2010 Mitre10 Wanaka Urban DH Results

Saturday 23rd October 2010
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OPEN MEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Eddie Masters 111 Dunedin 1:20.74 +0:00.00 1
2 Reon Boe 51 Queenstown 1:21.13 +0:00.39 2
3 Joseph Nation 76 1:21.75 +0:01.01 3
4 Jimmy Pollard 1 Alexandra 1:22.26 +0:01.52 4
5 Jed Rooney 116 Oamaru 1:24.51 +0:03.77 6
6 Zac Williams 65 1:25.28 +0:04.54 7
7 James Hampton 79 1:25.31 +0:04.57 8
8 Michael Jachacy 108 Wanaka 1:27.11 +0:06.36 12
9 Matt Wood 67 Dunedin 1:28.02 +0:07.27 16
10 Blair Smith 27 Wanaka 1:28.83 +0:08.09 22
11 Peter Miller 13 Invercargill 1:29.64 +0:08.89 24
12 Dylan Sanchez-Pinsent 113 Dunedin 1:29.74 +0:09.00 26
13 Jack Lister 45 Wanaka 1:30.05 +0:09.31 31
14 Sam Proctor 37 Dunedin 1:30.22 +0:09.48 33
15 Jamie Tompson 97 Wanaka 1:30.56 +0:09.81 35
16 Tyrone Price 78 Christchurch 1:31.15 +0:10.41 36
17 Nathan Hogg 44 Wanaka 1:31.15 +0:10.41 37
18 Stuart Coburn 106 Wanaka 1:31.57 +0:10.83 39
19 Phillip Walsh 68 Dunedin 1:31.74 +0:10.99 40
20 Kalle Oliver 54 Alexandra 1:31.89 +0:11.15 42
21 Ben Wooster 57 Wanaka 1:32.21 +0:11.47 45
22 James Allan 18 Queenstown 1:34.07 +0:13.33 55
23 Emmerson Wilken 84 1:34.08 +0:13.34 56
24 Mikael Alftbers 103 1:34.13 +0:13.39 57
25 Tim Hodges 7 Invercargill 1:34.43 +0:13.68 60
26 Andy Mackay 94 Wanaka 1:34.51 +0:13.77 62
27 James de la Cruz 47 Wanaka 1:34.73 +0:13.99 63
28 Andrew Parsley 39 Dunedin 1:35.11 +0:14.36 65
29 Peter Jefcoate 61 Invercargill 1:35.49 +0:14.75 67
30 Owen Jones 86 Wanaka 1:35.89 +0:15.15 69
31 Darren McCauley 46 1:36.19 +0:15.44 70
32 Tim Norris 56 Westport 1:38.35 +0:17.61 73
33 Peter Campbell 48 Dunedin 1:40.98 +0:20.23 77
34 Michael Dawes 87 Wanaka 1:41.99 +0:21.25 81
35 Calum McLean 42 Invercargill 1:46.94 +0:26.19 95
36 Ethan Kelly 38 Dunedin 2:39.37 +1:18.62 112
DNF Blair Kinlaid 40 DNF
DNF Phil Cochrane 52 Wanaka DNF

OPEN WOMEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Naomi Wilson 105 Queenstown 1:35.53 +0:00.00 68
2 Chrissie Sergeant 104 Wanaka 1:41.32 +0:05.79 80
3 Gemma Harper 109 Wanaka 1:42.92 +0:07.39 84
4 Vikki Peguero 2 Alexandra 1:43.76 +0:08.23 87
5 Shell Cobby 21 Alexandra 1:46.56 +0:11.03 94
6 Hayley Furze 66 Albert Town 1:53.08 +0:17.56 100
7 Shannan Miller 12 Dunedin 1:59.03 +0:23.50 103
8 Liz Cobby 23 Dunedin 1:59.30 +0:23.77 104
9 Roxana Prince 69 Wanaka 2:08.15 +0:32.63 107

MASTER MEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Blair Christmas 30 Queenstown 1:23.35 +0:00.00 5
2 Fraser Gordon 58 Queenstown 1:27.49 +0:04.14 14
3 Murray Nash 28 Queenstown 1:27.83 +0:04.48 15
4 Julian Thompson 99 Wanaka 1:28.46 +0:05.11 17
5 Christian Meuli 60 Queenstown 1:28.52 +0:05.17 18
6 Callum Smith 15 Wanaka 1:28.74 +0:05.38 21
7 Jamie Fraser 41 Bluff 1:30.05 +0:06.69 30
8 Kevin Fife 114 Queenstown 1:30.10 +0:06.75 32
9 Ryan Purcell 85 Queenstown 1:31.87 +0:08.52 41
10 Tristan Muirhead 25 Wanaka 1:31.90 +0:08.54 43
11 Dan Haydon 98 Wanaka 1:32.19 +0:08.83 44
12 Mike Topp 90 Queenstown 1:32.22 +0:08.86 46
13 Martyn Anlezark 6 Queenstown 1:32.27 +0:08.92 47
14 M Kanaora 64 1:32.54 +0:09.19 49
15 Andrew Corish 62 Wanaka 1:33.87 +0:10.52 53
16 Danny Maguire 74 Kaitangata 1:34.05 +0:10.69 54
17 Hugh Nimmo 63 Wanaka 1:34.17 +0:10.82 58
18 Tim MacKenzie 88 Christchurch 1:34.48 +0:11.12 61
19 Jamie Greenway 118 Wanaka 1:34.96 +0:11.60 64
20 Jack Bradbrook 91 Franz Josef 1:35.28 +0:11.93 66
21 Dave Zee 101 Queenstown 1:37.67 +0:14.32 72
22 Tim Davies 14 Wanaka 1:41.13 +0:17.77 78
23 James Bennie 32 Arrowtown 1:42.48 +0:19.13 82
24 Maurcicio Limari 83 Queenstown 1:45.68 +0:22.33 90
25 Craig Tuck 31 Arrowtown 1:53.90 +0:30.55 101
26 Jeremy McNeill 49 Queenstown 2:21.76 +0:58.41 109

MASTER WOMEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Gina Matete 19 Queenstown 1:43.74 +0:00.00 86
2 Natasha Dawes 50 Wanaka 1:45.21 +0:01.47 88
3 Indri Clendon 16 Queenstown 1:46.17 +0:02.43 92

UNDER20 MEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Ben Roulston 36 Wanaka 1:26.12 +0:00.00 9
2 Nick Fisher 22 Wanaka 1:26.17 +0:00.05 10
3 James Hoggan 77 Christchurch 1:26.27 +0:00.16 11
4 Quintin McCrostie 59 Alexandra 1:29.63 +0:03.52 23
5 Cam Johnson 115 1:29.64 +0:03.53 25
6 Robert Howie 26 Invercargill 1:29.86 +0:03.75 27
7 Dan Trewern 107 Dunedin 1:32.28 +0:06.17 48
8 Daniel Bennie 80 Dunedin 1:39.19 +0:13.07 74
9 Adam Hutchison 29 1:42.73 +0:16.61 83
10 George Tilson 17 Ashburton 1:45.88 +0:19.76 91
11 Jake Neaves 81 Dunedin 1:48.99 +0:22.88 97
12 Sam Kirkwood 100 Invercargill 1:49.03 +0:22.92 98
DNF Rupert Paterson 9 Wanaka DNF

UNDER 20 WOMEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Georgie Wight 20 Alexandra 1:37.26 +0:00.00 71

UNDER 17 MEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Dan McCombie 110 Dunedin 1:27.34 +0:00.00 13
2 Troy Stewart 96 1:28.57 +0:01.22 19
3 Elmo Cotter 117 Wanaka 1:30.00 +0:02.66 29
4 Connor Harvey 55 Invercargill 1:30.55 +0:03.20 34
5 Greg Cochrane 24 1:31.46 +0:04.11 38
6 Josh Perkins 75 Wanaka 1:43.68 +0:16.33 85
7 Josh Timu 3 Wanaka 1:45.67 +0:18.33 89
8 Jacob Cornwall 34 Invercargill 1:51.11 +0:23.76 99
9 Toby Lee 5 Wanaka 1:55.89 +0:28.55 102
10 Chris Sope 35 Invercargill 2:03.79 +0:36.45 105
11 Joshua Rogan 92 Wanaka 2:20.75 +0:53.40 108
12 Joshua Knowler 95 2:23.21 +0:55.87 110
DNS Michael Noone 70 Wanaka DNS

UNDER 17 WOMEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Phoebe Coers 43 Wanaka 1:46.39 +0:00.00 93
2 Juliette McMullan 112 Waikouaiti 2:32.29 +0:45.91 111

VETERAN MEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Andy Patchett 8 Queenstown 1:28.70 +0:00.00 20
2 Peter Page 93 Christchurch 1:29.87 +0:01.17 28
3 Willem Groenen 4 Albert Town 1:32.65 +0:03.95 50
4 Graham Dunbar 10 Wanaka 1:32.86 +0:04.16 51
5 Eddie Spearing 71 Wanaka 1:33.57 +0:04.87 52
6 Ewan Straight 72 Wanaka 1:34.21 +0:05.51 59
7 Phil Oliver 53 Alexandra 1:39.91 +0:11.21 75
8 Pete McInally 82 Queenstown 1:40.63 +0:11.93 76
9 Purple Voice 33 Buller 1:41.19 +0:12.49 79
10 Mark Elliott 89 Wanaka 1:47.72 +0:19.02 96
DNF Brett Jarvie 73 Wanaka DNF

VETERAN WOMEN
PL NAME SURNAME # FROM TIME GAP OVERALL
1 Sally Patchett 11 Queenstown 2:03.95 +0:00.00 106

Wanaka Urban Down Hill Race!

Wanaka Lismore Jump Jam 09

Rider: Phil Mclean

Thank god summers here and no better way to usher it in than a dirt jump comp at Wanaka’s one and only Lismore Park. Last year the jam went off with many sick riders throwing down big tricks on some sweet jumps, this years competition made last years competition look like a cycle safety day at the local primary school. Local 443 member Dan Hayden had taken many unpaid months off work to completely rebuild the course (with help of some other locals) and turn it into a smooth buttery dirt jumper’s dream. Not to mention the standard of riding had gone up to, Christchurch rider Phil Mclean set the standard on practice day with Tuck no-hander flips and Tailwhips!

The jam day on Saturday the 24th of October was perfect, sunny with little to no wind. The young local kids of Wanaka put on a fine display and it is scary to think if a 10 year old can do all the jumps in the park, what the hell will they be doing in 8 years time when they are my age!?

Kiakoura’s local ripper Quinn Nicholls started the junior grade with a hiss and a roar leaving everything on the course including much skin and a concussion or two. Inevitably Phil Mclean claimed first with his huge trick bag and unmistakable style, his partner in crime Tani TePou get second and showed even though he has only been riden for a year, he is one to watch out for.

Rounding out the top 3 was Wanaka local Monty Vass with tones of boost and style on his bmx, he even wore a helmet for the comp. The open grade did not have as much skill as the junior grade but was just as thrilling. Elmo Cotter claimed first with massive 3’s and flips, John O'brien got second after punishing himself on the jumps all day. Finally I got a disappointing third after a bad day with not been able to do some of my tricks and an injury from the day before. I crashed out attempting an x flip, bad day at the office lol.

All in all sick day thanks to Dan Hayden and all my boys from dunz ( you no who u are) and Shoosh cycles and FreerideNZ.

Words:
Tom McPherson

Helmet Cam - Urban Downhill Wanaka

Rider: Tristan Muirhead
Event: 'AWS' Urban Downhill Race
Location: Wanaka

The ContourHD Helmet Camcorder used in this footage can be purchased through FreerideNZ. Contact us today to find out more. info@freeridenz.com

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Freeride GIRLS 'Clinic'

NEW Freeride Girls clinics coming this summer!

For girls wanting to experience the enjoyments of 'freeride / downhill' mountain biking.

Hanging out with like minded girls, being coached and riding amazing trails throughout Central Otago. Come rain or shine, bring it on !!

CLINIC 101...

DATES - LOCATION - CLINICS

BASED IN WANAKA...

Woman's Wednesday - 3pm @ i-site

11th Nov - Sticky Forest - Wanaka - Bike set up for freeride/downhill

18th Nov - Sticky Forest - Wanaka - Body Positioning while riding

25th Nov - Snow Park Downhill - Braking skills

2nd Dec - Alexandra - Cornering

9th Dec - Queenstown - Jumping

16th Dec - Sticky Forest - Wanaka - Putting all skills together for a final race!


Spaces are limited on this program, so please call Angie in advance on 0210621528 to confirm a place. It is recommended to complete the 6 weeks to achieve full progression. Also remember to bring food and refreshments.

$15 per session Includes Coaching clinic by 'Freeride NZ', transport & shuttles.

Recommended equipment : Suspension bike, body protection, helmet & gloves. ( Please contact Angie for hire prices if needed)

09 Riders Invitation Jam

Tom McPherson X up backflip

I got invited to the 09 riders invitation jam down at frews on the 14th of March. Only 10 riders in NZ were invited (INCLUDING ME!!!!!) and 5 gravity pros from the USA.

I completely tacoed my rim on practice day trying X-up flips on the super booter. I just landed a bit sideways but it made for a cool photo. Unfortunately I didn’t get to ride in the comp but had fun chilln with all the riders.

Till next time
Tom McPherson

NZ 2009 Race Package

Do you want to compete in the New Zealand Mountain Bike National Series this season (2009 Raboplus NZ MTB Cups)?

Freeride NZ in association with BikeNZ will be making it a little easier for everyone with a package deal that includes accommodation, transport to racers, local shuttling and breakfast for a low $80 per day!!

This includes North Island/South Island rounds and the National Championships...If you can only join for part of the racing schedule that is fine, just let us know the dates that suit you.

Hopefully this makes for an easy alternative to getting organised for two months of racing this summer!

Check out the poster here:http://www.bikenz.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=3231

Numbers are strictly limited so contact Freeride NZ with any questions or confirmation of joining.

Free Call. 0800 RIDING
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Kidney Kids Camp 2008

Hey, I am Dan's brother and I have a Kidney disorder. I am seventeen years old, I got a kidney transplant when I was just two (actually was the youngest in the country to receive this type of transplant). About this time last year my donated kidney decided it had enough and I was forced to get on dialysis. I have been doing this ever since while on the waiting list for another transplant.

An organisation called Kidney Kids New Zealand supports kids and their families throughout the tough times and are always there for us. Something cool they do is an annual camp. I have been on a lot over my life and was really lucky enough again to join the 2008 teenagers camp recently. I thought i would let you know what i got up to on the camp!

I arrived in Auckland…. Late!! After missing my first flight up North, not only missing my flight but also I was missing my bags from the plane. So kidney camp didn’t start off with flying colours but it was sure to get better.

We all jumped into the buses and we were off to Rotarua, after a few stops to fill the hungry kidney tummies and pick up local kidney kids. When arriving in Rotarua we first had a team building exercise and a few rides on the big monster truck. In Rotarua we found our campsite and settled in, most kidney kids were surprised with the flash bedrooms, with brand new beds and new showers in them. Things were starting to look better already.

The next day (day 2) everyone had some free time in town to do/buy what ever they wanted. But the kids that were on dialysis went and did that in the r]Rotarua hospital. Even doing dialysis on kidney camp is still like a holiday, we got to experience different styles or ways of doing dialysis and meet other dialysis patients and nurses. After dialysis we were starving and felt that we needed to for fill some of our adrenaline needs, so of course camp had what we needed which was a good feed off KFC and a trip to the Agrodome were adrenaline needs sure were meet. We had a range of choices of what rides we wanted to do, I chose to do the swoop and the jet boat ride.

The swoop is like bungy jumping but you’re in a sleeping bag like thing, you get taken up really high and then drop/swoop past the ground and fly back into the air, like an extreme swing. The worst thing was you had to pull your own cord to drop/full. After all that we decided to chill and have a hit at mini golf. That night (day 3) was just as fun we headed up the mountain on the gondola and raced down on the luge, some kids took a few spills/crashes. After all the racing and another meal we were back on the bus and heading back to Auckland where we would catch our plane rides back home.

Overall the camp is a great weekend full of exciting activities that everyone enjoys. It’s amazing I get to do all this and forget about being sick and just live life. A big thank you, to all the kidney kids sponsors… especially Freeride NZ!! (Dan you the man), without them none of this would be possible.

Also this year at school Logan Park High School, my media studies class had to make films as part of completing the class. There were a range of films made, me and my friend Zac Wilkinson, decided that we would make an awesome film that meant something to us, rather than just a film that followed the guidelines of NCEA. The type of film we made was a challenging one by its self, a personalized documentary. And the topic was even harder. Its called 'Life's a Game' which shows the comparison between my life on dialysis as a teenager to being sitting benched during a game of basketball.

The film was entered into the Otago film competition where it won first place!! Yeah. I will put my video up on this blog shorty for you all to see.

Henry McMullan

http://www.kidneykids.org.nz/

Inter Bike

Some highlights from inter bike 08:
- NWD9 premier!
- Sam Hills possible bike on show!
- Lance Armstrong back in the action!
- A lahr bike that looked very similar to the NZ lahar!

For those of you that aren't familiar with Inter bike, its a massive bike show held in Los Vegas, USA each year. Its a place for companies in the biking industry to do product launches, tests, but basically my interpretation of it was it seemed like the perfect excuse for everyone to get out of the office and play in Vegas!

From billion dollar sky scrapers to the outside escalator's to the poor old dude behind a slot machine gambling away dollar after dollar...My trip to Vegas was a trip to remember!

New World Disorder 9 premiered on Wednesday night. Once again the riding was incredible. NWD are the best in captioning the riding level being raised/pushed further than ever before! Oh yeah and Robbie lands his 360!So is it Sam's Demo? The rumour has been out for a while that Sam Hill could be riding for Specialize next season. There was plenty of talk about whether Specialized would come up with a new assault weapon for him or stick with what they know. Here is a Specialized Demo with world championship stripes. hint hint.Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong announced his return to professional road racing. However it may not just be road cycling Lance has in mind. Treks new Top Fuel bike isn’t even finished yet and Lance has already won a race on it...

Dan

Winter Festival Snow Event

I competed in the annual Queenstown Winter Festival snow race on Coronet Peak last weekend. Conditions weren't good, the snow guns were real noisy and created partial white out conditions between the natural snow showers. The event was run like a 4X, with the first two to finish going through to the next round and the other two being knocked out. It was all a bit of a lottery with the deep soft snow. There was a field of about 90 competitorsracing in 3 categories, Mens, Women's and Junior Men. I was lucky enough to win all my races and take out the Junior title.

A big thanks to Outside Sports for organizing and running the event, Coronet Peak for hosting the race this year, and all the sponsors which made the event such a success. A great event. I might do it again next year.

Cheers

Cam Johnson

The Farm Jam 07

Hey Y'all

Dan's asked me to write my take on 'The Farm Jam 07'... Well fair to say I am pretty biased, but also fair to say a hug amount of people who were there would agree... It was bloody epic...


The Farm Jam is something Brett and I have been building towards for a few years now, firstly having our crew gatherings in previous years, we realised we were onto a good thing.. We had put in a huge amount of work building up
the courses, sussing out our wicked sponsorship partners, and praying to the weather gods!!

So we were stoked to be able to pull it off without too much hassle, and still managed to ride in the event also, which was fun.. ( the whole idea ) The weather just held out, but not quite enough for a few people who had aborted mission early thinkin it would be rained off ( aye Dan n Tristan!!)
Unfortunately there wasnt too much practice due to rain the day before, but it didnt take the lads too long to suss out the fresh courses and start to terrorise!!

The Moto was wicked, was so good to see the track working well and hear peoples comments on it, Tim Watson from Wellington was the man of the day, showing off his mad skills, and local lad Blake O'connar was terrorising the course!! As well as Dan showing his Local knowledge. There were about 12 riders in total, so action was aplenty, with plenty of different styles out there!

The Small dirt jumps held the BMX / Hardtail Mounty sessions, which was amazing, the vibe was soo good, with action everywhere, BMXicans kickin it were were Brad Greenslades styles, and Christchurch crew Jeremy Gray an Robbie Browns mad skills.. On the Hardtail there were too many rippers to mention, although Kelly McGarry was ruling it, flips, 3's, Barrel Rolls, say no more.. not to forget Eddie, Brett, Beaver, Finney, Foz, Seb etc etc....

The Big Mounty line was off the hook, noone had really ridden the jumps so after a slow intro the boys started to dominate, Chris Beverlands Massive Flips, Kelly rulin everyhthing, and Bretts wicked 3's were awesome, as well as all the rest of the lads awesome individual styles.

The Pitbike racing too was wicked fun, about 15 lads caning around a rolly grass paddock, I dont think anyone came back without grass stains, was funny times alright!!!

Check out the 2 vids on Youtube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kl1HRoYIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5pmG5ZhQgI

Huuuuuuuuuuge thanks to all our helpers on the day, you know without you it wouldnt have run so smoothly, and to all our wicked sponnos, and the Mags that covered it..

Planning is well under way to make 'The Farm Jam 08' even bigger and better, so make sure ya make the journey south...
28 Dec...

Cheers, Brett and Dan Frew



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Dirtpark rocked by girls

Freeride NZ and Dirt Park NZ are offering a girls evening with free coaching to encourage girls to meet other riders and to gain knowledge and confidence on all kinds of terrain. The main goal of the evening is to have fun! All levels and abilities are welcome.

We recently had our first session with eighteen Wanaka female riders keen to improve their riding and having fun while doing it. The lesions are held up at Dirt Park NZ, Cardona Valley. Groups are made on ability and lessons.

Our first day included bike set up and riding position. The following lessons will include braking, weight distribution, line choices, jumping and more!

Every Sunday till the park closes
$20 for chairlift passes

Contact:
Coaching@freerideNZ.com
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