FINALLY!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Righto, first off sorry its been so long since Ive posted something up here, mad busy (mostly riding)! Any ways here are a few pics from the Revolver (bar) Jump Jam down in Queenstown last week. The trails down at Gorge road are top notch with heaps of lines, it would take ages to get all the different options & transfers down.
The jam was attended by every form of biker, from heaps riding little mountainbikes with shocks, to guys riding mountain bikes with no shocks but big wheels, guys with no shocks and 24 inch wheels, and of course a scattering of BMX action heroes.
Revolver bar got behind the event and got a couple of metal bands onboard to play, and being the XTREME capital of the world, some local BASE jumpers jumped into the trails from waaaayyy up high midway through the session- this was the craziest thing Ive ever seen!
Many of the guys dominating on the MTB side of things either still ride BMX or used to, Luke McCombie ex-wellingtonian was dominating with flips, whips, no hands, dipped 3's and the like, Kelly McGarry also threw down much of his usuall madness out on a MTB, and of course Karl Bensemen was shredding like a madman. Karl is next level, super pop (like 2 foot higher than anyone), got the smoothest flow and a deep bag of tricks. Karl went down pretty badly on a CanCan 360, his shoulder dislocated on landing and down he went! The next 15 mins was spent trying to get the shoulder in using a bunch of different methods to no avail. Karl tells me hes healing quickly so alls well. No pics of these dudes riding cos - well this is a bmx site so BMX only.....
But in all fairness regardless of wheel size, everyone rode awesome and had a sick afternoon, there was even a (hot!) girl on a mtb riding wicked!
   
L-R - coolest line, berm/wallride/step down jump thing. Big Set. Karl before & after!    L-R - QC team shredder Ben Finney. Overall view. Henry Deveraux. Unidentified 3
I rode for quite a while (on the 20") but after a small get off I hurt my wrist, continued to ride for 3 or so hours but found out the following day my wrist is broke, operation in 2 weeks! DAMMIT! Hopefully that means Ill get some blogging on more regularly here on the ZOMBIE, but no riding for a while....
Next time a Jam goes down get there, Jetstar is now flying Auckland to Queenstown for cheap(ish) so get there! Shred their park, ride the dirt, get to Wanaka for a ride.... South of the South Island rulezzzz!
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2 Comments:
bummer donny, need some muscle milk
hahhaha ler Gorge breaks almost everyone who rides it hahahha trails are fun tho, I still hav'nt got broke there yet.......touch wood i say!! Dig on suckas....winters back!
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