Enter the Skyline Screamer and you too could find yourself drifting a fire road corner like Justin Leov.
Despite rumours to the contrary there are still plenty of spots open in this Sunday’s Skyline Screamer downhill race off Wainui Hill. It’s an old school three-up eliminator race from the summit of Wainui Hill to Te Whiti Park. This is an event not to be missed, with huge prize money on offer. Up for grabs is the following: Men – $1000 1st; $500 2nd; $250 3rd; $150 4th; $100 5th Women – $500 1st; $250 2nd; $100 3rd. READ MORE
Damian Stones asked Nelson local Kelly McGarry to build him some jumps in Ngamoti, kind of like a bigger pump track. Well they are finished and ready to shred. To celebrate they are having a jam on the 21st March. More info in the Firepit.
Mr McMassive AKA Kelly McGarry has a sweet little post up about the Stoney Hills Jam that took place in Duds last weekend, dam, Henry’s place is looking AMAZING! Afterward Ramon and Kelly hit up the Frew Farm, which is still being tweaked in preparation for the Farm Jam this weekend. Wish you were there? I sure do. READ MORE
Wide Open’s Matt Whitaker is on a bit of a US tiki tour at the moment visiting all his US based distributors. Pretty easy to guess who he visited yesterday. More photos over here at wideopen.co.nz
One of Spoke’s reviewers was hunting for a new pair of shoes today for running on his flat pedals, and he discovered these bad boys on the Avanti Plus website. I have it on good authority that there aren’t too many sizes left (43 and up I think) but as an alternative to Five 10s they look pretty fresh.
So in case you were unaware this week in Wellington there is a festival celebrating 25 years of Mountain Biking in New Zealand. It started with the National Champs on Friday and will finish with the the Skyline Screamer (a three-up downhill eliminator on Wainui’s steep fire roads) on Sunday. But on Tuesday night, that’s tomorrow, Spoke is hosting the New Zealand premiere of Brian Vernor (Pure Sweet Hell and We Just Work Here) and Benny Zenga’s latest work, Where Are You Go. Where Are You Go documents the Tour De Afrique, a 12,000 km stage race from Cairo to Capetown. The film garnered rave reviews at this year’s Bicycle Film Festival and this will be your only chance to see it locally. READ MORE
Revolution Products riders Matt Walker and Louis Hamilton take a practice run on the Long Gully DH track in Wellington. It looks like Chris at Revolution products hasn’t quite figured out how to add music and get tech with editing just yet, so you might want to fire up some Iron Maiden or something.
Wide Open’s Matt Whitaker is on a bit of a US tiki tour at the moment visiting all his US based distributors. Pretty easy to guess who he visited yesterday. More photos over here at 
