Light at the end of the tunnel
It's official! We now have permission from the council to open the paper road that is the old Pack Track down from the Rameka, so our clearing efforts have not been in vein. Big thanks to Karl, Brent and Joe who have been instrumental in pushing the project through this week and of course everyone else who's chipped in. We should be in good shape for a big push at the next BIG working bee on August 7th see you there, bring some lunch!
Skills Clinic
A successful first skills clinic with seven of our young members took place on Saturday, and despite a chilly start the 11-15 year age group warmed to a Chris Mildon coaching class, as he put them through their paces. Chris Mildon is the High Perfomance Director of Mountain Bike New Zealand and will be acting manager as he travels with the MTBNZ squad for this years World Champs in Switzerland. Reece Potter, as you probably already know will be part of that squad.
A good 5 hour session saw the youngsters start with the basics, and were put through some simple drills, based around obtaining balance on their bikes. Time was then spent making some adjustments to their set ups, as a way of helping them get a better feel and awareness. They were then able to put their skills into practice with a few more drills on some of the Club's tracks.
Everyone enjoyed the day, a well worthwhile club event, thanks to the parents that helped, especially Georgie and Marcus with an awesome soup for lunch!
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Reece's Winter Warmer
What can we say AWESOME guys'ngals!
Click on Bike Club Photos link on right hand column to see more photos....
Reece Winter Warmer 19/06/11 Important information for competitors Could everyone taking part in the Reece Winter Warmer take note of the following. There will be Limited parking at Totara tree flat if you are not helping on the day. Please park at the bottom of Rameka Creek Road on the grass verge near the Glenview Rd junction and ride up (consider it a warm up/down!) Any chairs or seating to be dropped off before 9.30am Things to Bring: Cash to buy Tea/Coffee/Water/Soup/Sausages. Coins or notes for donation bucket. *Sponsorship Form Please bring this with you we need to collect them for the evening draw at the Roots Bar Mug or Cup most of us go tramping so we probably all have our own mug, something to drink Tea/coffee/soup from. Bring it in your day bag. First Aid Always handy, and should always be carried. Waterproofs / and or, something warm to wear in between laps.
Reece Winter Warmer 19/06/11
Important information for competitors
Could everyone taking part in the Reece Winter Warmer take note of the following.
There will be Limited parking at Totara tree flat if you are not helping on the day.
Please park at the bottom of Rameka Creek Road on the grass verge near the Glenview Rd junction and ride up (consider it a warm up/down!)
Any chairs or seating to be dropped off before 9.30am
Things to Bring:
Cash to buy Tea/Coffee/Water/Soup/Sausages. Coins or notes for donation bucket.
*Sponsorship Form Please bring this with you we need to collect them for the evening draw at the Roots Bar
Mug or Cup most of us go tramping so we probably all have our own mug, something to drink Tea/coffee/soup from. Bring it in your day bag.
First Aid Always handy, and should always be carried.
Waterproofs / and or, something warm to wear in between laps.
See you there.....
Heaphy Flights & Bikes deal
Golden Bay Air is offering half-price seats for Golden Bay Mountain Bike Club members (and their bikes) when they backfill booked Heaphy flights
Members can contact Golden Bay Air on 525 8725 to find out more…
While we're on the (bmx) subject!
BMX triple backflip world record.
Jeff Mildon from Taupo pulls off the world's first
triple backflip on a bmx to put himself in the Guiness book of records.
Kiwi's win in BMX World Cup
| The BikeNZ BMX High Performance squad have just completed a round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in the Netherlands over the weekend. Marc Willers and Sarah Walker pressed their Olympic dreams by the winning the latest BMX Supercross World Cup. The track is the blueprint for the track to be constructed for next year’s London Olympics. The track was nearly 50 metres longer than the previous longest track, with some challenging new jumps that led to a host of crashes throughout the event.“I am absolutely rapt. That was pretty scary out there. It is such a big track and that was just so hard!” Sarah Walker You can view video of Marc + Sarah's wins! |
A wee glimpse at the Heaphy!
Check out the video below, you might need to give it a couple of minutes to load, and you may need broadband.
If you're riding the Heaphy this weekend, be prepared for some heavy legs and double the time you think it will take!
If you're riding the Heaphy this weekend, be prepared for some heavy legs and double the time you think it will take!
Video here... http://www.vimeo.com/24204257