Finally! Finally someone recognized the beauty in this shot that Camilla Stoddart took a few years back on my last trip to New Zealand. I mean, just ignore the plonker on the bicycle barely holding his shit together and look at the view! NATURE…Goulet! I have no idea what is hawt and what is not,…
In 2011 2Flat’s photo-whore/scribbling-dribbler Seb Kemp accompanied Jordan Manley and Rob Story on a trip through New Zealand for a Bike Magazine assignment. It was a fantastic opportunity to watch two professionals work up close and to roam through New Zealand’s South Island singletrack. Two years later and one of the shots from the trip…
Cammilla Stoddart had this picture of me hassling some sheep in the Cardrona Valley, NZ published in Picture Magazine, a German photo magazine. I have no idea what the speech bubble says.
The latest issue of MBUK has a photo collection of Central Otago riding photographs taken by the immensely talented Camilla Stoddart. I was asked to supply has words to accompany the piece and I’m glad they made me keep it short and sweet because it gives much more space for Camilla’s amazing photography. Camilla has…
World Affairs Part 9 The singletrack riders guide to the galaxy…or maybe just some parts of New Zealand PART TWO. So Last week I feebly attempted to cover the best of the south of the South Island singletracks. Somewhat akin to choosing your favorite ice cream flavor when you are confronted by more flavors than…
World Affairs The singletrack riders guide to the galaxy…or maybe just some parts of New Zealand. I am besotted with New Zealand. I have been coming here for a whole bunch of years to escape from the perils of winter (it’s on the other half of the world innit) and each year I love this…
Day one. It may of well being night as we started way before dawn for the drive north. Mount Cook at 100km/h into the day. Cragieburn is in snow up high. Here Clem and Allen carve tracks. Cragieburn is an incredible ride and makes for a high tide mark at the start of any roadtrip.…
Day two was a short day, only about a quarter of an hour, but don’t discredit day two because of this short time. Today started at 5500 feet up in the mountains and descended over 3000 feet back to Whistler village going through the rooty, rocky, holey hell of the Bike Park. This year the…
So its been awhile since i’ve done one of these, but last night I came across something in a dusty copy of Singletrack Magazine that made sense and added a little post script to one particular controversial column I wrote a while back.
I’ve always had this view of Unit Clothing that they
Kelly McMassive and myself have been on a shooting mission with Camilla Stoddart recently. In between the hectic competition and even schedule I have been feeding them both with just a few of the secret untouched spots of the South Island. On wednesday we made use of the last day of blue skies to go…
I don’t want to get into the habit of posting videos from all over the net that have already been posted all over the net like some blogs or websites, but here’s one that’s worthwhile for all those poor souls that couldn’t make it to the Frew Farm 2010. This is Unit Clothings awesome moto…
This is the new advertising campaign that Kelly McGarry is featuring in.
So Just got back from Gorge Road trails. Was another mean session, partly because the place was filled with inspirational people. As well as alot of my buddies who I am inspired by each day, there was a crew of shit hot BMXers, and the one the only Walter Pieringer.
Last thursday instead of heading down to the Farm early I went out filming with Ginger Si for the third installment of Matty Smiths Summer Sessions. The above video is nothing to do with that day but does contain a rather humorous video of Si being the gayest man on earth. Ah Mate!
This following post is a one stop (actually i might do a series of these) heckle fest for KELLY “MCMASSIVE” MCGARRY.
Just got back from the Frew Farm Jam. I am totally knackered and sun burnt. The weekend was a total blast in all respects. Great people, riding, and party. Here is a couple of photos of the background to the event.
I have a new entry in my top three MTB photog list. Camilla Stoddart is a ruler. Watch out world. Basically put she is a photog with a ski photog background that has decided to enjoy the benefits of summer for once (nine years back to back winters anyone?) which includes exploring MTB photography.
I love Grieg Howell. Once my flatmate in Whistler and forever one of the nicest dudes I will ever meet has really started to look into mountain bike photography of late.
So whilst in NZ (this months residence for yours truly) I’m racing around the Dirty South to all the all the two wheeled ‘freestyle’ events, jams and comps that make up the Month of Mayhem. Last weekend was the Stoney Hills Jam, and in two weekends time it will be the Gorge Road Jam but…
Before I launch headfirst into the shit pile that is the GT Sanction advert then take a moment to acquaint yourself with the ad…
So I gave up bashing specific brands and products once Whistler Diaries.com went pop. No reason, besides there’s people doing it far better out there, such as this young lady. So before I go any further I want to make one thing clear, no matter how much I’m about to slate this particular bicycle, just…
So the pigeon post arrived and brought a copy of Spoke Magazine 34
Loving the Tallboy more than ever. I’ve been getting the DH twitch recently and the Tallboy provides a buzz for blasting corners, tracking off camber and going flat out. I’ve been trying to figure out if I can squeeze in a battle at the NZ National Champs Dual Slalom because this bike would kill it.…
So even though I’m suck in the doesn’t doesn’t mean I can’t work. DIRT just posted an interview I conducted with Danny Hart. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT…
This was once the view from my work, The &Bar in Wanaka New Zealand. It’s gone now.
So you may remember the video of the TURD SANDWICH trail thats been posted up on all your favourite social networking and the best websites recently. A superbly flowy looking trail in Queenstown, NZ that was handcrafted by a group of motivated renegades who call themselves The Alliance. Well I took time out from Christmas…
Warning: This isn’t a regular interview. It has been heavily edited but still contains sexual references and swearing.
Here’s a headcam video that Pangus (Paul Angus) just posted of the brand new TURD SANDWICH trail on Skyline hill in Queenstown. Watching this video gave me a boner. A stonking blood dick twitching boner.
There’s too many amazing places to visit in this life, but there is also many places which once the soul has visited that we can’t shake. Places that are like a drug and we need constant fixes of. Places that inhabit all the corners and crevices of our being. Places that change you for the…
Scott Bedford is a ripper on a bike and is infamous on the web for his naked shenanigans. Here he helps herd the cattle for dinner…
The LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN is one of my other little side projects, or obsessions. It’s my idea of what a race should be for 99% of riders. There’s several guiding philosophies to it, “FUN IS ALWAYS FIRST PLACE” and “CHEATERS CHEAT THEMSELVES”. There’s a whole nuther webber over here that will document it all. One…
So this is the first of a series of entries where I go behind the scenes of my own works. In these entries I will take you, the reader, into the places (both physically and mentally) where I was when I wrote the gibberish I have done for magazines like Dirt Magazine, Spoke Magazine, and…
So Jimmy Carling has bugged Billy at Dirt so much that he has got some sort of gig updating the world on the happenings in Queenstown, NZ on the dirt website. Sound familiar?
Das Uber- D kicks off the second year of the Queenstown franchises League of Gentlemen The self proclaimed BEST SERIES OF EVENTS TO HAPPEN IN THE OTAGO SOUTHERN LAKES REGION, almost known as the League of Gentlemen not-race series, kicked of its second year of events on the 3rd December 2009 in Queenstown, New…
So the LoG Kiwi Chapter is kicking off over in Queenstown for its second year. This year after months of selections and voting which can be seen on the reality docu “Who wants to be the new Seb Kemp?”, Graeme Cooper was selected to be the new king of the Queenstown chapter of the LoG.…
So the insane creation of necessity that I began way back in December 2008, the League of Gentlemen not-race series has kicked off again down in Queenstown, NZ. Its been getting some coverage on Dirt and Spoke web. Here are the links to the coverage LoG kicks off in NZ again press release – Dirt…
Above are links to two mentions I have got on the Spoke Magazine website recently. Granted, I actually posted one myself, but come on it still counts doesn’t it?
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