Ready to ROCK!!!!

The Fleet of siiick Diamondback bikes! DH proto, Scape Goat, Dreamliner and Assault 

My new bombproof Gravity 7050 cranksets ....

I've had 5 and a half weeks of bone healing after my big get off at Red Bull Joyride I am finally gettin back on my bike and rippin a few trails......
I gave all my bikes a race tune today so they are ready for the drop of the 6week flag and I will be back riding at 100%
I have got a big September planned out so i am really looking forward to hitting it!
I am really lucky to have these epic bikes to ride..
Big cheers to all my radical sponos!
Diamondback
Marzocchi
Gravity components
Unit clothing 
Atomlab
Camp Of Champions
Tioga
Hope Brakes
Wide Open Distributors
Red Bull NZ
Gopro
Giro Helmets
Adidas eyewear
Camelbak
Teva
Clif Bar

When ya cant ride your bike...



1x Massive veiw over valley, 1 x Mcgazza, 1x Stevo



I found a gun

moments before serious shinkage occured

 when ya cant ride your bike ...you have to find other shizzle to do .
me and a couple of my house mates hiked up to wedge lake ..which was a pretty gnarly work out! 2.5 hours straight up!

it was so cold it burned!

we swm in the glacier lake which was frickin cold!but awsome too...

the A team

GOPRO Joyride Edit

Yo Bros
Another epic edit from the boys over at GOPRO
This one is from 2011 Red Bull Joyride ...

GoPro HD: Whistler MTB Experiment‬al Array

Check out this wild "matrix style" filming Mike Montgomery and myself did with the boys at Gopro...this shizzle is gonna be out of hand!! I'm stoked to be part of it ! Cheers Guys!

Marzocchi Crankworx edit

Marzocchi Crankworx "Short" from Travis Fant on Vimeo.



Check out this little clip the good blokes down at marzocchi put together!

Just ride MOTO!!!

 I went to the moto track with my mate yesterday...I had a rip around the pits and showed every one some mcgazza ultra style ..hahahahhaha

daaaa BOYS!

UNIT custom Helmet

YO BRO's !!

Check out my new custom painted  Giro Remedy helmet.
Yep the good blokes Over at Unit got my helmet all Unit-ed out ..
Im stoked ,! as soon as I get back on my bike I will be rockin this beast  so LOOK OUT!
Big Thanks to Unit and also Giro for hookin me up with epic helmets!
http://www.unitriders.com/australia/
http://www.giro.com/us_en/

product endorsement !!!!

Plenty Good stuff has been showing up in the post lately! the good blokes at clif bar sent me over a bunch of SHOT BLOKS!! they are tasty as and keep ya rockin on those all day shredothons and huckfests!!! check out some more sweet clif bar products over here http://www.clifbar.com/food/products/
Also got this sweet Camelbak asset back pack ...dam cool lookin bag with plenty of cool stuff going on. it features  the  Antidote bladder from Camelbak . Its a huge improvement for Camelbak and its most notable features would be the baffled main bladder construction, this baffle keeps the profile of the bladder flat instead of tuning into a fat tube when filled. check out the full range of packs over here http://www.camelbak.com/Sports-Recreation/Packs.aspx

TEVA SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUP bros!
Since I am all beat up stuck on the couch I thought I would tell you about some of the Radical products I have been using lately!
I just signed up with TEVA shoes ...check these out ...this is the Teva "pinner"
Teva are hitting the MTB market hard and producing some good lookin ,well designed shoes .
I have the Pinner and also the Links
I wear both of them while I ride and they work great , the soles are super stiff  and they stick to your pedals like chewing gum in your hair.
check out the Teva website link below!
Cheeeeeeeers!
http://www.teva.com/ca/productdetails.aspx?g=m&productID=4304&model=Links

My Joy Ride!

Yo Bros

Well Crankworx 2011 and Red Bull Joyride has come to an end and all in all it was a wild time! Crankworx was nice enough to put Myself and 15year old ripper Anthony Massere up in the Hilton in Whistler which was sweeeeet! we got up to plenty of no good hangin out there for 7 nights !hahhaha 

flip tabz.

Crankworx was hectic..bigger than I have ever seen it before.. I get so syked catchin up with every body and seeing all the radical riding go down over the week
The Joy Ride Course was constructed by a different team this year (Patty K and crew) and it came out a fair bit different than previous years.
The course was more snowboard style this year with hips and spine landings all over the show which made for some awsome tech riding
The only thing I could say about the Course was WAY TOO MUCH SPEED FOR EVERY THING!!!
yep ...you had to brake super hard for every jump on the course to avoid missing the landing ramp completely!!
This proved to be challenging sometimes with a few riders getting knocked out of the comp early due to over shooting the landings of the jumps!
I was lucky enough to be pre qualified for the 16man final thanks to my 5th place finish last year , So when saturday rolled around It was go time for mcgazza!
I showed up for the 2 hour Pracco session and sran into trouble 2nd run in when I was contemplating spining off the first drop I went way to slow settin up and cased hard bending my forks!!! I raced down to see the good blokes at Marzocchi and they hooked my ass up with another set of forks! Cheers Mates!
Then it was back into pracco ..I spun the first drop ..landed and my deraileur went into my spokes!! it doesnt rain...it pours!hahha
Thanks to Porter and Brian from Gravity we got my bike up and running for the final..
I was dropping 3rd to last so I watched some frickin insane go down infront of me with a masssssssive crowd cheering everyone on!! SO rad
Finaly my run came around ...I was pretty dam nervous (as Usual!!) I dropped in and stomped my 360 down the 1rst drop and sent it down the course feeling good...I came into the second jump a 35ft left hip ,I braked to what I thought was about the right speed to flip table it...I lofted it and it was working out well but I just tagged the landing when I came around  and went down in a ball of dust and rocks, DAM !! too much brake!
My shoulder hurt and I knew I had broken my collar bone. Bummed as I had nailed the trick a bunch of times in practice.
I sat back in a pile of broken bones and watched the rest of the madness go down ! What an insane comp! I am so stoked on Slopestyle!! its the Gnarlyest sport! and so exciting to watch!!!
Im sure you guys checked out the action! incase you diddnt check this sheeeeezy!http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Red-Bull-Joyride-2011-Kokanee-Crankworx-Official-Video.html
Anyways Thats about it from my end.... Now im set up on the couch for the next month healing up ...It sucks but its all part of the game right.
At least I have some good mates to hang with while Im down and out! Cheers Guys!

at least I have a good crew to chill with!!! hahahahha still havin fun!
Hooksy,Maya and Mcgazz Up to no good!

Mcgazza

table over whistler

Red Bull Joyride course GOPRO

Here is a quick run thru on the Red bull Joyride course from my gopro camera

sorry for lack of posts!!!
I have been busy as hell...traveling around
Check out the rock climb up a water fall to paraglide down we did just before I left Switzerland...so rad!
Thanks to Matt for making me go and doing some radical wing overs on the way down GEE FORCE!!!
I love traveling and having cool experiences like this as well shredding BIKES

Cheers

This video will change your life

Our Chatel edit

Check out the flying metal edit  from chatel


The sunburned overdose of speed from FLYING METAL CREW on Vimeo.

More Chatel vids

3.16 mcgazza clips


Chatel Mountain Style 2011. The Finals from OBSESS MEDIA on Vimeo.

Chatel video

Châtel Mountain Style 2011 - Official video from FASTFOKUS on Vimeo.


Check this vid from Chatel Mountain Style..you can see my ugly mug in there a few times and also riding in a blue jacket

8th place in Chatel Mountain Style comp



veiw from our Chalet....Life could be worse!!!

  Yo peeps!
Im over here in Europe right meow..life is good , Im hanging in switzerland at the moment but I just spent the weekend in France at the Chatel Mountainstyle competition.
My good  mate Ramon , his brother Jerome and myself cruised to the event together in the Huck bus loaded with a bunch of bikes and bike riding apperatus and not much organisation .

We rolled into Chatel on thursday and cut a few laps on the sweet trails on the mountain and then checked out the course ..


It was pretty burly ...Big drops and jumps and Cheese grater man eating rocky landings, It was pretty obvieous that crashing wasn't gonna be that fun!





look how far away from the lip I am and STILL UPSIDE DOWN!!!



Friday was offical pracco , the wather turned out bloody good and I MANed up and hit all of the stuff I needed to hit in my line

It was pretty burly ...Big drops and jumps and Cheese grater man eating rocky landings, It was pretty obvieous that crashing wasn't gonna be that fun!



this road gap was so frickin FUN ...float that shizzz



Friday was offical pracco , the Weather turned out bloody good Ramon and I MANed up and hit all of the stuff we needed to hit in our lines..Stoked!

Saturday we had a seeding run to see where every one was at ,  I qualifyed 9th and Ramon 12th  and we were set for sundays big comp.

Sunday turned out perfect weather  once again , every one was pumped as last year it was a rain storm! ....



Ramon Hunziker.... what time is it??....STEEZ-O'CLOCK!



last jump was about 55ft



We kicked off at 11am with our first run..I was having a sweet run but washed out on a FRICKIN BERM ...I was so pissed ! of all the crazey shit on the course I had to crash on a berm ahahah... any ways I had to stick it on my second run or I was gonna finish last! , Luckily i had a sweet second run and punished the course! There was a pretty lofty road gap which i fliped ..Scary as hell as it came around really slow and if it diddnt work out I would have HISTORY!  anyways the run was pretty decent I wound up in 8th place overall. Im pretty pumped on that and also happy to be un injured (aside from my destroyed elbow) heading into Crankworx whistler in a few weeks!

Ramon was slaying the course , He ended up 12th after hangin it looose through the midlle section and Naccing down the road gap ..att-er BOY! BOOM!

We had a massivly rad weekend Huckin the course , ripping Chatel trails and causing trouble in the evenings! hahaha.

Cheeers the the Chatel crew for having us and putting on a kick ass event!!

The swiss army has started a new Mountain bike religion called
"Saian" (to be shouted loudly) the religion endorses going big
on your bike, drinkin beer, listening to metal and generally
being a dirt bag! hahahahaaaa ....we had some good laughs
over the weekend! Should I do it??? SIAIN says YES!!!!!!!!
Hahahahahahaahahaahaahahaaaaa!!!



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I flipped this road gap in my run ....it came around reeeeal slow!!
for about a milli second I thought I was gonna die...worked out good tho

YEEEEHAAAAAAA!!!!















Sloooo mo!!!

Check out this slow motion shizzzzzle!!!!
reall y cool video from highlands !

Claymore vid

Here is a sweet lil edit from the Claymore comp ..there are a few KIWIS in the mix...Green bike Conner ,white Unit top Mcgazza

2011 Claymore Claymore Challenge Highlights from Lucent Productions on Vimeo.

Claymore 2011

Little bro Matty and ME! swimming

Yo Brosifs
I just spent a week in the good ol US of A Hitting the Highland Claymore Challenge comp and also Visiting my little brother Matty who live close by.
It was good to hang out and we did some fishing after the Comp.
As fro the Comp I blew up... I was having a solid run and loving the course but came in too hot on the red bull wallride and my front wheel missed the wall! I never messed that wall up once in practice and couldnt believe I would mess it up im my run!

next run I exploded on a tuck flip! WTF ..Pissed

That was IT for Mcgazza!

Fellow Kiwi Conner Mac-EF was there too and riding really well ,unfortunatly he had a bad stack on a frono at the end of a good run and popped the ol shoulder...heal up brah

me NOT screwing up the wall ride in Pracco

The Kiwis diddnt do to well this weekend but we WILL BE BACK!



I did have alot of fun riding the course ...its one of the better ones out there..props to Smutok and highland Crew for a good job on the course!
and thanks to Matt and crew for having me to stay!