Injuerd List.

Bummer to say but this is now gonna be a feature here on Woodhill-Dirt. I hope I dont have to write it up but unfortunatley it is sometimes apart of our sport.
Anthony Pennington, in the weekend broke his ankle on the road gap on The Barrel Run. Very sad to see one of the Auckland NZDJO hopefuls having to pull out like that. Rest up buddy, and you'll be back in no time.
In other injury news Callum Hogg is recovering well from his neck inury he sustained at Rampage. Hope to see you back out soon bro.

Go hard but stay safe aye boys.

The Waiting Is Over...Almost.

This friday afternoon the Airfield line will be re-opened. There may be a a few more closures over the next couple of weeks leading up to the NZDJO but we will try to keep them open as much as we can.
So this friday if you want to come out and have a jam then make your way out. The jumps are at a stage now where they need to start getting ridden in, so come help me.
Also again i ask if anyone has spare time over their school holidays or just in general over the next 4 weeks please contact me at th_ragdoll@hotmail.com. We still have abit to do and as it is just Haydn and I grooming the course, we would definitly get more done with extra hands. We want the NZDJO to be awesome so if you can help let me know.
See you all friday afternoon.

rider Phil McClean 2009NZDJO photo Ryan Foley

Progress Reopt

Over the last week we have got quite abit done in terms of addition to the to the main line and maintenence. The second has been beefed up with abit more lip and the landing has had a new knuckle built on it. This is hopefully going to stop you from over shooting the top of the knuckle and having to scrub speed into it. It should also give you abit more pop to throw down.
The last after the wallride has also been beefed up with more lip and landing and is looking good.
Haydz worked hard core today filling cracks and reshaping the take off on the left hand side of the third. We still have abit to do but we are on track with what we are doing. So come the DJO the jumps are gonna be prime.
But all we do ask is that if the tapes are up its because we are working on that section and that you dont lift or pull down the tape. Also if you hve school holidays coming up soon and want to help out with some digging feel free to drop me an email th_ragdoll@hotmail.com.

Remember this wednesday night, Monster Energy Jump Jam, 4pm till dark. Come along, register near the Main Line, grab a free Monster and ride. Spot prizes on the night.

See You there.

So This Is The Plan.

Okay so as most of you know the NZDJO is coming up at the end of April. We still have two more Monster Energy Night Jams left and in this time the jumps are going to get quite abit of use.
You all know that dirt jumps need quite abit of upkeep and maitenence. So over the next 6 weeks Haydn and Myself (Tim Hunter) will be making a few needed tweaks to the jumps. Some areas will be getting more work than others, so as we work on them we will be taping off the area that we are working in. We just ask that everyone respects the taped off sections of the course. This way the work we are doing will hold up untill the Open, then we wont have too much work to do before the Open. Sweeet.
So onto a few of the changes and tweaks that are going to made. Some of you may have seen the last double after the wallride. Its getting beefed up. We have added to the takeoff and given it a little more length and we have added to the landing. Its got a new knuckle and we have made it wider on both sides.
The first double landing is going to get made wider, so that bangers can be thrown down with no fear of riding off the side or missing backside.
The second double is going to get abit of a makeover. Alot of people are finding that they are over shooting it and landing too deep. Not all of us have natural boost like Nick Dethridge so we are are gonna pack the the takeoff out a little bit, give it a little more length, so you go strait up and not go out so far. In doing this, we are also gonna give the landing a new knuckle and pack out the landing abit more.
There will be alot more things going on around the Airfield over the next six weeks so we just ask that you repect the areas that are being worked on and stay off them untill the tape comes down. The Monster Line is OPEN but only to those who can do it and know they can do it, and only if Park Staff are there at the shelter. We want you boys to tarin and ride as much as you can before the Open but we also want it looking and running mint.
Also one last thing. If anyone has spare time to volunteer to some digging and helping out over the next 6 weeks we would really really appreciate the help. The more hands we have the more we can get done. If you want, you can flick me an email and i'll send through some dates of the days we will be digging. th_ragdoll@hotmail.com
Thanks heaps guys, Ride Hard.

Anthony Pennington. New Breed.

Some of you may have read the interview with Anthony Pennington last month. Well he is still going hard and progressing at a phenomenal rate. Here is a web edit of Ants. Check it out.

Stuck In The Sand.....So Not Cool!!!

So on Saturady Rodrigo Rila (hes an awesome crazy Brazilian) kindly donated his time and a truck to pick up some dirt for us. All was going well, with 3 big truck loads being dumped beside each of the top jumps. But all went wrong when we tryed to back the truck in through the grom and intermediate lines to get a load on the landing of the wallride.
The truck got stuck in some soft sand next to the last jump of the line, where with every small movement of throttle the truck just got deeper and deeper. It eventually got to the point where it was sitting on the diff and axle of the truck. Bummer. But what made this worse was we had a full oad of dirt.
So we unloaded the dirt by hand, dug the truck out as much as we could and used 2 4x4's to pull it out. Big mission, but we got it sorted.
Thanks heaps to Rod, Anthony, Jamie and Nick for helping out and the crazy old fella who gave us the extra tow. Cheers fellas.

Lewis Jones Throws Down..... As Always!

Pinched these off Luke Wolfkamps Facebook page. Thought they were stellar shots. Good work Luke, and props to lewis for be 'The MAN'.