Tag: Crankworx Rotorua
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The Poetry Of Slopestyle
Click or not: The Poetry Of SlopestyleCombining elements of style, grace, power and aggression to produce a poetic visual pot pourri, slopestyle could be the most photogenic of the mountain biking disciplines. Dominic Hook captured the aerial gymnastics from the McGazza Slopestyle event at Crankworx Rotorua. …
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Insider Rides: Wyn Masters’ Honda Scoopy
Click or not: Insider Rides: Wyn Masters’ Honda ScoopyWhen Wyn Masters isn’t winning EWS races, pulling endless wheelies or sticking a banana in someone’s face, he still rolls in complete style. Cruising the pits of Crankworx Rotorua on his Honda Scoopy did nothing to hide the fact that Wyn doesn’t mind being in the spotlight one bit. We slowed him down just long… …
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Where Speed Meets Style
Click or not: Where Speed Meets StyleIt’s what you get when you cross huge air, tweaked tricks and more speed than Sandra Bullock on P… …
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Whipped Off
Click or not: Whipped OffFriday nights in Rotorua haven’t seen this much sideways action since last Friday night when Tommo’s burnout went wrong and the Commodore ended up in a ditch. The Crankworx Whip Offs went off and no-one left feeling ripped off. …
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Pumping Up At Crankworx
Click or not: Pumping Up At CrankworxThe track was soft, the riders hard and the crowd pumped at last night’s Pump Track Challenge, where Keegan Wright and Caroline Buchanan pumped it harder than the rest. Dominic Hook shot the action. Full results here… …
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Baxter Maiwald: Down On The Upside
Click or not: Baxter Maiwald: Down On The UpsideWhile you may not have heard of Baxter Maiwald outside of Australia, that’s possibly about to change over the next few years. The junior downhill phenom is developing speed faster than he is getting tall, and cleaned up a field of Under 19 riders to take the Aussie National DH title earlier this year. Not… …
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Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Loic Bruni And Jack Roure
Click or not: Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Loic Bruni And Jack RoureIn the second of Red Bull’s Behind the Bike series, we get a look inside the relationship between rider and mechanic and how it affects performance on race day, and also in the everyday relationship in the pits, the motel, travelling, life. Words: Red Bull. Photos: Miles Holden LOIC BRUNI ON JACK ROURE (MECHANIC) I… …
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Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Matt Jones
Click or not: Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Matt JonesWords: Matt Jones/Red Bull. Photos: Miles Holden Early on in my career I realized I wanted to work on my bike myself. I knew I wanted to have direct input into how my bike feels, and have the ability to play around with my own ideas to make my bike as suited to me as… …