Last weekend played host to New South Wales final round of the State Downhill Series. The final chance for the states finest to battle it out for points towards the overall title. Dust did not subside from the first, to the final run of the weekend. The ground was torn up over the course of the two days and crashes became a regular occurrence, luckily most were injury free. In the case of the fallen, we send our positive vibes towards your healing journey. Sit back and enjoy our photo recap. Continue reading “NSW State Series – Lithgow”→
The racing calender is well underway, and in 2014 the Rocky Trail Entertainment NSW / ACT State Series opened with State Championships; held at Thredbo Resort. Approaching the end of the summer season, the weather was kind enough to only shower during saturday, before clearing up to perfect conditions on Sunday. With the Flow Rollercoaster event held on Saturday, all had their wet weather gear in action. Read on for the action, including Sunday’s DH event.
Saturday’s weather made for a cold shock approaching the chairlift peak, low clouds and showers set an extra challenge for competitors – but riders were having too much fun finding their flow in the mud to notice.For those competing in both the Flow Rollercoaster and Downhill competitions, it was a great mix of riders, and huge variance in bikes. One thing’s for sure; everyone was having a tonne of fun on Thredbo’s Flow Trail.With mud flying everywhere (usually at the photographer), mud guards (of the homemade and shop variety) were essential.
Braap! Enduro riding lets the downhillers breathe easy on a technical level, and brings out the steeze in all of us!
In the Rollercoaster Event, Thomas Crimmins took first place, with two runs of 7:26 (now that’s consistency!). Claire Whiteman of the ACT took the State Champion crown from 2013’s elite female category winner and race favourite Genevieve McKew.
(results courtesy of Rocky Trail Entertainment)
RollerCoaster State Champions for 2014 in other categories:
Expert Male: Rob Wardlaw (Thirroul NSW)
Veteran Male 30+: James Collins (Weston ACT)
Master Male 40+: Daniel Segeri (Kaleen ACT)
Master Female: Coleen Boyes (Thornton NSW)
SuperMaster Male 50+: John Myssonski (Farrer ACT)
Junior U19 Female: Rachel Weinert (Kearns NSW)
Junior U15 Male: Matthew Dinham (Turramurra NSW)
Junior U15 Female: Mackenzie Diver (Thredbo NSW)
Hardtail Male: Jim Le (Lurnea NSW)
Come sunday morning, and despite perfect weather conditions, the trail was developing moto-style ruts in some sections. As much a mental obstacle as a technical one, plenty of riders were caught out more than once.Harry Parsons hovers above the rocks, carrying serious pace. Much of the alpine trail was holding it’s ground against the barrage of riders and soggy conditions.A�By qualifying the ground had begun to dry out, giving riders more speed. Plenty of crowd pleasing whip action on the final jumps throughout the afternoon!Under 19s reigning champion, Joel Willis sprints to the finish, spent after a blistering run. With a time of 5:31:26, Joel secured his title by over 12 seconds.
U17 Male: Harry Parsons (Mittagong NSW)
Expert Male: Tom Wilson (Eastwood NSW)
Sport Male: Jonathon Foley (Glenmore Park NSW)
Veteran Male 30+: Daniel Seidel (Kiama NSW)
Master Male 40+: Daniel Taliana (Thredbo NSW)
Master Women: Coleen Boyes (Thornton NSW)
SuperMaster Male 50+: Steven Bullard (Hacket ACT)
GrandMaster Male 60+: Steve Coles (Orange NSW)
Junior U15 Male: James Findlay (Jindabyne NSW)
Junior Women: Mackenzie Diver (Thredbo NSW)
The State Downhill series kicks off again with Round 1 on July 26 & 27 at Green Valleys Freeride Park. The Rollercoaster series will continue in Kempsey on June 29. See the Rocky Trail Entertainment website for more info.
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The final round of the NSW State Series fittingly was held on one of Australia’s most famous, toughest and longest downhill tracks!
Thredbo resort held the 5th and final round of the Red Ass NSW-ACT Downhill State Series 2012 this weekend. Riders inundated the village to ride the legendary Cannon Ball trail and to see who would be crowned the overall champions for 2012.
Ben Cory would know this track like the back of his hand after racing here so often!
In the Elite male category, the old hand Ben Corey was victorious this weekend followed by Jack Moir. The young Graeme Mudd came in third place, which was enough to secure him the overall championship title for 2012.
No surprise Tegam Molloy took the victory on her home track!
Maybe ita��s no surprise that Tegan Molloy took out first place on her local track, with Sarah Booth in 2nd place and Danielle Beecroft in 3rd. Sarah was crowned the 2012 overall series champion following a consistent performance over the season.
Pretty standard Thredbo weather!
The weekend started out well with the sun shining, everyone smiling, although a little windy. Typical of the Alps, by Sunday the weather had taken a turn back to winter with wind and sleet seeing the Elite males off for their seeding runs.
A long way down still to go with a slightly different starting position!
Thredbo is renowned as the oldest DH track in Australia accessible by chairlift, and also as being one of the toughest tracks in the series. The track measures around 3km in length with over 500 metres of vertical. We could see that the Thredbo MTB crew had worked hard in the lead up to the weekend to build some new features. On show this weekend was a brand new double jump just above the a�?Bunny Walka�� section and a new step down jump at the bottom of the course.
Snowgums! The old girl got a run this weekend.
For those of you that know the track, this year the top section of the track that follows the gravel access road was closed for maintenance works. This meant that riders had to take the old Snowgums chairlift up and the race began at the beginning of what is known as the a�?Kareela Highwaya��.
Andrew Crimmins had the new section sorted!Tim Eaton had no problems on ‘Snakes and Ladders’ one of the more technical sections of the track!Wherever you can, whenever you can…The Lusty’s Industries/ Orange Bike team chilling under their tent.Sara Booth won the Elite female category.Local rider Joey Vejvoda showing off his skills on the new double jump.Jack Moir came 2nd in Elite Men.Thomas Crimmins popping off the double jump onto the lower ski runs, on his way to 4th position in Elite.Hi five to Greame Mudd, the young gun from Maitland who won the Red Ass NSW-ACT Elite Downhill State Series for 2012.
The RedAss Downhill NSW/ACT State Series 2012 is over but we are looking forward for the 2013 edition already!
Over 150 riders hit Ourimbah State forest over the weekend for the N.S.W State Champs, Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Club had the 2.5km track in good condition and with Mother Nature playing along, the conditions came together for a good weekend of racing! The track had a large pedal in the middle but plenty of cool corners and jumps made up for it. There were a lot of riders out on new bikes and with new teams, a kind of preview for the upcoming National/Vic Series! Continue reading “New South Wales – State Championships – Ourimbah”→
Race 4 of the NSW/ACT State Series went off over the weekend at Mount Stromlo, this was of course home to the 2009 World Championships. A stacked field including juniors who have recently returned from the World Championships made up the field.A�Check out this exclusive edit from Ty Bowmaker (www.facebook.com/captyvatemedia) of the weekend.
