North Island ROADY

Hey Brah’s
I am On an Mega ROADY at the moment . It started on Monday when we (me and my mate Ramon from Switzerland )headed out of my home town Nelson and on to the ferry to Wellington to smash up the north island , as soon as we got to Welly we called into see my mate Caleb from SPOKE magazine www.spokemagazine.com to check out his new house/family member ,talk some shizzle and score a new T shirt. Cheers Caleb!
WE then cranked up the mighty van and headed to Taupo for a quick sk8park sesh at the kick ass park in Taupo.
After a few manuals/ airs we headed out to see my mates MORK and Paul Langlands in Cambridge . Paul has a sick set of jumps in his oldys back yard so we had a sesh on them , It was pretty windy but it was still good fun to ride with Paul and Mork.
We headed to another spot in Cambridge that was a bit more sheltered with some pretty high speed more MTB steez jumps ..hella yeah I was super stoked on them and we had a sick session until the light died off.
We went back to Mork and Pauls for a BBQ extravaganza and munched way to much food.
Wendsday it was on to Roto rua , we called in to see Matt at Wide open www.wideopen.co.nz and checked out the Premises and got the LOW DOWN on the Roto trails.
No shuttles were running so we headed out for some XC missions, Ramon borrowed a sweet Turner Sulatan 29er from Wide Open and we went out and had a rip on the famous flowy Rotorua trails . The trails there are fun as hell , we spent the afro out there shreddin and then dropped the Turner back at wide open and had a quick Shralp on the Pump track which was primo.
After a day of pedaling it was out to dinner with the Wide open boys and then straight on to Tauranga to hopefully “hang ten” on some waves in the morning . We awoke on the beach to some pretty small waves so we went dirt jump hunting in Tauranga and found the dirtjumps at sunnyhill park which were a decent size but hadnt had any love for a while… we flagged it and headed to the big smoke of Auckland to ride/shoot pics at Woodhill park…
With all of our cell phones flat we some how managed to meet up with chris B and international trailbuilding guru /29inch freestyler/general shredder Seb Kemp in down town Auckland and got a game plan together.
The boys at Wood hill had built a big ass jump at there jump park so we went there and sessioned it.
The jumps out there are pretty fun and good for tricks , I was having a good session and loving the new boooter out there.
My mate Chris B ended up having a nasty slam and knocked himself out and broke his hand so I had to drive his truck to the hospital which put an end to our sesh which sucked but im stoked he is ok .
We stayed in AK the night and I picked up Chris from the hospital in the morn and we headed to the Beverland compound to set up banners and prep his jumps ready for his jam.
We got some lights and rode the jumps at night last night which was cool .
Right now I am about to load up the van and head to Raglan for the first stop of the coast to coast jam ….SO I gotta go!
The Mega roady will continue from here to welly , over to Nelson , Reefton park ,CHCH ,Dunedin for Stoney hills ,then Queens town ,then Farm Jam ….SO look out more post coming sooon..
Mcgazza

MOTO!

Sup peeps

A sick day was had yesterday , the 1st half was a DH extravagaaanza up at Ben Nevis ....there are some primo tracks up there now! and with some morning rain everything was running SWEEEEET. we just cut laps for most of the day and sent a few hucks .

After I was all DH'ed out it was time to step aboard the MOTO . My mate Matt has a cool moto track and we headed out there for some brrrrarp.

it had been a while since I rode moto but at the end of the session I was feeling it again.

I had a spin on Matts KX 500 and WHOOA that thing hauls ass! it was a handfull and I struggled to keep the front wheel down.

Moto is the SHIZZLE

my bikes.

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Hey guys I just finished getting all my bikes rolling after my migration back from Canada where I had to leave a few parts to get my luggage under weight! 3 bikes is a bit more luggage than the average traveler!

I Just had a sweet weekend of riding /building jumps , On saturday I went over Takaka way and slayed a few cool tracks on my new DHR a few lads have been building some good tracks over there and the DHR was eating all I could feed it.!

On sunday I woke up early and got my 5spot out and rode/pushed to the top of the 629 track in Nelson , thats 629 meters above sea level, so i lost some GRAVY but made it to the top and ripped down thru the native and pine smashing berms/jumps and north shore all the way to the bottom ,a Super fun trail. Next on sundays riding menu was a some DH on the KAKA hill Nationals track . That track is rough as hell! a few flat tyres later , it was off to my New jump park I have been building to slap a few lips and have a quick ride . I have just one more line to tune in and it will be all go out there. Look out for the opening day JAM we are planning .

Just Another sick weekend in Nelson!

NElson NZ

Hey PEEPZ

Well I am back in my home town of Nelson New Zealand and its been great so far , I have been super busy Riding my bike , catching up with my friends ,Building my Dads house and also building a Jump park for my home town.

Its has been really good to get out of the snow and cold of Whistler and get back on my bike. I have built up a new Turner DHR over the last week and been taking it for a shred this weekend , it rides really nice and I am starting to feel at home on it.

Right I have some digging to do , jump park pics coming soon.

Cheers

NZ Summer!!

Hey Guys,
I have just finished jamming 3 bikes into 2 bags along with all my other stuff and about to leave snowy Whistler and head to sunny New Zealand! Let's hope Air New Zealand aren't too harsh on the luggage allowance.

It's been all good hangin in Whistler for autumn, I even claimed some powder and made some cash to pay my credit card off.

I am really looking forward to all the cool events and riding in NZ - the Frew Farm Jam, Stoney Hills Trail Jam, Gorge Road Jams, and probably a couple of rounds of the NZ National DH races.

My first project when I walk off the plane is to build some dirt jumps in my hometown of Nelson.. it's all ready to go, just heard that 20 truckloads of clay have been dumped at the site and they are awaiting my shovel!

Thanks to all my northern hemi crew for the help this season, see you all next year!
Cheers, Kelly McGarry

New Gravity pedals

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me giving YOU the low down on the new Gravity pedals!

Crankworx run number 1

I found this footage of my crank worx run on the 'aint a big deal' site. my 2nd run was cleaner but they missed the start of the filming.

NZ comps to look forward to..

This is gonna be sick!! Followed by the Farm Jam in Southland on March 6th it's gonna be an action packed few weeks. This would be the perfect opportunity if there are any overseas riders keen to check out NZ and ride in some comps! I am looking forward to getting home for another epic summer of riding in New Zealand...

Summer Of Shred New Zealand

Here is the SOS New Zealand trip.. It was great to have the crew down under and we got some shredding done...
watching it it stokes me up to head home!

TIMO

Hey Bros

My good mate Timo Pritzel put a post about my Europe trip on his ATMOSFAIR web site

Go Check it out http://www.atmosfair-clothing.com/blog/

And while you are there Check out some of the other Radical stuff he has on his site Like the ANTI days of thunder Teaser video (look for me eating it) and the Nike 6.0 tunnel jam ( sick BMX park comp set up in a tunnel)

CHEERS

INTER BIKE 09

Hi guys

I just got back from Interbike Las vegas, I am pretty tired after walking an estimated 322 kilometers around the show and Las vegas streets ! maybe not 322 km but it feels like it!

First up I headed out to the out door demo to take some bikes for a spin it the desert, it was pretty hot and dry on the trails , So Ijust did a few laps on the dirt jumps which was fun. The following 3 day I spent at the indoor show at the Venetion hotel. it was a great setup and I enjoyed catching up with mates and people I havent seen for a while and also checking out some new products for 2010.

I like Vegas but I am stoked to be back in Whistler away from the busy city and heat!

Red Bull Exodus

Red Bull EXODUS has been and gone now , and what an AWSOME event it was ,
Qualifying was on Friday and consisted of a timed run down the Garbanzo DH course, I had a bit of a stack in my QF run but still managed to Qualify 25th which put me in the 3rd row back in the starting grid from the Whistler peak.
On Saturday morning I awoke to pouring rain and I knew the race would be interesting!
I put my thermals and body armour on and headed for the peak with the other 150 or so contestants! When we reached the peak it was pouring rain and flippin cold so I tried to stay dry while they lined every one up.
My position in the grid was pretty good I was in the middle of the road which as I found out later would be a big advantage at the start.
The boys a Red Bull sounded the shot gun and the race was under way! there was a weird silence as we all took off the only thing to be heard was pouring rain and wheels on the gravel.
My middle of the road position was awsome as I watched riders on the out side get pushed into the rock walls and loose rocks I looked around and I was in the top ten , I knew there was a small climb coming so I gathered my breath and hit it pinned and powered up passing a few more people , when we came over the brow I think I was in 7th ,then two riders crashed in front of me and I passed them putting me in 5th, I was sittin pretty coming into the fastest section of the course , whiskey jack where we were reaching speeds of around 80kph, I pinned it and couldnt see much in the rain and mud , when I got to the bottom of the fast section my heart sank as I heard my rear tyre losing air , I was SOOOO pissed! but nothing could be done , I rode the rest of the course on a flat, and headed for a warm shower.
I was bummed , but bad luck cant be helped
I am definitly going to race again next year! Mass start DH races are SICK!!!

RED BULL EXODUS

This weekend I am competing in the Red Bull EXODUS down hill race, which is a 150 man MASS start down hill race from the top of the Whistler peak all the way to the village , it is gonna be INSANE, the top section is ridiculously fast and the I think the entire race will be around 25 - 35 minutes long!
Bike choice is a tough one , some people are riding smaller travel bikes so they can pedal faster in the top section , I am sticking with my Turner DHR as the middle section is rough as hell!
Check it out at www.redbull.ca/exodus
Ok im going to practice!
Cheers
Kelly

Dream track flip clip

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Whistler Crankworx Slopestyle

Well it been a busy week, riding my bike every day getting ready for the Crankworx slopestyle , I tried to do all the training I could on the course to feel comfortable . I had a set back on thursday when I went for the 55 foot

SRAM gap and came up short , giving my self a shake up and a few stitches , I ended up being the only one to give it a shot.

When the comp rolled around I was feeling pretty good, first had to qualify which worked out ok, Many of the field were taken out by injury and I managed to qualify for the final.

I got more nervous when I had to take my finals run but I got a pretty clean run with a 3 off the 1st drop , a sweet manual on sram feature and a flip off the kokanee final feature.

I was sitting in 7th for my second run but a few guys before me knocked me down a few spots , so i needed to step it up some. My plan was to jump the SRAM gap again , everything was going well until I got to the run in and landed quite far left off the wall ride and I couldnt get the right line for the gap, so I just flagged it and continued my run , which bumped me back up th 9th place my final position.

It would have been cool to launch the big gap but it was super risky and im happy to be healthy and have a top 10 finish at the biggest slopestyle event in the world!

Thanks to everyone for all the support ,my bike was amazing and Im looking forward to next year!

3 covers ,1 month

This month I have 3 cover shots on the shelves,

Spoke Mag NZ http://www.spokemagazine.com/ ,

Freerider Germany http://www.bike-freeride.de/fmo//show.php3?id=82&nodeid=82

And Big bike http://www.bigbike-magazine.com/

Thanks to my good Photographer mates Dan Barham http://www.danbarham.com/

and Mattias Frederiksson http://www.mattiasfredriksson.com/

Im stoked! Cheers boys.

NEW RIDE

When i was in Washington I stayed At my Gravity team mate Billy lewis's place in Seattle. I got all the bits for my new proto type Tunrner DHR dw link down hill bike sent to Billys place and we set about building it up! We headed down to see the guys at Gravity and they hooked us up with some trick bits, including Limited edition chain guide made mostly from nylon and some sweeet proto type pedals.

I took it with me to Whistler and put the final bits on.

As soon as I got it all together it was straight up Whistler mountain for the maiden voyage ,wooohooo! I am stoked on the way the bike handles in corners and rough sections . I hit all my favorite Jump lines also and the DHR loved it.

I even put it to the test on some Gnarly steep rock slab lines for the Deep summer Photo shoot contest with photographer Dan Barham. look out for some Pix from thats session!

Back in WHISTLER

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After traveling to Newhampshire and Colorado then washington to pick up bikes Im back in whistler , I got a sweeeet place close to the mountain, and 3 sick bikes , and Crankworx has just started...life could be worse. :)

Freeride mag cover shot!

Kelly gets his first cover shot in Europe on the cover of Germany's Freeride Magazine -
SEHR GUT!!
Photo by Dan Barham.
Haven't seen the mag yet but here is a mini shot of the cover. Yeah Kelly!
http://www.bike-freeride.de/fmo//show.php3?id=82&nodeid=82

Crankworx Colorado

Hey guys , I have just come back from Crankworx Colorado... The course was sweet as , Built by John Cowan and my good mate Tommy Hey.

I turned up on wendsday and we had to sit it out for a while till the rain cleared. We got a good day of praccy in on thursday but the weather wasn't cooperating and we had to postpone qualifiers till friday , friday came and so did more rain so it was decided that the qualifiers and the finals would be all on saturday.

I woke up on saturday to clear skies and I was pumped for the event. I spent the whole morning getting my lines down on the course and was happy with my riding, and everthing was dialed on my 5spot. I was 3rd to last on the start list which sucked because i had to wait for nearly an hour till my run .. i dropped in and got thru the first two feaures sweet but I tagged my back wheel on a 360 out of the fruit bowl feature which knocked my score. the rest of my run went to plan and sat me in 8th position . but i knew that the second runs would definitly knock me out of a finals spot.

I planned on a big second run to secure a finals spot. i wanted to flip into the fruit bowl and 360 out which was pretty tech as you had to land the flip perfect and then ram on the anchors for the 360 or you would over shoot the landing by 2 meters.. it was looking all good I landed my flip in ok but it all happened to quick for my 360. I went down hard. I think I over shot .

My 1st run was good for 15th but I was pretty dissapointed with that. looking back I wish I played it a bit safer on my 2nd run but thats the thing with slopestyle...all or nothing!

Im in Denver now but will be returning to Whistler in a few days... yeeeeeah! I'm looking forward to shredding trails on my New DHR!

pics soooon!

Crankworx Colorado 2009

Slopestyle Final Results

1Brandon Semenuk 94.25

2Greg Watts 91.75

3Paul Basagoitia 88.5

4Tyler McCaul 87

5Sam Duek 84.75

6Cam Zink 84.5

7Graham Agassiz 79

8Mike Montgomery 78.25

9Kurtis Sorge 78

10Geoff Gulevich 76.25

11Alex Prochazka 73.5

12Yannic Granieri 72.5

13Eric Lawrenuk 71

14Mitchell Chubey 70.25

15Kelly McGarry 67.75

16Andrew Taylor 67.5

17Brian Miller 54.5

18Eric Porter 53.5

19Jack Fogelquist 50.75

20Colin Westeinde 49.5

21Bendan Howey 47.25

22Jarrett Moore 42.5

23Kyle McDonald 40

24Nick Meyer 35.5

25John Cowan 31.5

26Darren Berrecloth 21.5

27Andreu Lacondeguy 21.25