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Some would say it is the biggest race of the year! Spearheaded by current World Cup pros Connor Fearon and Troy Brosnan the South Australian State Championships were guaranteed to be interesting! Continue reading “SA State Championships – Fox Creek” →

Back to the home of downhill in Australia

We hit up one of the all time classic Australian race venues, Thredbo, for round two of the National Series. Even without the racing, a combination of blue skies and endless chairlift runs meant that riders were smiling all weekend long.

Our man on the scene RF Photographics gives us a run down of the weekend, a few points to note;

Continue reading “Round 2 Nationals – Thredbo” →

The third and final Day of Cannonball did not disappoint. The final day played host to the Australian Open downhill and it gave some exciting racing to finish of a great weekend of racing. Let’s wrap up the event with some images:

The final day of Cannonball 2016 and what a day for it

Riders had a couple of hours in the morning to go over their lines after seeding the day before and see what time could be made up

Continue reading “Cannonball Festival 2016 – Australian Open Downhill” →

Day 1 of Cannonball 2016 kicked off with the All Mountain Assault in rather chilly conditions. Once the sun went down the riders took to the pump track. Ben Forbes and Claire Whiteman took out the All Mountain Assault. Remy Morton backed up his last years win on the pump track along with Danni Beecroft.

Don't let the sun fool you it was a cool 4 degrees in the morning for the All Mountain Practice — Don’t let the sun fool you it was a cool 4 degrees in the morning for the All Mountain Practice

Continue reading “Cannonball Festival 2016 – All MTN and Pumptrack” →

Troy getting ready for a day in the saddle

Thanks to RF Photographics ( Instagram @rfphotographics or FacebookA�here) we have some more great images to share with you from the National Enduro round at Fox Creek over the weekend. It was a great weekend and we are already keen for the next one!

The weather was great for the first few stages

Troy with the "enduro line" across the inside — Troy with the “enduro line” across the inside

Shelly Flood feet up drifting into the corner

Jackson Davis looking fresh with his new rig

Connor with the masterclass on switchback shredding

The media squad giving the riders a good heckle

Chris Panozzo suffered a flat on stage 2 putting him out of the race for the overall but still shred the rest of the day

Ryan De La Rue looked fast all weekend long

Jackie Schapel at the top of the final stage

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Here we are again the first round of the SA state series, what with all the busyness of nationals it certainly doesn’t feel like 6 months since state champs.

The first round takes us south to Mount Gambier. At track walk it looked a relatively untechnical track, fast, smooth and short. As you’ll see in the following photos it would be the complete opposite once 100+ riders hit the track it being so dry it turned super rutted and soft.