Friday, April 30, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Official Press Release
The Monster Energy NZ Dirt Jump Open this past weekend was… for lack of a better phrase…”OFF THE HOOK”. The event started off with a bang on the Saturday with 50 riders at the qualifying and nearly 200 people showing up to watch that. Amongst the big names to watch were South island legend Brett Frew, BMXer turned on the day 26 incher Paul Langlands and a host of other strong names in the NZ Dirt Jump fraternity hitting up the newly transformed Monster Energy “Airfield”, here at the Woodhill Mountain Bike Park.
Pics - Stephen Geddes Rider - Paul Langlands
The Under 16 Junior section was quite surprising and showed us all that these young guys could rip with Nick Dethridge (AKL) and Taniora Te Pou(CHC) firmly securing themselves in the “watch this space” category.
Pic - Adam Thompson, on Phil Mcleans Cam Rider - Taniora Te Pou
Pic - Thomas Lloyd Rider - Nick Dethridge
The main event on Sunday started in a relaxing manner in a new Jam style format as we wittled our way down to the top ten open riders and top 5 juniors. The first 45 minutes session had quality riding with every rider stomping some pretty sweet tricks.
Pics - Stephen Geddes Riders - bottom Adam Diggle top Matt Harris
Then things got all twisted, literally. The first of the Nature Valley Best Trick competitions got underway with the riders trying to get their hands on the first of the two CASH prizes for best trick in this 20 minute session. Paul Langlands (Cambridge) got back on his BMX for the session and started with a bang laying down a Superflip, Barrel Rolls and then tried endlessly to get his Flipwhip. Brett Frew (Southland) trademarked an Opposite 3, and other riders such as Lewis Jones(Raglan) with his One handed Pendulums, Conor McFarlane (Invercargill) with his massive 3’s. Alan Montifiore (AKL) with his Front Flip all tore it up and Brian Anzellotti (AKL) stomped a frontflip off the roll in ramp, impressive. But the cash belonged to Jed Mildon (Taupo) as he threw down a perfect 3Sixty double tailwhip…boom! The event just took a leap to a whole new level. The crowd responded and the Monster Airfield came alive.
Pic - Stephen Geddes Rider - Lewis Jones
Pic - Tammy Destructive Rider - Paul Langlands
From there on the lads realised to take home the Cash Prizes they needed to step up their game. They also knew they had to start hitting the new Monster Line, a 7½m step down followed by a huge 8½m double and then a jump over a 3m high concrete pipe.
Pic - Aaron Smith Rider - Elmo Cotter
But before the finals kicked in and the top 5 Open riders got to throw down, we had the 2nd of the Nature Valley Best Tricks. This one was over the Monster Jump, and we all thought the first one had the riders and the crowd pumped. Paul Langlands (back on his MTB), Jed Mildon, and 6 or so other riders (who were brave enough) took on the challenge. Amongst the Flipwhip, several Tailwhips, the Pendulums, the No Footers to Tuck No Handers, the 3Sixty turndowns and so many more Monster tricks Jed Mildon secured the cash again by landing a perfectly executed DOUBLE backflip and instantly came a favourite with the 1000+ crowd. INCREDIBLE!
Pic - Jacob France Rider - Jed Mildon
Pic - Stephen Geddes Rider - last 2 pics Paul Langlands
Pic - Stephen Geddes Rider - Alan Montefiore
The highlights continued in the last 20 minutes Final’s session with the remaining 5 open riders having one last chance to show us their stuff. An injured Phil McLean (CHC) started landing his tail whips combined into the runs with 360's and huge Tuck no handers. Elmo Cotter (Wanaka) showed everyone how to execute massive but perfect backflips over and over again including one run where he did 4 in a row. Never say die Conor McFarlane blew everyone’s mind when he backflipped the seemingly unflippable Monster Line Step Down, when the closest thing to a trick on this jump (designed to simply set you up for the biggie) so far had been a x-up or a whip. He then proceeded to nail a perfect 3Sixty over the Monster Jump to make that one of the best runs of the competition and jumping into 2nd place. Lewis Jones rode all of the different lines in the park throwing down combo after combo to secure his spot in 3nd place. But the day belonged to Paul Langlands with his consistent and seemingly bottomless bag of tricks executed at World Class level.
Pic - Taniora TePou on Phil Mcleans Camera Rider - Connor McFarlane
Pic - Stephen Geddes Riders - top Paul Langlands bottom Elmo Cotter
Haydn, Mark and Tim from Woodhill MTB park would like to thank:
Monster Energy
Nature Valley
Fox
Oakley
SRAM Rockshox
Accent Audio
Porter Access
Casey King, Rod Rila, Antony Pennington, Calum Hogg for judging.
All the volunteers for their tireless efforts getting the jumps ready and helping on the day.
Pic - Stefan Crabby Rider - Tim Hunter
Open Class:
1st Paul Langlands
2nd Conor Mcfarlane
3rd Lewis Jones
4th Phil McLean
5th Elmo Cotter
Junior Class:
1st Nick Dethridge
2nd Sam OHallaran
3rd Conor Benson
Pic - Nick 'Ginge' Hamilton Rider - Chris Beverland
Pic - Stefan Crabby Rider - Paul Langlands
Words by Haydn Shore
Article compiled by Tim Hunter
Pics - Stephen Geddes Rider - Paul Langlands
The Under 16 Junior section was quite surprising and showed us all that these young guys could rip with Nick Dethridge (AKL) and Taniora Te Pou(CHC) firmly securing themselves in the “watch this space” category.
Pic - Adam Thompson, on Phil Mcleans Cam Rider - Taniora Te Pou
Pic - Thomas Lloyd Rider - Nick Dethridge
The main event on Sunday started in a relaxing manner in a new Jam style format as we wittled our way down to the top ten open riders and top 5 juniors. The first 45 minutes session had quality riding with every rider stomping some pretty sweet tricks.
Pics - Stephen Geddes Riders - bottom Adam Diggle top Matt Harris
Then things got all twisted, literally. The first of the Nature Valley Best Trick competitions got underway with the riders trying to get their hands on the first of the two CASH prizes for best trick in this 20 minute session. Paul Langlands (Cambridge) got back on his BMX for the session and started with a bang laying down a Superflip, Barrel Rolls and then tried endlessly to get his Flipwhip. Brett Frew (Southland) trademarked an Opposite 3, and other riders such as Lewis Jones(Raglan) with his One handed Pendulums, Conor McFarlane (Invercargill) with his massive 3’s. Alan Montifiore (AKL) with his Front Flip all tore it up and Brian Anzellotti (AKL) stomped a frontflip off the roll in ramp, impressive. But the cash belonged to Jed Mildon (Taupo) as he threw down a perfect 3Sixty double tailwhip…boom! The event just took a leap to a whole new level. The crowd responded and the Monster Airfield came alive.
Pic - Stephen Geddes Rider - Lewis Jones
Pic - Tammy Destructive Rider - Paul Langlands
From there on the lads realised to take home the Cash Prizes they needed to step up their game. They also knew they had to start hitting the new Monster Line, a 7½m step down followed by a huge 8½m double and then a jump over a 3m high concrete pipe.
Pic - Aaron Smith Rider - Elmo Cotter
But before the finals kicked in and the top 5 Open riders got to throw down, we had the 2nd of the Nature Valley Best Tricks. This one was over the Monster Jump, and we all thought the first one had the riders and the crowd pumped. Paul Langlands (back on his MTB), Jed Mildon, and 6 or so other riders (who were brave enough) took on the challenge. Amongst the Flipwhip, several Tailwhips, the Pendulums, the No Footers to Tuck No Handers, the 3Sixty turndowns and so many more Monster tricks Jed Mildon secured the cash again by landing a perfectly executed DOUBLE backflip and instantly came a favourite with the 1000+ crowd. INCREDIBLE!
Pic - Jacob France Rider - Jed Mildon
Pic - Stephen Geddes Rider - last 2 pics Paul Langlands
Pic - Stephen Geddes Rider - Alan Montefiore
The highlights continued in the last 20 minutes Final’s session with the remaining 5 open riders having one last chance to show us their stuff. An injured Phil McLean (CHC) started landing his tail whips combined into the runs with 360's and huge Tuck no handers. Elmo Cotter (Wanaka) showed everyone how to execute massive but perfect backflips over and over again including one run where he did 4 in a row. Never say die Conor McFarlane blew everyone’s mind when he backflipped the seemingly unflippable Monster Line Step Down, when the closest thing to a trick on this jump (designed to simply set you up for the biggie) so far had been a x-up or a whip. He then proceeded to nail a perfect 3Sixty over the Monster Jump to make that one of the best runs of the competition and jumping into 2nd place. Lewis Jones rode all of the different lines in the park throwing down combo after combo to secure his spot in 3nd place. But the day belonged to Paul Langlands with his consistent and seemingly bottomless bag of tricks executed at World Class level.
Pic - Taniora TePou on Phil Mcleans Camera Rider - Connor McFarlane
Pic - Stephen Geddes Riders - top Paul Langlands bottom Elmo Cotter
Haydn, Mark and Tim from Woodhill MTB park would like to thank:
Monster Energy
Nature Valley
Fox
Oakley
SRAM Rockshox
Accent Audio
Porter Access
Casey King, Rod Rila, Antony Pennington, Calum Hogg for judging.
All the volunteers for their tireless efforts getting the jumps ready and helping on the day.
Pic - Stefan Crabby Rider - Tim Hunter
Open Class:
1st Paul Langlands
2nd Conor Mcfarlane
3rd Lewis Jones
4th Phil McLean
5th Elmo Cotter
Junior Class:
1st Nick Dethridge
2nd Sam OHallaran
3rd Conor Benson
Pic - Nick 'Ginge' Hamilton Rider - Chris Beverland
Pic - Stefan Crabby Rider - Paul Langlands
Words by Haydn Shore
Article compiled by Tim Hunter
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Night Jam Cancelled.
Due to a few things out of our control we are no longer able to hold the night jam. Bit of a bummer but this maybe something we can do later on down the line.
The course is running mint and looking pretty good. We want to keep it that way so please respect all signage in the Airfield and all taped off areas. The course will be open from midday onwards all week, reason for this is it just gives morning moisture a chance to disapate. We just want to keep it mint.
Looking forward to seeing you all there on Saturday, its gonna be a mean shred fest. Bring ya game face because competition is going to be feirce. Laters
The course is running mint and looking pretty good. We want to keep it that way so please respect all signage in the Airfield and all taped off areas. The course will be open from midday onwards all week, reason for this is it just gives morning moisture a chance to disapate. We just want to keep it mint.
Looking forward to seeing you all there on Saturday, its gonna be a mean shred fest. Bring ya game face because competition is going to be feirce. Laters
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Good Friday Arvo Jam Session.
Stoked. Was such a good arvo and i wan to thank evryone who came out. Thanks.
Changes to any jump line are always gonna be different at first but im glad everyone rode the course well. So a few more tweaks are gonna happen over the next couple of weeks before the Open, but they are much needed. But im amped for the open and its gonna be a mad Comp.
Next Jam is April 21st. UNDER LIGHTS. Yeah Yaaaa
NZDJO 2010 April 24th & 25th.
Pics courtesy of Nick 'th Ginge' Hamilton. chur budwah.
Changes to any jump line are always gonna be different at first but im glad everyone rode the course well. So a few more tweaks are gonna happen over the next couple of weeks before the Open, but they are much needed. But im amped for the open and its gonna be a mad Comp.
Next Jam is April 21st. UNDER LIGHTS. Yeah Yaaaa
NZDJO 2010 April 24th & 25th.
Pics courtesy of Nick 'th Ginge' Hamilton. chur budwah.
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