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Round #3 DH Nationals, Thredbo

2010-02-19T09:52:00.003+11:00

After being blasted by the fire hose at thredbo apartments to remove the thick muddy sludge from me and my bike which became the afternoon routine for most riders, we walked over to the bottom of the track to watch the finals of the 19's and elite.

Each rider that came down resembaled that of flying balls of mud, race kits and bikes unrecognizable. In 19's Aiden Wyber took the win, last rider in 19's Troy Brosnen was expected to take the lead but was well of the pace.

Elite women was won by Claire Buchar ahead of Jill Kintner.

Mens final was interesting as Will Rischbieth one of the faster guys had problems in seeding so he would go off first in the finals. He took the hot seat straight away and watched at least 50 riders cross the line, in the meantime he looked happy to be crusin around the finish on and old school chopper bike 'the hot seat'.

Ben Cory came down and set a time that knocked Bryn Atkinson out of the hot seat, but there were still three riders to grace the finish line, Amiel Cavalier, Chris Kovarik and Joshua Button. With Amiel crossing well off Ben Corys pace it was Chris to cross the line next. Second place in seeding saw Chris as a threat to Corys time, and he looked to be, with a fast time but it wasn’t enough, placing him into provisional fourth. Last rider down the mud caked hill was Josh Button.

Josh had the fastest time in qualifying, faster than Corys time in finals, but the track had changed and times were slower than the previous day in seeding. Josh gave it all he had crossing the finish but it wasn’t enough placing him into 6^th.

The final standings were as follows: Ben Cory 1^st, Bryn Atkinson 2^nd, Shaun O’Connor 3^rd, Chris Kovarik 4^th.

Full results can be found here.

Round #2 DH Nationals, Shepp

2010-01-26T20:23:00.017+11:00

What a weekends worth of racing. The new track on the national calendar proved to be testing for most riders with steep chutes, off chamber corners and rock drops. With no berms in sight and no significant jumps the track was easy on the eye but when riding, it was a sketchy track that claimed many riders with some, serious injuries. Elite men’s racing was won by Cris Kovarik who was coming off a win at the national champs in Adelaide, dominated the weekend having the fastest seeding time and took out the elite men’s final by nearly 4 seconds. Second was Shaun O'Conner ahead of Amiel Cavalier who holds the leaders jerseys going into Thredbo next round. Rick Boyer took 5th behind Rhys Atkinson in 4th.

Troy Brosnen won 19's convincingly ahead of Aden Wyber in second.

Elite women’s final was won by Claire Buchar wife of Kovarik, husband and wife take the double win.

Congratulations to all place getters and Rick Boyer whose name we like to see towards the top, yeew!

Next round is in Thredbo, always a favorite amongst riders.

Full results can be found here http://www.mtba.asn.au/cms/uploads/news/shepnatsjan2010_dh_final.pdf

Helmet camera run with the ContourHD

http://vholdr.com/node/64220

Lewis Nolan

2010-01-04T16:52:00.002+11:00

This young guy is owning it. Nice work young blood.

Round #1 DH Nationals, Tassie

2009-12-15T20:04:00.006+11:00

Round #1 of the national series was held on the 13 Dec in Glenorchy MTB park in Tasmania.

The track was preety blown out come race day but that didn't effect race times too much.

In the elite mens some brilliant racing was witnessed by spectators,when Rhys Atkinson came down with a slightly faster time (3:16.24) than Will Rischbieth's top seeding time of 3:16.99,

every one was anxious to see what the top seeding guys would do.

After a few guys down Rhys was still in the hot seat, when Ricky Boyer came, he skipped the 3:15's and went straight to the hot seat with a time of 3:14.96! The crowed came off there some what grassy seats and onto their feet cheering.

Shaun O'connor later filled the gap between Rick and Rhys time with 3:15.62. Ben Cory was next to claim the hot seat after a blazing run of 3:13.55, over a full second faster than Ricks!

Every one was now waiting, gazing towards the top hill at the tree line to see Amiel Cavalier burst through the trees and down the track, and he did just that! Crossing the line quicker than Rick Boyer but just shy of Ben Cory's blinding run. With a time of 3:14.13.

The leader board was as follows; Rick Boyer 3rd, Amiel Cavalier 2nd, Ben Cory 1st.

With the provisional leaders just seconds faster then Will Rischbieth, the the fastest in seeding, will he be able to loose that extra time to take the win? The question was on everyone's mind.

With everyone's eyes again on the tree line, Will appears out of the trees looking to be on the money, but the clock said otherwise. Will crosses the line with a time just off Boyers, 3:15.09.

Ben Cory is the winner of round #1 ahead of Ameil Cavalier in 2nd and Rick Boyer in 3rd.

Well done to Ben on his win, and Rick Boyer on 3rd, a local of Newcastle!

Also congrats to David Badman on 1st in the Masters division also a local.

Full results can be found here http://www.nationalseries.com.au/cms/uploads/events/results_dh_tasdec09_final.pdf

Next round is in Shepparton, Vic Stay tuned!

A helmet camera run with the ContourHD

Ash Havin a Crack at it

2009-12-03T17:08:00.001+11:00

Ash Grundy from Josh Stephenson on Vimeo.

Christmas season has begun at Drift Bikes!

2009-09-29T10:30:00.005+10:00

Over the past 2 weeks we have started to see the first of our 2010 bikes. aswell as 2010 parts are coming through with new bits from colony, proper, simple, superstar & more. We are also fully stocked up on clothing from Etnies now including a large range of shoes. got heaps of dickies shorts here ready for the summer season too!

2010 Subrosa and forgotten are here and moving quick. In the next week or two we will have Fit & the long awaited Eastern aswell as the amazing 2010 Colony completes.. Watch this space! for now....

heres a few new pics of the shop. DRIFT BIKES

RIP Ed Bonnin

2009-09-08T14:07:00.002+10:00

Check out www.edbonnin.com everyone.

Ed was a young rider with alot of skill who took his life out of the blue. This website has been setup by Eds Family to pay respect to Ed and raise the awareness of Mental illness/Depression.

RIP ED

BSD rider Mike Taylor with a broken wrist, Bike check and riding!

2009-08-31T16:28:00.001+10:00

BSD Mike 'Jersey' Taylor bike check from BSD on Vimeo.

Check it out. broken wrist and all... not that you can tell. BSD

Mt Corramba Photos

2009-08-24T18:14:00.010+10:00

Last School Holidays i went up to Coffs for a week and went riding at Mt Corramba. Had heaps of fun riding the track. Anyway heres some photos that were taken by my Uncle.

Photos By Craig Fardell

The glory days of Jordy.

2009-08-17T10:33:00.002+10:00

Here's the proof it isnt only Robbie who can bust phat turnbars

all pictures here are between 4 and 7 years ago now, locations from the ol bulli DH track, Redhill dirtjumps, Jindy days...

Everyone at drift is in it with a love for the sport.

some fresh ink on Jordy...

2009-08-15T12:16:00.002+10:00

Kinda off topic. but runs with the style of our Maitland store... Here's a pic anyway

What it is all about.

2009-08-13T15:11:00.003+10:00

I admit, this video is fairly old and has nothing whatsoever to do with us, but, Stefan rules!
Watch and learn kids. Watch and learn.

Stefan Lantschner Eastpak/Carhartt Edit from christian rigal on Vimeo.

Jordy testing out the Contour HD helmet cam

2009-08-10T15:44:00.002+10:00

Testing out the new High Definition ContourHD helmet cam... Check it

contour HD helmet cam test run

Drift Maitlands new ride...

2009-08-10T13:39:00.001+10:00

New van is here! Cheers to Phil for the colour coding! Coming to a skatepark near you.

DRIFT BIKES CUSTOMS

2009-07-11T13:24:00.003+10:00

Wilksy.....Bustin loose on his newly refurbished PROPER TTL

2009-07-06T23:15:00.001+10:00

Check out whats possible on a stock standard Eastern Element available straight off the Drift Bikes Showroom floor.

Eastern Bikes Brotherhood of the Travelling Element Part 1 from Eastern Bikes on Vimeo.

2009-07-06T21:42:00.005+10:00

Here's a few snaps from the weekends state round at AWABA in Newcastle. A few of the the DRIFT crew stomped it home to top 10 results. And others with results worthy of an honorable mention.

Ricky Boyer - #2 at Awaba - #1 for the Series!

Regan Arthur - Feeling a little camera shy.

Ben Goff

Ben Cory - Took 1st Place Elite Men - Canberra rider and an old friend stemming from the earliest days of Drift. Great to see him still on top after all these years.

Ben Leslie- 8th

Nick Shields

Manitou Fork Test

2009-07-02T20:16:00.006+10:00

Here is a little vid of a manitou minute fork i am currently testing which I shot using the new ContourHD.

2009-07-02T00:33:00.001+10:00

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