what? an update!

Yes im back again, to make it 3 blog posts all in 3 different years!

This time im actually going to try keep it updated, thats if theres anyone who actually checks this page?!?! Were well into the summer in NZ and weve just finished the South Island DH cup, I ended up 5th in pro after crashing at every round, the round in Nelson on my home track was going good. I qualified 2 seconds up on Justin Leov then managed to some how loop out over the bars 2 corners from the finish, i still pulled 4th and got some cash so it wasnt all bad. The highlight was winning a pro invitational race in Queenstown and walking away with $200.









Supercross has started in the US and being a mental moto fan ive been keeping a pretty tight watch on whats going with that, my favourite riders are on the pipe, #22 Chad Reed has won all but one round where he got 2nd and he is pretty much running away with the points lead. And the #338 of Jason Lawrence finally pulled his first win in San Fransisco in the mud then going on to win Anaheim 3 last weekend, hes only a few points behind Dungey for the overall so heres hoping he holds it together.

Ive pretty much got my plans all set for the US season, I just found out I got accepted for a scholaship from the Adastra foundation so thats gonna be a big help to the finances, ive also signed a few sponsors in the US to help me out this year so its looking good.

bloggin

I just remembered I had a blog so I guess I should try updating it for the first time in well over a year.
Last weekend was the 2nd to last round of the NORBA series here in the US and I finally got my first podium, 2nd place only 0.33 of a second away from win which was a little disappointing but a podium is still good. This has put me up into 5th overall for the series currently which im stoked with so hopefully ill be able to stay in the top 5 at the end.
Ive had a few ups and downs this summer in the us, a 7th place at Angel Fire with a crash was an example of both, a top 10 was good but know i could of been on the podium was a disapointment again. Deer Valley was similar, after qualifying 10th with a pretty stacked field I knew I could make up time but in the final I crashed and snapped my fork through the arch so that ruined my race run and also lost me a lot of valuable points for the overall.

With one race to go in the norba series then world champs its almost time to return home to NZ and have a break from racing which im looking forward to.

whats going on?

So here I am 3 days out from leaving NZ for the USA and im wondering how i can keep people in the know of what im up to.... a blog, good idea.

whats been going on? weve finished the NZ season for 06 and now everyone is either over seas or very close to going.
I finished the NZ season a high being the highest placed kiwi pro at the oceania champs in rotorua coming in 5th for the race and 3rd for oceanias and also slotting into 4th place overall for the NZ national series.

The oceania champs were awesome being on the track that is being used for the world champs this year, most people spent the week leading up in rotovegas riding in the forest and at the bmx track to fill in the time, all the junior boys were causing havoc at the Ibis hotel, mainly ashley potts.....

by the time the race rolled around there were quite a few international riders, cedric and Fabien had made the trip from france to check out the track and a few of the aussie boys came over.
Cameron Cole and Sam Blenkinschnozzle my competition from juniors last year showed the aussie juniors whats up coming in 1-2 and both of them having top 5 pro times! watch out for these boys at worlds!!

Fabien took out pro with sam hill, cedric gracia and mic hannah in beind then me following up in 5th.