Looks like Aussie magazines are hearing our call for content suited to us. AMB’s latest issue has a street feature with some good riding tips and places to get started. Check out your local news agent for a copy.
JD Swanguen has joined the Haro Bikes team. We should see alot from this young man in the future. He earned a 7th place finish at the pro invitational “Banger in the Hangar†event at Woodward West against about 30 of the best MTB park riders.
JD will be competing at local, regional, and select NMBS downhill and 4X events as well as invitational MTB skatepark/dirt jump contests. As one of the top junior expert racers in the country, he is poised to earn a nomination to the Junior World Championships in New Zealand later this year.
Photo credit: Haruki Noguchi www.harookz.com
Today I set out for a Camby sesh with Nick. So I took along my friend (Sony digi cam) and got some mad pics of his talent.
Haro has snapped up Eric Porter for their MTB DJ arsenal. Looks like they will have a solid line up in the DJ / Street world with Porter, Kirt Voreis and Cam Zink. It appears that Haro are going back to their roots of BMX riding when it comes to the MTB team, with the abundance of talented Street and DJ riders. I am eager to see the tricks these guys will be pushing out when hanging around each other, should be a good year to come from all these players.
From Haro:
“Freerider Eric Porter has joined Haro Bikes and will compete on Haro frames in all the major slopestyle and freeride events, along with many filming and photo trips. “I am really psyched to be riding for Haro for at least the next 2 years,†said Porter. “They have always sponsored the best riders in the world: Voreis, Strait, Nyquist, Mirra, the list goes on, so it’s a real honor to join that group of ridersâ€.
In addition to several podium appearances, Porter has appeared in videos and magazines worldwide. He’s also credited with being the first rider to grind handrails on a mountain bike without pegs and the first rider to do flairs on a mountain bike. “We’re thrilled to have Eric on board,†said Jill Hamilton, Haro Mountain Bike Brand Manager. “After 3 great years with Iron Horse, Eric has switched to Haro to expand his opportunities and work on new projectsâ€.”
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Keep your eyes peeled for the latest issue of Revolution Magazine out this month, if you havent already got it that is. For possibly the first article written purely about street riding in Australa. The article features a road trip that 4 riders did to see what else was rideable out there other than their local and includes a full pipe 30″ in diameter, Canberra street riding and random skatepark action. Finally some relavent content.
17th November - Davo (filming for Fuel TV on Foxtel) met 10-12 of us in the city for some filming…2 Geelong boys, Benny Watkins, few huck0rs and a few of the regular city ride crew rocked up.
We went to the NWD 6 launch last night, great night! Thanks for VicMTB for putting it on and shouting us a few beers!!
The movie was great, alot of new tricks and innovative stuff. The movie is definitely more freeride these days, i don’t recall any downhill racing and Steve Peat and Nathan Rennie were not even in it from memory. Alot of people were saying that NWD 5 was better, but i am yet to decide. I will make an informed decision when we receive our review copy and do the full review on it (keep checking us out for it).
Before the launch we made a visit to that red wall ride on the steps of the treasury. We hit it several times, was alot more stable than i initially thought and gripped up well (with holy rollers) provided you hit it at the right angle. Which i didn’t one time, nice bruise on my thigh for that mistake!
Stay tuned for the NWD 6 review and a photo shoot of that wallride, unfortunately we didn’t get any snaps.
Hey All,
NWD 6 Launch will be at the http://www.looponline.com.au/ which is 28 Meyers Place (Just off Bourke St near Hard Rock Cafe) in Melbourne CBD next Tuesday the 15th of November. Opens at 7pm and the movie will start at 8pm.
Looking forward to it! Both Llew and I will be there along with the rest of the wrench crew from BikeNow, if you see us then say hello………and buy us a beer ;)! If you buy us several then we may let you drunkenly mono the demo 24Seven Dark Angel up and down the alley.
See you there!
Aptos Productions is soon to release Top-Soil 2, which looks to be absolutely spectacular! Crammed with some great DJ and Slopestyle action. Check out the trailer:
Hooray! Have been holding off announcing anything until it actually arrived. But XXIV will be distributing 24Seven products within Australia! Above in the pic is our demo bike (AKA Llew’s bike) running 24seven Dark Angel frame, Suicide Bar and Stem, Seatpost and Clamp, 88 Dlux Saddle and Slack Pedals. It is looking very stealth and very mean!
It is also running Rockshox Pike 409s, Tuffneck Hubs laced with DT onto Atomlab rims, Token steel headset and stopping power is provided by Avid Juicy 7s.
It was quickly put togethor in a bid for Llew to make it to his plane, he is flying to Tassie tonight for the nationals round. So if you see this puppy kicking around, go and ask Llew for a ride and basic prices!
More news about 24Seven soon!
Check out the product range! - http://www.xxiv.com.au/imports/
