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By Jon Bokrantz “This is my winning entry for the ‘Through the Lens’ film competition during the 2012 Queenstown Bike Festival, presented by DTR New Zealand. “The six months that I’ve spent in Queenstown has been nothing shorter than amazing. This place not only has some of the best riding in the world, but also a […]

Wellington was the host for Round Five, the penultimate round, of the NZ MTB Cup Downhill with all athletes now focussing on the final Cup races this coming weekend in Napier. The Long Gulley course in Brooklyn has a long pedigree of racing at a national level, and always provides challenging and variable conditions to […]

The fourth downhill round of the NZ MTB Cup was held in Rotorua, with the Whakarewarewa Forest throwing some surprises into the racing mix over the weekend. A hot, dry practice day on Saturday was followed by heavy overnight rain, and a slowly drying course for race day. Threatening skies thankfully held off for racing […]

This weekend saw Trek World Racing’s Justin Leov crowned New Zealand’s Downhill National Champion after storming to victory in Nelson. Hopefully we’ll see Justin Leov carrying this momentum into the World Cup in a few weeks time. Here’s the word from one of Justin Leov’s latest sponsors, Redraven. Redraven is super excited to announce Justin […]

The second round of the NZ MTB Downhill Cup presented by Nature Valley was raced today in a damp and soggy, constantly changing Dunedin. Tough conditions have been the order of the two days of practice and competition for the 124 competitors on Signal Hill, with a broad range of weather and race course variables […]