Red Bull ROAST IT...7days

sick photo's of Gorge action by Chris Radford........yeeeeeehhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Well it's non stop down at the Gorge at tho mo, everyone's helping to get'in her all ready to get destroyed by a bunch of trail slayers from around the world a week from today! So here's the latest from REDBULL........

The Count Down Is On! In one weeks’ time the Top BMX Riders From Around The Globe Will Descend On Queenstown, New Zealand.

On Saturday 18^th February get ready to Roast It!

Big internationals are confirmed to Roast It next weekend. Including Anthony Napolitan (USA), Brandon Dosch (USA), Kye Forte (UK) and Jai Bradley (AUS) will be competing against the best talent New Zealand has to offer.

Anthony Napolitan is synonymous with the BMX dirt scene. He was the first to land a double front flip in the 2009 X-Games, this trick cemented him as a front runner in progression with jumping tricks and he will no doubt bring his A game to Red Bull Roast It.

Kye Forte was lured to New Zealand to compete in Red Bull Roast It by the “sick jumps” that Gorge Rd Jump Park has to offer. Kye earliest memories are of him on a bike and he says nothing has changed since, his love of BMX lead him to create Empire Of Dirt, the world’s first BMX slopestyle competition that shook up the BMX scene creating a new discipline that combined influences from each BMX style.

Brandon Dosch blew up the scene in 2010 when he won several big events, he is known for his speed and ability to tail whip in either direction.

Jai Bradley will be the only grommie in Red Bull Roast It, the 13 year old pro has been hailed as the world’s youngest BMX ace since he competed in Red Bull Dirt Pipe in Australia last year.

The riders at Red Bull Roast It will be on the hunt for the "Best Rider" title and a share of the prize pool. The jump park at Gorge Rd is painstakingly hand built dirt jump heaven, evolving over the years to become one of the premiere dirt parks of the world. Line after new line awaits the riders when they come together on February 18 to judge each other and push the progression of BMX. Who has got what it takes? Who will have the best roast? Who will walk away with a large cheque and the new respect of their peers?

The format is 10 man jam sessions through out the day with the top 5 from each jam progressing onto the next round. The final session will the remaining top 10 riders who will throw it down in a final session of jump roasting to find the winner. "Best Line" and "Best Trick" riders will receive cash, voted for by all the riders but not necessarily having to be from the final 10.

On Saturday February 18th from 12pm make sure you are at Gorge Rd Jump Park in Queenstown so you can……Get ready to Roast It!

gorgous autumn

Thanks to Big Chris 4 sending thru all these cold as autumn shots from d Gorge & Brewster Glacier. A big farwell goes out to Ian, psyched as on Chris draggin your ass up Mt. Brewster & it was good hanging with ya Wing Chung chilling self, all the best on ya travels dude, have a great summer back in d UK, happy digging in ya woods....dam it your going back to spring aaarrrhhh so jealous....no biggie plenty a digs to do over winter here in NZ any way!

an here's the latest from Jems @ Compression, enjoy an get diggin this winter in the land way down under!

"Here is the Interlude part from the DVD body. It's certainly the most representative section of the "Compression spirit". Cheers to all the guys who helped out at filming (especially Stephane Lafitte for the "tarps animation clip") and thanks a lot to all the diggers! music: "G67" by Calibistrixe

Jems

kinky gorge, dirty pipe'n'digs

summers gone, oh the reminiscing so out come the edits, here be the 1st of a few i'll be slap'in together for ya view'in pleasure, they ain't gonna be HD but who really cares, unless your a real camera geek HA! Here's what i got when i wasn't roll'in when the Kink team came to visit, cheers to Nath G & the QT diggers for making the Gorge so fuck'in RAD! Thanks for bring'in them americano's down Ben....I had one ? for Doyle "what was POSH like?" ....Doyle "it was like a fine wine" yeah Chris! So rad to hang & roll with you kinky fellaz! An over here at Soul BMX is a sweet vid also



here's a few pic's of what i've been work'in on in Lismore (200 meters behind my house) smooth'in & dial'in lips in for a 'lil 'ol braaaaaaup'in.....more rain coming, Friday so good! It's all been there for a while but sooo neglected except for my lil patch ups here & there, so with all the rain we've had it's time to sort out this line cos it's fun, fast & moto.....the rest a lismore's pretty dialed right now Dan, Triston, ? & I have been getting shit done....no young bloods tho or older dudes, slackers, i bet they all turn up Sat, so expect to be heckled hard slackers! The Gorge is CLOSED...till next season, but i hear a few frozen gorge sesh's could go down mid to late winter.





is it normal to be watching a beautiful volcanic hazed orange moon rising thru the trees, with a headlamp on sweeping @ 11pm? hahhaha yup so nice, day time is for riding & night time is for DIGS & poker....



the new (4 NZ anyway haha) "UK Ride" has Tom O'Boyle blasting the Blood Pit headless, pretty mad to see such a classic Dunedin spot in a UK BMX mag, Clinton Smith is the all time ruler of the blood pit, 8-10 foot airs & loads a radness! Fuck'in legend! Tony Dick also ruled the blood pit back in the 80's!



Clinton's a helmet cam fan, here's what here see's when braving the blood pit, it's really from Fungus BMX i just stole it haha cheers Smithy

the 2nd & final "Redbull Dirt Pipe" is going down at Mt. Beauty 7th-9th May & there's the ''Welcome to Deluxe" Auzzie premier at the same time what a beaut weekend in Mt. Beauty it'll be, so get a cheap flight & go check it out! Can Russel Brindley defend his title....well duh hell yeah cos style always kills it over dizzy spinny stunts!



this is a cool vid if you like to dig....

South African digs.... nice clay they got! I'm jealous hahha!



an this has nothing to do with diggin & it rulz....EMPIRE BOWL SESH...yeah it's been seen by all, if ya ain't seen it DAM Hawk is rulin!

ya just gotta luv'em shovel huggers.........

trails trails trails we all kno Chris Janis drops a bomb everytime he puts out a fresh pawoods dvd, Big ups & so many thanks go out to Chris & the diggers @ Catty for so much rad inspiration! If ya ain't got a copy of his latest dvd, your missing out on 10 years worth a rad frang'in, roast'in goodtimes in the motherland a trails PA (Pennsylvania fools if ya ain't worked PA out yet) Fosters section in "save the woods" has gotta be a all time fav, the whole dam dvd is!!! what's yours? Hit Caleb up he might have some still (if ya in NZ) or backbone.......stoked on digging jumps!

On a local front no doubt shits gonna get rad at the farm jam today, my sorry ass ain't there, kick'in it with my family scoring points so i can get let out for the Gorge Jam next weekend Saturday 13th March, an just a reminder the Kink Team are here in NZ (if ya don't know) their gona be hiting The Gorge on Tuesday 9th March my guess late arvo/evening roast, an god dam with a team like they got well KC Badger & Chris Doyle will be treating us all to some this madness below, be at the Gorge & ya might see Doyle.....

this is what a unsuspecting Chris Doyle looks like................

he kicks ass & rode PUSH way back, yup hella inverted 3...........

this is Chris watering somewhere on earth i think......

an this is Chris with another insanely clicked 3 invert......BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yup Doyle will no doubt show the Gorge who's the boss........

you might even see Doyle whip it up, not the cream either fools!

Kink team @ Gorge rd. 9th March... roast up!

KC Badger'in kick out! Braaaaup!

Super Arron spinn'in bars over some happy villian? must be those gas fumes....

Tacco t-bog! BOOM!

Doyle rode PUSH way back, here 3 tabo @ PTT......gonna be sweet roll'in some with this legend!

Badger clicked

the K-Team will be hit'in Q-Town up an franging it some at the Gorge

the Gorge.....a couple months back...right now it's dailed/always is

Right o Nath G (architect behind the gorge) dropped this on me a couple days ago, there's bit off a treat going down at the Gorge Road Trails on 9th march 2010, Ben Seek of insidelines is bring'in the Kink team - Chris Doyle, KC Badger, Jay Row, Darryl Tocco, Sean Sexton, Tony Hamlin, Aaron Smith and Walter Pieringer (shooting photos) down for a good 'ol dam stuntaholic roastin sesh & ya know you gonna see some kinky radness go down with the state of these dubs, hell yeah!

The QT bowl & skank park will also get seshed no doubt with those street beasts along for the ride. I'd say it's the gnarlyest bunch a men on kids bikes to hit the gorge up since it was opened to the public 2 years ago! I can't wait man, i'll be running around tripp'in balls out on redbull & film'in like a tourist on heat in a brothel...... or not! Be there...the gorge 9th March..time ?...soon come with a flyer i guess....lock in that day if ya planning on hang'in around QT.

this is rad, get a GPS an try it yaself man, i know i'm interested about SPEED!

The idea was to put a GPS in Mark's pocket and see what the maximum speed was on the different lines at his trails. The lines include The Main, Science, and the Downhill.Riders: Mark Potoczny, Josh, Chris Doyle Filmed/Edit: Forrest Cook

you got soul & what's go'in down!

Jared Carter... can TABO!!!!!!!!!!!
Pic stolen from Backbone BMX....yup, psyched on dig'in trails!

If ya ain't heard of soul bmx mag, well ya have now! Issue #63 is out! It's dope, it's French & comes with a sweet free dvd (check teaser below!!). The last free dvd was good so no doubt the new one kicks ass too!! Ben from Soul will be here early next year on bit of a way down under NZ trip, he's pretty psyched on the trails down here, might be keen to get a few shots & run a sweet 'ol bunch a words on the NZ trail scene. Ben's mostly keen to just chill, ride trails & check out our amazing country side! Here's what a few local Wanaka kids are upto.

Check out kick ass if ya want find a copy or where to get it from in NZ! Also gotta say Big up's to Mark Noble @ deluxe, psyched your on board for the Stony Hills Trail Jam, we gona have to get that loot sorted soon, only 9ish weeks till the jam...were did the year go!.....dig trails & frang it out mang, Jared Carter loves bertha to see why check the dribble @ backbone bmx.... god dam insane! And don't forget all you shredders out their "THE MONTH OF MAYHEM" 2010, it all starts in Wanaka (NZ) on the 20th Feb with the 2nd annual "Tim Hales Wanaka Shredaton"...Tim Hales (R.I.P's) wills always be rip'in & shredding it, from high above!

Big thanks & a merry 'ol christmass goes out to all the sponsors involved with all the jams during THE MONTH OF MAYHEM! Bring on the new year! Get those flights booked boys & see ya soon!........an where the hell did that fake ass Henry D imposter'in drive way tack'in fool go? You never did man up dude, yes you are a no body or maybe you just wised up in fear of bad karma, HA! What goes around comes around!

Gorge Rd Jam

super Kane O'roasted

Lowell tabo'd it!

Flip'n' dog piss.

a Remarkable view home bound!

the fin berm jump thang is rad!

Gorge rd (Transfervania), Queenstown, New Zealand! One epic public jump park!

The Gorge welcomed us all back yesterday & no time was wasted watering, the rain took care of that, by lunch time it was a blue bird, the wind came an went & we were all hungry for some dirt, come 1pm we got some, everyone had a rad day roast'in, kids of all ages were styling it up! I got into the transfer game an had a few interesting moments, Nath was boost'in, Lowell's tabo's were sweet both ways, Cam thru a few clicked turndown's, I visited transfervania, Fu attacked a couple a raty kids who were tormenting him, Kane O'Hagan spun around mid flight while tailwhiping twice, 7'd the 2nd on the big line & the trains were epic! I only took a couple a pic's but facebook always provides Cheers to Jasmine Allen! I did get a little footy i'll get a wee vid up sometime soon. Greg was there shooting away so i'd expect to see some even doper shot's in a few days!

Cheers heaps to Nath & his loyal diggers for all the free air, Queenstown MTB club, Revolver for the tunes ( less eighties pop hits please hahha), QLDC & all the sponsors that gave the loot Nath so eagerly threw at all the kids (they were like vultures all over the free stuff), Stony Hills update soon come! Dig & roast 'em trails.

Gorge Road Jam 12th December 2009

click on flyer to go big!

OH yeah Mikey tuck'in it.......Trail slaying season is nearly upon us way down under in our land of wounder, the Gorge Road Jumps in Queenstown, New Zealand will be officially opened for there 2nd season of roast'in as of the 12th December 2009, 1pm blast off & free bike parking? hahha psyched as, it's so rad to welcome back summer days roast'in this slice a heaven with a good 'ol jam, be there man - raffles, prizes & help raise funds for the best god dam public jump park on earth! 100% pure dirt! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!

get ready man.......summertime's com'in

watch this first.........

well i think this vid is dope! Watch it......Mark Dropsey this to get ya'll psyched on surfin dirt? Month of Mayhem.....park, trails, goodtimes...begins Feb 2010, roll on summer!