I come from a pretty different back round to most of you and i am not from Nz(or Ireland…haha).
Unlike most of you i dont know who the local bmx heros were 5 or more years ago, but i thought i would give you some insight to the place where i came from and the group of guys that inspired me to ride!
These three guys(and others) are the god fathers of bmx in my world and to this day i still look up to them!
In my opinion these guys are probably some of the most under rated and skilled riders i have ever come across and even though they come from one of the most dangerous areas in the world they managed to find the inspiration and strength to keep riding!
Hopefully you can find some inspiration from this article too!
In New Zealand we have a serious lack of big comps! We are lucky to maybe get 6 good ones a year, but some people are working really hard behind the scenes to try and bring more world class comps and jams to New Zealand!
Jed(and Others) have been working on a Dirt Series for Nz and here are some details.
This is obviously not all of the details and you can expect to be hearing more about this!!!
Word from Jed:”So winters nearly over and the NZ season is on the verg of kicking off!! NZSDS (New Zealand Summer Dirt Series) Its a 5 stop series we have created to bring the BMX Dirt community alive!!! I’ll have more for you about all the events we have coming up in the next week! Have fun boys and girls go shred!”
News On Summer Hill Trails From Jed
27/08/2010
hay hay hay Jed here,
The past few weeks have been sweet, its been raining a lot so I’ve only had a couple rides but pretty good ones at that. Making it worth it, while we can. I came back from America went up to the local jumps here in Mount Maunganui and the boys had gone to town on them! The whole small line got turned into a mini big line! All the landings got steepened up, gaps got bigger and the lips got steepened too.
The smaller line is set ready to go with 8 jumps running wicked, we just need fine weather to ride them now.. We changed the big line around a bit instead of the big 90degree burm we put a step down – hip – burm. Its pretty wild that’s after the 18ft and leads into a 22ft then 26ft all down hill. All the landings are between 7ft and 10ft tall!!
Here’s a link to my mate Carls blog.. Summer Hill Trails (SHT) the boys have been going hard on and a few other cool pics in there, so enjoy =) http://justnotinside.blogspot.com/
Wayne Diskin
27/08/2010
Wayne Diskin is the Proud new owner of the red and white United featured here last week so he sent in a pic of him ripping on it!
Enjoy your bike mate and keep ripping it up!
Mutiny Lucky Strike
24/08/2010
Connor Smyth Edit
24/08/2010
Connor Sent this in ages ago but i never posted it!
Top load stem, 6 bolt stem. 6061 T-6 alloy. 52mm reach. Recess allowing for the fork compression bolt to sink flush for a clean look.Rounded back that stays out of the way of your knees. Internally relieved and slotted top to bottom (stronger than side to side). Additional clamping area for slip-free bars. Colors: Flat Black, flat white, anodized blue, anodized purple, anodized orange, anodized aqua green, anodized gold, anodized red and high polished. Weight: 249g (8.78 oz)
Microlite Front Load Stem
Front load stem, 6 bolt stem. 6061 T-6 alloy. 52mm reach. Recess allowing for the fork compression bolt to sink flush for a clean look.Rounded back that stays out of the way of your knees. Internally relieved and slotted top to bottom (stronger than side to side). Additional clamping area for slip-free bars. Colors: Flat Black, flat white, anodized blue, anodized purple, anodized orange, anodized aqua green, anodized gold, anodized red and high polished. Weight: 249g (8.78 oz)
Events Calender
17/08/2010
If you looked down the left side of this page in the last few days you would have noticed an events calender has gone up. If anybody has ANY events or jams they are hosting or know about PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send the details in!
I really want to get more riders amped on putting on more decent jams, comps and events so if you have any news send it to us! hahah
Cult Crew Web Site
17/08/2010
I am not totally sure if this is new or old news but Cult has a new site up, which can be seen here!
This is a big improvement over the last site and to my knowledge we should have the full range of Cult goodies
in the next months thanks to 666 nz!
Jono Hopping Edit
17/08/2010
Jono is a crazy cat, i have seen footage of him riding with a cast on his wrist and another time when he had a busted ankle! he didn’t seem to phased by it either…haha
This edit is pretty impressive with some original and big riding!
This is the first photos of them and some words from Colony!
Expect to see these(at a good price!!!) instore in the next month!
“Our first ever brake set will be available in September in most corners of the globe & here you can see the first photos of them. CNC’ed from forged 6061T6 alloy for stiffness they come in an array of colours (L to R Gold, Wasabi, Black, Red, Blue & Purple) & come stock with clear brake shoes. For those that don’t use their shoes to slow down these could be your next set of brakes.”
Questions
13/08/2010
Ok, we are starting some called “Questions” on the site.
“Questions” will start today with questions from all of YOU for Dean Hearne(the guy who runs UNITED BIKE CO). Send me a question for Dean and make it good! ha ha!
I will run the answers on the site and we should feature this one in the next two weeks or so so keep checking back!
send your 1 question to sales@bmx.co.nz, we will collect them and send them to Dean to answer!
In the future we will try have more regular interviews and questions for other peeps(or pros) in the industry!
Eric Palmer
12/08/2010
The guy in these pics Malcolm Peters is a mate of mine from Sa and he just kills it, plain and simple!
He is riding for a new local company(in Sa) called Salvo Bmx and it looks like he did this photo shoot for his new signature frame!
