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Crankworx colorado

Im here at Crankworx at Winter park Colorado .
Its all good , We had one practice session on Wednesday and I got all the features on the course dialed in.

The course is pretty sick , there is some decent size stuff  . we got rained off today but you can watch Quali online tomorrow morn www.pinkbike.com

.HELL YES.

BIKE mag

Boom . if you havent seen the latest edition of Bike magazine .go buy it ! its the Photo annual edition and a Mcgazza can be spotted double page steez opening the gallery section . I'm stoked on the shot of me riding my Corsair Konig slopestyle weapon in my kick ass home country of New Zealand.
 Shot by mega skilled photog Camila Stoddart www.camillastoddartphotography.com  
 My good mate and hero  Seb Kemp http://2flat.wordpress.com/ was there to dig, give me advise on how to rock and roll and also how to ride a bike, cheers brah!

claymore challenge 2010

check 1:04 for my 360 drop
Up Doggs ?
well Claymore finals went down on the weekend , the weather was sweet as , the course was sweet as , my bike was sweet as . Everything was sweet as.
it was great to have another kiwi (paul Langlands) there to shred with , and break down the largely north american feild.
we showed up pretty early on sat morn as we had to get Pauls forks changed as he AXED them in a massive crash in traing the night before ...( top of the walll ride to nose case the deck of the quarter, gnaaarly!!!)
I had a couple things to get done in training and ended up having a big off corkflipping from quarter to bank which landed me in the 1st aid room . a few bandages later I was back on the course ready to take my run , I laid down a saftey run 1st up with a couple of mistakes , but was good to have a full run in the bag   , Paul had a couple mistakes in his 1st run also  and we scored about the same I think ,

For my 2nd run I wanted to send it , I was going well I rode the top of the course clean and smooth  I 3ed the drop mid course , when I barrel fipped out of the quarter to bank my tyre blew out , I was hella pissed about that , and my run was done .
Pauls 2nd run was all good  he stomped everything including a maaaasive supz seat grab mid course . hell yeah
paul ended 15th and me 18th  ...KIWIS !
I am sitting 13th now in the FMB standings http://fmbworldtour.com/2010/ranking-results/ so will be trying to do well in colorado next weekend  to stay close to the top ten for crankworx.
chur chur
Mcgazza

Kiwis on tour

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Hey Bros 

Me and Paul Langlands are chillin here in New Hampshire U S A , eatin massive burgers, driving in massive trucks and also doing Massive jumps at the 2010 Highland MTB park CLAYMORE Challenge Slopestyle Comp.

Today we had Qualifying , which went not too bad for us Kiwis ( we are the only Un north american riders there, except for yannick from France)

we now have the final on saturday (sunday for you ) will be streaming live on line I think check out http://claymorechallenge.com/ for details.

CHUR CHUR!

Mcgazza and Langers

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Back in the WHIS

 Its good to be back in my 2nd home WHISTLER B.C ...
We got in a couple days ago an I have been setting up our new place . Hells yeah we are close to the lifts and village , so it should be an Epic summer!
I am coaching on Camp of Champions this week , teachin the new school of riders how to send it off cliffs! yeeehaaa..
Next week I'm off to Mew Hampshire USA for the Highland MTB park Claymore Challenge slopestyle ,and then right after that on to Colorado for

Chatel Mountain Style

Hey Brahs

Last weekend it was time for Chatel mountan style in France , CMS is a Big mountain  event on "The Face" at Chatel bike park.

Sunset in Chatel

I showed up on the thursday and checked out the course. Holy Sh*t , it was pretty Gnar , the first drop was about 11 metres High , straight into a pretty massive step up jump , the rest of the course flowed down the hill with more jumps drops and Chutes and off course ROCKS.haha
I was actully pretty stoked on the couse as every one was shittin their pants about some of the stuff , its good when there is only a few guys who are brave enough to ride some course features.
The weather in Chatel is crazey ,Every day without fail at 2pm it POURS rain. some thing to do with the big lake I think , so conditions were allways pretty slick on the course.

i was riding my Corsair Crown DH bike 

but I ended up switching it for   my  Corsair Konig  130mm slopestyle rig , i swapped a few parts over and got up the hill for my

maiden voyage on the bike down the course which was also my Qual run! , The konig was  pretty sweet on the course, very manouverable, so I was stoked , 2pm the rain came and we all went home and hoped for a nice sunday.

Start drop
I woke up sunday and it was mint weather , we headed up . the course was still pretty slick but we rolled in for finals runs.
I dropped in and flipped the monster step up and couldnt have landed any smoother! I was hella stoked and my run was going really well , then I slid out on a wet off camber drop landing , and crashed pretty bad, I was pissed cause it was so small and stupid , my run was pretty much done . A crash knocks your fluidity points alot.
 We had a second run to get it dialed but when I got to the top ,2pm rolled around and so did the pouring rain... and they called the comp off .

 Thats comp riding for ya, One mistake and its all over!  Next year I'll be back!
 

26 trix chest cam

Freeride Mountainbike World tour Standings

FMB Ranking is looking ok for me at the mo 8th place ..yeeehaaa
lots of gold events coming now so ..ITS ON.

http://fmbworldtour.com/2010/ranking-results/

FMB World Tour Overall Ranking, June 28th, 2010 - 54 riders
1 Pilgrim Sam GBR Ashton Dimondback 1588,75
2 Söderström Martin SWE NS Bikes 1312,5
3 Goldman Jamie USA Santa Cruz 1071,8
4 Granieri Yannick FRA Commencal 1010
5 Godziek Szymon POL Dartmoor 999,8
6 Basagoitia Paul USA Kona 980
7 Kabbani Amir GER Mongoose 921,875
8 McGarry Kelly NZL Corsair 868,475
9 Samson Ray GBR DMR Bikes 858,275
10 McCaul Cameron USA Trek 750

26 trix video

http://vimeo.com/12928842 from DSP Media on Vimeo.

http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1277667466636RA37

26 trix FINAL

Yo
So 26 trix final went down yesterday , the morning was windy as hell so no one rode , after lunch the wind died off a bit so we all went up and got some practice ,I wanted to get a few xtra tricks in the bag before my run and I 360'ed the hip before the 11metre  double that you had to hit PINNED  and came in a little slower than usual .... and I thought I would still sneak over ...WRONG haha , I came up short and ATE it so bad. the jumps were so hard and made of Gravel and I got carved up! there would have been bugger all left of me if it wernt for my mint 661 elbow and Knee pads ( cheers Worrals!) After having a breather for 10 minutes and getting my cuts bandaged up and duct taping my jeans back together it was back into it  to get ready for the final.

                          These 661 low profile elbow pads are amazzing! they saved my elbows and                                           I  didn't even know I was wearing them!
There were 15 guys in the final and every one was shredding! My 1st run was MINT , I laid down everything I wanted to nice and clean /smooth So I was stoked to have a good run in the bag. After everyone had done their 1st run I was sitting in 5th , which I was hella stoked on , every one  Really started going nuts in Run 2 , I had a few things up my sleeve for run 2 to up my score , I ended up drifting too far right on a flip table and ran into the rough stuff and lost my speed for the next set  , Dam it !
 I ended up 11th on my saftey run  which I was pretty happy with .  I was the only rider from pre Qual to make the finals so I was stoked on that.
 Cam Macaul took the win with a pretty dialed run , and Brandon 2nd ,Martin Sodrstrom 3rd Congrats Brahs!

It was a sick weekend all up , it was my fave comp so far because it had decent size jumps for a change ( as opposed to some of  the uphill/ soggy dirt/ bullshit setups I have ridden on this trip!) I think 26 trix is real MTB contest , Decent size jumps /down hill/at speed. the course is better to ride on a MTB cause its pretty rough and fast as hell . Its cool to see courses that are better to ride on a MTB than a BMX on some of these smaller courses its like you are sledge hammer to drive a tack!  . Big bikes, big wheels , big jumps.hit it PINNED Thats where its at I rekon! haha

26 trix

Sup Bru's!
I'm in Leogang at 26 trix  at the mo. its been cool, We had pre qual on thursday and I got 4th there , and made it to yesterdays Qual for the 15 man final where I placed 8th , Hella stoked . i'm off to ride the final in a few hours , its heaps fun to ride the jumps (if its not windy!) they are pretty damn big .. and made of Gravel  and ....concrete...haha
Chur

26 Trix

MTB World Cup Leogang

I had a great weekend watching the world cup DH and 4X in Leogang Austria.
There were 22 riders from New Zealand and i was feeling very patriotic watching the racing!

I was stoked on Sam Blinky Qualifying 1st on saturday on a loose and slippery course. what a shredder.
The 4x  was really cool to watch , every one was giving it their all , after all the elbow bashing, Tbones and wild crashes it was Jared Graves who ended up on top.

More rain over night made Sundays DH race a rutted muddy mess.  Not too bad for the Kiwis as most of em know how to ride in the wet!

Scolesy flying over the finish line

The Hot seat was occupied by Kiwis quite a few times! Gorge Brannigan was 1st in the with a 4:20, My team mate and personal hero Matt Scoles Knocked him out with a 4:16  next in the seat was Cam Cole with a 4:11 I think. Scoles ended up 14, Justin Leov finshed 8th and Cam in 5th and Blinky in 4th.

Shot bros! NZ has some talented Riders!

Austria

Yo bro's
just here in Leogang at the moment, I have 26trix DJ comp next weekend so I thought  might as well come watch the KIWIS at the world cup this weekend and also ride some of the bike parks in this part of Austria.
Yesterday we went to Wagrain park for a look, pretty cool park designed by the whistler team. we shredded the trails there which were in hella good nick and niiice and tacky.

It was great to be shreddin on my Corsair Crown as I havent had much of a chance to ride big bikes with all the dirt jump comps. The bike handles so well and I am stoked on the  Marzocchi 888  Rc3 evo TI,  it works super well in the rough and I set it up to ramp up nicely for the big hucks! Sha rode my Corsair Konig and was loving it.

Today we hit up Saalbach hinterglemm which is 20mins from leogang, cool park . we are a little early and a few of the lift aren't open yet, but still had a shralp on a few trails and busted out the vid cam for a few clips.

We are gonna hang out here for the next week and ride parks/film /practice on 26trix course (which is feckin massive BTW ! and rock hard made of cheese grater gravel and also some cement!)

 I'm really looking forward to watching the WC this wkd, we will be cheering for the Wide open boys Brook and Matt!. hope to see some Kiwis on the podium!

Adidas eyewear factory visit

I was heading to Linz, Austria to ride the Dirtjumps
so I emailed the dudes at Adidas eyewear to see if I could come check out the factory since it is in Linz. David was all for it and Sha and I jumped in on a factory tour with some of the Adidas eyewear ski team. All the Ski crew were cool as and helped translate the german to me since I was the only one who didn't understand..

The Factory was pretty interesting, I was blown away with the precision machines and robotic arms etc. a lot of thought,  technology and quality control goes into making the eyewear which is why it is such and amazing product.

It's great that they have kept all the manufacturing in europe, providing a large amount of jobs for local peeps.

I picked up a couple of new sets of ID2 googles and a pimpin set of Suria glasses while I was there. lookin TRICK!

Cheers to David, Patz and all the crew at ADIDAS eyewear!

missions

Since we got our car jacked we have had plenty to do ! Arranging passports and insurance as well as  traveling and most impotantly RIDING!

i went to Ireland for a couple of  days to try and  find my Great Grandad Harry McGarry , I couldnt find the old bastard but I had a good time trying....

I flew back to Holland and hooked up with Dutch shredder Kevin Katinas and his Bro Dennis and they took me to Hollands best trails , There was a WHOPPA of a jump at the end of the line that was offf the CHIZ! we rode there the whole day and  Dennis shot some mean pics so look out for them floating about!

Next stop is Hungary for the Balaton Bike Festival... and on to 26trix in Austria..yeeeehaaa

Revolution Cover /Backpage interveiw

 check out the Latest copy of revolution magazine Ihave the cover and a double page interveiw .GO BUY IT!

good times and bad!

Well we are just on the way to Paris from Toulouse after the Slopestyle champions league competition. The comp was cool , it was set in this “freeride compound” with mad stunts and jumps and even a set of poppy BMX trails in the trees next to the course. Pretty rad spot to take your bike. the course was pretty sweet with a stepup stup down into a monster 8 meter 1st jump and 2 more jumps ,also a sketchy pedal all the way to the top and jump Boner log . haha i.


We kicked off the weekend with a dirt jump jam on the dirt jump line , it was a bit windy so it was pretty chill, then it was on to the SS course to test it out. Everything worked pretty well except the boner log. Oh and the 1st guy to hit the 8 meter 1st jump sent it to flat on his face! Owch . turns out you needed to brake a little!! We had quail runs and I had clean runs so it was all good
On Sunday it was finals time and the sun was shining and there was jack all wind ..air guitars all round! All the riders sessioned the bmx trails while it was bloody hot which was sweet . after that it was finals time on the slopestyle course every one was gettin pretty Gnar .one gut double fipped tyhe 1st jump which was so crazey as the landing was ROCK. My run was solid except for I hung up on the last jump GRRRRRR! . I cant find the results to the comp yet so i will keep looking

The weekend turned for the worst when our car got broken into and my passport/wallet/phone /GPS/clothes/ vid camera/laptop etc ect got stolen! I was super bummed but I was glad they didn’t steal my bikes! We had to head to Paris to get me a Emergency Passport. Which is where i am right now!