a massive tuck no hander flip. Massive thanks to Gavin from Rampage for putting on the event. STAY TUNED A little something Jed Mildon and Carl Cavanagh have been working on.. more information to come.
 ZOMBIE EXCLUSIVE: ZC'SH FRAMES S#@t is real! DOUBLE CHAIN HOP Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Paul Beadle sent in this photo of him hopping a double chain along the water front of Auckland. We all know Beadle has a huge hop on him but this double chain hop is so ganrly! He said he only just rode out of it.. looks scary as hell.
 KINK & EDH BOWL DEMO Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Bananas! MONDAYS PHOTO Monday, February 22, 2010 Its nearly Tuesday.. but here is Mondays photo.
 Rider: Brian Anzellotti, Bench ride. Location: Auckland Med School Photographer: Mike Davies STOLEN BMX Derek Blaikie who is a super good flatland BMXer from Auckland had his bike stolen a few nights ago from his car in Manukau.
The Specs are: Small (18.8tt) matte gray flatland bike - Inertia Unit Elite, green bars with no backsweep, black wheels, gray suelo pegs, brown wtp sprocket. got a crack on one of the rear dropouts and few spokes broken. Thompson elite seatpost, no brakes. This bike should stick out from the crowd as it's a pretty unique bike, if anyone can help contact Derek at.. easy853@gmail.com... Lets help him get his bike back!  WEB VIDZ.. Saturday, February 20, 2010 Time for some Web Vidz..
This video popped up on TCU the other day and thought it would be worth post seen as it's 100% filmed in NZ, not to mention it's Ruben.. one of the best, if not the best rider in the world. Hemi Mildon sent in this nice little web edit of his friend from Taupo Miki.. Thanks Hemi! THE FUTURE... Friday, February 19, 2010 I spotted this over on the Forums.. is this suppose to be the future of BMX? It must be light weight and easy for travel.. I guess there isn't going to be a lot of grinds going on in the future?
 If I was going to predict the future of BMX I hope it would look a little more like this..      The Melm 24's are hand built in the USA.. they are some what ugly, but you have to admire the craftsmanship behind them. And some of the features I hope we will see in the future of BMX, like the flush head set cap, the covered axle nuts, internal cables and hidden internal seat post clamps... I'm not saying these features look great on the Melm's.. but they are pretty trick and hopefully give some inspiration to push BMX design in a more creative direction with out going in stupid direction like the concept above or products like the KHE 1pce stem & bar (hate). My rant for today! T WHITES BIKES TEAM Thursday, February 18, 2010 Tim from T-Whites-Bikes sent in this flyer announcing his official BMX Superstar Team! Awesome! That's a handful of killer riders right there!
 BOX OF TRIX Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Gavin from Rampage Bike Park sent in some more details about the Box of Trix contest happening this weekend on Sunday, 21st:
What is it? It's a fun competition open to riders of all ages and levels giving you a chance to compete with your friends or to show off your style to win cash and spot prizes. Program for the day 09:00am Registration/practice 10:00am Elimination pool 1 10:45am Elimination pool 2 11:30am Elimination pool 3 12:15pm Elimination pool 4 01:15pm Prize giving 01:30pm Comp finished ride the park 06:00pm Rampage closed How the competition will be run? The competition will begin with 4 pools comprised of 16 riders as per the following: Pool #1 Mountain bikes x16 riders Pool #2 Open BMX 1 x16 riders Pool #3 Open BMX 2 x16 riders Pool #4 Pro BMX x16 riders To start the elimination 2 names (from the same pool) will be drawn out of a bucket the first name selected will ride first the other will follow. The person with the highest score after their 2 runs will move onto the next round the loser will drop out, this will continue until there’s only 1 person left standing that person will win the pool and take away the cash prize. The course: The course will be down the roller and over either the big or small lines (you choose) to the vert wall, you will get 2 runs in a row (4 tricks) your tricks will be added up at the end of your second run and that will be your final score. Tricks can be the same if you choose. Scoring: There’s a list of 20 different tricks ranging from one-handers to superman seat-grabs the harder the trick the bigger the score you will only be scored by doing tricks from the BOX OF TRIX LIST (thus the name) This list will be up before practice so you will be able to plan your attack beforehand! The tricks you choose will have to be pulled off clean to earn their maximum points as the judge/judges will reduce the points if the trick is messy, only partially executed or you case. Spot prizes There will be a bunch of spot prizes from ABD, SR Cycles, Red Bull and ADIO that will be drawn at the end of the competition but if you are not here to collect the prize it will be re-drawn immediately. To enter You can either: register at Rampage the list is on the front counter email me at gavin@rampagebikepark.com please tell me your full name and if you are BMX or MTB. There are a number of riders already entered but you will be able to enter on the day should you choose (as long as there are spots left). How much does it cost? Entry is $20 once the competition has finished you will be able to ride the park till closing (in other words you pay normal entry but have a good chance at either winning cash or spot prizes) Rampage 88 Ellice Rd Wairau Valley North Shore City rampagebikepark.com  SUMMERSLAMZ 2010 Pete Gallagher sent in some information on Sumerslamz Event coming up soon on Sunday 27th Feb at Te Pai Skate Park, Henderson, Auckland.
The bmx comp will start at 2.30pm after the skate comp, Reg will be at 1 to 2pm, helmets are a must, no helmet no ride. There are 3 classes: 13 and under, 16- 14, open class. Pete will also have his Box Jump at the park so that should be fun!  Thanks for the information Pete! MORE FROM TAUPO Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Stephen Geddes was nice enough to send some more photos from the comp in Taupo in.. thanks Stephen!
      BLOG LOVE So many people / riders / photographers out there are starting blogs now which is super rad.. The thing with blogs is you only ever really stumble across them from time to time, and then can never remember how you got to that particular blog or how you found it. So I thought I would start a new segment on Zombie called 'Blog Love'.. basically I will be posting random links to blogs I have found, usually rider related. Its a good way to share the ever growing BMX community with all the people who check out this site.
The first blog I am going to post is Cheap Thrills BMX, this is Robbie Brown from Christchurch's personal blog. It has lots of interesting posts and snaps from Robbie and riders around ChCh. Robbie is a rad guy and a really good rider.. so definitely worth keeping an eye on. cheapthrillsbmx.blogspot.com MONDAYS PHOTO Monday, February 15, 2010 Rider: Stephen Geddes Location: Newton, Auckland Photographer: Mike Davies R.I.P VIC JAM Wednesday, February 10, 2010 This Sunday.. kicks of at 12pm! LAZER! Andrew Lazaruk was in NZ for last month all they way from Kelowna, Canada. Here's a couple photos I took of him last weekend. The first one is a straight wall ride.. the last one is a wall ride to 180. See you next time Lazer!
  JADEN LEEMING ON T-WHITES / MUTINY North Shore shredder Jaden Leeming is now on the T Whites Bikes factory BMX team and also riding for Mutiny Flow through Triple Six. Rad news!
  On another note, if you havent seen the latest issue of 2020 Magazine Jaden has a full page photo up in there. TRIPLE SIX BROKEN INTO AGAIN Monday, February 8, 2010 Ok.. so this is shit news but Triple Six distribution was broken into for the third time this weekend.
It has become very obvious that the person doing this is either a rider or has very good knowledge of BMX. The reason I say this is because the person particularly went through all the brands Triple Six distributes to steel only Fly Bikes products. Which means they must really like Fly!.. and knew exactly what they where looking for! Here is a list of what was taken on the last break in: Fly Circulo sprockets, Black, White, Purple, Fly Montana brakeless frame Dark Grey Fly Lago frame Black Fly Agua forks Black and White Fly Potencia f/load and Alta t/load stems Black Fly Pantera bars, Black and Red Fly brake lever All the frames and forks feature the invest cast dropouts which should make them stand out. So if you see anyone rolling around town on a new, tricked out BMX with allot of Fly parts, including the new lever and frame/fork with invest cast drop outs which not allot of riders in NZ would have yet, its a good chance they are the offender! They shouldn't be hard to spot! Triple Six are going to offer a reward for any info leading to the arrest of the people and recovery of the goods. Please don't ask in the comments what the reward is but it will definitely be worth it. Lets get them! VICTORIA SKATEPARK CONCEPT DESIGN This is the Victoria Skatepark concept design. From what I have heard it looks like it will not be going into construction for up to 3 years, not until the motorway tunnel project is completed.
As everyone is well aware the current park will be going very soon. To fill the gap between when the original VIC park is gone and the new one goes into construction there will be a temporary facility created. Most likely on the old bowling green with a few ledges and wedges. In other park related news.. below is the finalized design for the Barry Curtis Park in Botany. Looks awesome!.. this park is due to go into construction in March.. and I have been told it must be completed by the end of the financial year, which is very soon! Good news!  MONDAYS PHOTO Rider: Sam 'Sleaze' Blackman. Location: Springcreek Trails, Blenhiem. Photographer: Robbie Brown. Thanks Robbie! PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT - FLY LEVER Friday, February 5, 2010 I thought I would do a product highlight on the new Fly Bikes BMX lever.. mostly because I went out today and purchased one for myself and I was super impressed with it. In my opinion this is one of the best levers on the market, it's the perfect shape, the bend in the lever is just right. It's also very solid and looks like it would be super strong. The lever is nice and smooth with no sharp edges to cut your fingers on. Fly is well known for making really good quality parts and this lever is no different. Another dialed part from Fly. www.flybikesbmx.com BMX.CO.NZ STREET RIDE The guys from BMX.co.nz have organized a street ride for this Sunday coming. Its going to be a pretty casual event, an opportunity to get out a ride a bunch of Auckland's best street spots with a good crew of riders.
The ride starts at 1pm, meet at the brick banks across the road from Food Town on Quay St.  NEW LYNN UP GRADE Auckland's oldest bowl at the age of 30+ just got a complete make over from some very dedicated and passionate skaters who wanted to preserve the history of the park. New Lynn is pretty well known around NZ and internationally, especially for its super tight full pipe and snake run. Now the park has been finished, 30 years later, it has just become a whole lot more fun to ride. We went to check it out last night and had a ride with some of the local shredders. Its definitely worth checking out if you want to ride something unusual and different.    Photos from frontsidegrind.co.nz A FEW MORE PHOTOS FROM JEDI Hemi Mildon sent in a bunch more photos from the Vans Jedi Jam.. thanks Hemi!
Also spotted a write up about that jam over at the Haro BMX webpage from Nasty.. worth a look.       Thanks Hemi! |