 | NSW State Round - Thredbo IMPORTANT INFORMATION SUCKA'S!
(0 comments) (link) Friday, 30-April-2004 11:40 AM - by Ryan |  |
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Posted by "Fi" in the forums, pinched by Ryan to stick on the frontpage;
Fi said,
"The weather is not looking good for the weekend racing. The BOM forecast indicates worsening conditions particularly from Saturday evening with snow predicted in Thredbo Village by Saturday evening and all day Sunday. There were showers this morning which have now cleared as predicted. To see the latest written BOM report click here.
Raw NRG proposes to run BOTH PRACTICE AND RACING ON SATURDAY. The weather will be cold and damp so rug up.
Schedule:
Saturday
9-30am to 12-30pm - Practice All Categories
1-00pm - Racing All Categories
3-30pm approx. - Presentation – Valley Terminal
Please pass this information onto anyone you know who is planning to come to Thredbo this weekend. Updates will be posted on the RawNRG.com.au. You can call the Raw NRG Bike Centre on 0264 576 282." |
| Jared Graves - Sea Otter 2004 report
(4 comments) (link) Thursday, 29-April-2004 2:44 PM - by Ryan | |
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| Brisbane DH Sunday ( 2nd May )
(17 comments) (link) Wednesday, 28-April-2004 2:11 PM - by DOM | |
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NRG Cycling are hosting their usual end of month Club DH this Sunday Mornning ( Rego 8-10 ) Racing soon after. The race will be held on the original State Course. All level riders welcome !!
Location - Cnr or Mary and Thomas St Blackstone ( Ipswich ) for more information contract NRG CYCLES on (07) 32024208
See you there.
Dom. |
| More Aussie radness from the Sea Otter...
(4 comments) (link) Friday, 23-April-2004 6:56 PM - by Ryan | |
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| Looks like the peeps at Sea Otter finally saw fit to release the mountain cross results from last weekends racing and the word on the street is that Australian BMX ripper Michael 'Tiger' Robinson was the elusive third man on the grassy knoll...I mean fourth man in the pro mountain cross final. Big props to Michael for making the final in what I'm assuming was his first top-level mountain bike event overseas! |
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Just pulled down an email from Shawn Orecchio, Manager of the Diablo Freeride Park in the US. 47 mins from the Heart of New York !! Crazy.
As you know Last year was the debut of this exciting new event which was taken out by Aussie ripper Bryn Atkinson ! Well this year the event promises to be even bigger and now that the word is out expect alot more pro's to make a keen dash for this huge weekend of racing on a world class course.
With prize money unmatched by any of the Norba\World Cup events, the guys at Diablo Freeride Park are really putting on a fantastic event which is hopefully going to be a perm fixture on our international racing calendar !.
For more information check out the press release in our General Discussion area of the forums. HERE
D. |
| Brisbane Riders - Big weekend of DH racing...
(1 comments) (link) Thursday, 22-April-2004 4:14 PM - by Ryan | |
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Two club races in Brisbane this weekend, with D'Aguilar Range Cycling Club and the Ashgrove Cycles massive kicking off the weekend on Saturday the 24th at the Blue Nurses Jumps at the end of Burnett Street in Ashgrove (look in the UBD!)
Registration starts at 12:30pm for Short Course DH at 1:30 and Short Course XC at 3:30.
*POSTPONED*NRG cycling represents for the westside on Sunday *2nd of May* with downhill on the State Series course at the corner of Mary Street and Thomas Street in Blackstone, Ipswich (Look in the UBD again dammit!)*POSTPONED*
Racing at both clubs on both days will cost you $5 per-event for respective club members and $10 for non-club members. Valid MTBA licenses required, day licenses available for $10 at both venues.
Full faces required and body armour reccommended at all races. Cheers to Gav @ Ashgrove/DRCC and Roadie Rob from NRG for the info
...SEND US YOUR RACE INFO...
Seriously, we wan't the details of your club / state / district races so we can post them up here on the frontpage. Help Farkin to help you, PM Ryan in the forums with your race details today. * Or simply click on the "Submit News" link on the left hand side navigation bar to email the farkin mailbox. - Dom * |
| Stiksandstones.com THE END ?
(6 comments) (link) Thursday, 22-April-2004 1:08 PM - by DOM | |
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Craig Glaspell aka "Stikman" wrench man for Team GT\Hyundai , husband to Leigh Donovan, Creator of cult website Stiksandstones.com has decided to close down the site due to time restrictions. Im not sure whether this is a joke or some sort of late april fools day thing but it looks pretty real. I cannot imagine how busy Stik is with travelling with Lopes and the team so to run a website amongst all of that travelling, wrenching and partying I dont blame the guy. Personally Stiksandstones.com was a favourite site of mine since the beginning as Stiks dry humour was always entertaining and his "up yours" attitude to many industry wanks was always a laugh. You always got the truth about how it really went down and not some covered up sponsor driven story that you would expect from some media websites.
On behalf of everyone at Farkin.net we wish Stikman all the best and hope he returns to his website duties in the off season to entertain us all with explicit stories of behind the scenes bar brawls and racing scene tales.
You will continue to read Stiks words as he will continue to write for Dirt Magazine.
Good luck mate and all the best.
D. |
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Evening,
Just a quick mention of Round 1 of the VIC DH series being held at the new YouYangs track on May 16th.
You can check out forum member adza's farkin thread below for all the info!
Take me now...cmon, hurry up dammit
Need to get the word out about a race coming up? email me! josh@farkin.net
J. |
| RaceFace UFC III Competition ends...
(2 comments) (link) Tuesday, 20-April-2004 7:15 PM - by josh | |
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A Snippet from the email:
"Race Face Performance Products, along with Giant Bicycles and Manitou Suspension is proud to announce that Wayne Goss has won the third annual Race Face Ultimate Freeride Challenge!
A 19 year old from BC’s interior, Wayne secured 55% of the 6320 votes to beat out Santa Barbara’s Carlin Dunne and take the UFC III title. In doing so, Wayne has secured a sponsorship deal with Race Face, Giant and Manitou worth over US$25,000!"
Congratualtions Wayne, I voted for you, so I deserve at least a grand! |
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| Gotta keep pimping the site ! Get your butts over to Mudcows.com Glen Jacob's and the boys have really been working hard on their website. The page now includes sneak peaks of the products and services Mudcow Visions can offer you the rider or the loyal fan. The boys will soon be appearing on an upcoming episode of Catus Garden which we will post more details about as they come to hand. Also go to the interviews page for chats with most of our Aussie pro's or anyone who was victim to the Mudcow Visions ROAD TRIP. So what are you waiting for ??? go now. Mudcows.com |
| Spomer's 2nd round of Sea Otter photos
(1 comments) (link) Monday, 19-April-2004 6:46 PM - by Scott | |
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| Sea Otter - Robinson wins MTX, Hannah wins Gravity Omnium
(8 comments) (link) Monday, 19-April-2004 11:54 AM - by Ryan | |
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On what was apparently an awesome track, BMX pro Danny Robinson ended his first week riding a mountain bike with a win in the Pro men's mountain cross at the Sea Otter Classic.
Robinson edged out Aussie Haro ripper extraordinaire Sick / Slick / Quick / Mick Hannah, handing Hannah his only defeat of the weekend in any event and a comanding victory in the overall Gravity Ominium.
Anyone think Mick Hannah's in for a big season?
Full results as they come to hand... |
| Sea Otter Jumping Contest Results
(9 comments) (link) Monday, 19-April-2004 11:15 AM - by Scott | |
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1 Jesme, John - Ellsworth
2 Cowan, John - Kona
3 Basagoitia, Paul - Utopia
4 Berrecloth, Darren - Specialized
5 Zink, Cameron - Santa Cruz Syndicate
6 Goldman, Jamie
Source: Seaotterclassic.com (requires Adobe AcroReader). |
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Taken from Velonews
Aussie Mick Hannah (Haro-adidas) and American Marla Streb (Luna) took wins in the Sea Otter downhill Sunday in Monterey, California. The victory was Hannah's second in two days, giving him a commanding lead in the chase for the overall omnium title. Frenchwoman Sabrina Jonnier (Intense) is atop the women's overall standings after adding a second place in the downhill to her win in Saturday's dual slalom.
Kathy Pruitt (Luna) was third in the downhill, while Eric Carter (Mongoose-Hyundai) and Nathan Rennie (Santa Cruz Syndicate) completed the men's top three. Well done Mick and Nathan. First race of the season and already showing why the Aussies are the fastest!
Full results when they come to hand!
EDIT:
Here we go, Dom has the top ten for men/women:
Men's Downhill
1. Mick Hannah (Haro-adidas) 2:34.4
2. Eric Carter (Hyundai-Mongoose) 2.34.9
3. Nathan Rennie (Santa Cruz Syndicate) 2.36.0
4. Colin Bailey (Maxxis-Turner) 2.36.1
5. Wade Bootes (Trek-Volkswagen) 2.36.6
6. Ryan Finney 2.37.6
7. Fabien Barel (Kona-Clarks) 2.37.7
8. Mike King (Haro-Adidas) 2.38.5
9. Jared Graves (Factory Yeti) 2.39.0
10. Cody Warren (Haro-adidas) 2.40.4
Women's Downhill
1. Marla Streb (Luna) 2.57.8
2. Sabrina Jonnier (Intense) 2.59.5
3. Tara Llanes (Giant-Pearl Izumi) 3.00.1
4. Kathy Pruitt (Luna) 3.00.3
5. Leigh Donovan (GT-Hyundai) 3.01.8
6. Lisa Sher (Chumba Wumba) 3.03.3
7. April Lawyer (Maxxis-Puma) 3.05.8
8. Amelia Colasurdo (Rotec) 3.06.5
9. Anneke Beerten (Specialized) 3.06.7
10. Melissa Buhl 3.07.3 |
| Spomer Delivers first blow (Sea Otter Photos)
(0 comments) (link) Sunday, 18-April-2004 7:46 PM - by DOM | |
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Spomer has uploaded his first batch of snaps from Sea Otter and I suggest you jump to the PHAT SNAPS section to view the goodness. Be sure to check out his little comments hehehe.
I WANT PHAT SNAPS NOW |
| Sea Otter Dual Slalom Results
(4 comments) (link) Sunday, 18-April-2004 5:52 PM - by DOM | |
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Australia takes 1 and 2 and 3! at the Sea Otter Dual Slalom with Mick Hannah taking out the top spot and Wade Bootes and Nathan Rennie racing into 2nd and 3rd spots on the podium. Katrina Miller came 2nd to represent the women.
Farkin's homeboy Jared Graves pulled 7th spot awesome start to his season. Bring on the 4X !!
Men's Top 10
1 Mick Hannah (Haro/Adidas)
2 Wade Boots (Trek Volkswagen)
3 Nathan Rennie (Santa Cruz)
4 Cedric Gracia (Siemens Cannondale)
5 Kirt Voreis (Santa Cruz)
6 Mike King (Haro/Adidas)
7 Jared Graves (Factory Yeti)
8 Fabien Barel (Kona Clarks)
9 Ryan Finney (WTB)
10 Eric Carter (Mongoose Hyundai)
Women's Top 10
1 Sabrina Jonnier (Intense Cycles)
2 Katrina Miller (Jamis Cycles)
3 Tara Llanes (Giant Pearl Izumi)
4 Anneke Beerten (Specialized)
5 Leigh Donovan (GT/Hyundai)
6 Marla Streb (Luna Women)
7 Melissa Buhl
8 Lisa Sher (Chumba Wumba)
9 Fionn Griffiths (Foes)
Source
Cyclingnews.com |
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Just 'cause we can't be stuffed writing up all the news we come by and because alot of news is not appropriate for the front page we give you BULK NEWS!
Yes, that's more news!!
How does it work? Rather than writing up little summaries of news this section just links straight to the articles. Bulk News has been designed to accommodate lots of news posts perday without getting cluttered up.
Bulk can be found under the "Current" link under news on the navigator.
Take me there!
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The event is damn close now being held this weekend. This is the first over seas ride this year for most riders. For the bike companies and teams it's time to show off all the new gear and whatnot. Good thing we have spomer getting us some snaps, we expect bulk!
To give an idea of who's racing, here's the official regisations so far.
There are 5 events riders can participate in. They are:
- Downhill Domination MTB Mountain Cross
- Downhill Domination Dual Slalom
- Downhill Domination Downhill
- DownhillDomination Gravity Omnium (Overall winner)
- Jumping Contest
As you can see, it also looks like Sony are backing the event to promote their game Downhill Domination. Good to see, I was having a bitch about this (lack of sponsors) a couple months ago. They must have heard me :P |
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Stephen Walton has taken a bunch of photos from a couple city rides in Sydney.
Check them out here. |
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Well as our Easter weekend comes to end so does the 2004 Suncorp North Qld Games held in Cairns this year. I remember these games quite well as they were my first Downhill and as always in Cairns during Easter weekend it rains a whole lot !!. The games went on and Gordon G our Photo Snapper from Cairns has updated his site with all the pics of the weekends action. Thanks heaps mate and as always great snaps !
Gordon's Pics |
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Farkin.net regrets to inform you that Kona’s Robbie Bourdon will not be attending the Red Bull Freight Train tour soon to be hitting Australian Shores. The Canadian based rider suffered kidney damage from a previous accident, and regrettably cannot make the trip down under.
All isn’t lost though as we have 3 new riders to add to the already impressive list of talent. Dave Watson, Darren Berrecloth, and Aaron Chase, will be joining forces with Nathan Rennie, Grant Allen, and Mike Shaw, bringing us a huge display of riding skill and style.
For more information on the Freight Train tour, click here
-Farkin.Net |
| Raceface design a jersey competition
(4 comments) (link) Friday, 9-April-2004 1:02 PM - by Scott | |
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Ever wanted to design your own factory jersey? Want everyone to know you did it? Raceface have an opportunity for you!
For more info go here. |
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As the Easter weekend is upon us, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy easter! Drive safe, and steal chocolate eggs from people smaller than you (or don't)!
Happy Easter!! |
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Shaun Spomer aka "SPOMER" famous for bad ass photo's and the almighty Litter Mag will be hooking farkin up with daily rad snaps from the 2004 Sea Otter event. Spoms will be uploading pics directly to the site so be sure farkin.net will keep you people up-to-date with how our boys and gals are going as they begin their 2004 assault on the international racing tour.
Check out some of Spomers work at his website
164productions
We love you Spomer ! |
| Photos from NSW State Round - Dargle
(0 comments) (link) Tuesday, 6-April-2004 2:43 PM - by Ryan | |
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Forum member bdinnerv has uploaded a sweet gallery of photos from the first day of the New South Wales State Series round held in Dargle over the weekend.
The gallery contains one hell of a gnarly crash sequence, check it out and discuss in the forums. |
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Thanks to Travis at BikeFanatic.com for giving us the chance to promote the MTB experience of a lifetime. The following is an excerpt from the DCXP press release;
Mountain biking with a serious difference, Everest Base Camp at 5200m above sea level is the goal. We begin in Kathmandu and fly over the Himalayas from Kathmandu to Lhasa the ancient capital of Tibet. Riding west across the Tibetan high plateau at 4000-5000m, the expedition will utilise existing 4WD tracks to journey to the foot of Mt Everest, the Rongbuk Everest Base Camp. After Base Camp the journey will continue West across the high plateau and South into Nepal for an awesome 120km free-wheeling (read: downhill) section. Finishing in the warm, lowlands of Nepal we complete our journey.
The expedition is being organised by Duncan Chessell, Everest summiteer, mountain guide, photographer and director/owner of DCXP Mountain Journeys, a specialised Himalayan expeditions company based in Adelaide.
DCXP has full time Sherpa staff who will be our support crew, in trucks and 4WD’s that will accompany us on this part-hotel, part-camping trip. The Sherpa staff will be responsible for food and campsites, leaving the group to do the hard yards, riding all day and then relaxing each afternoon.
This is a unique and magical expedition, professionally organised and led by DCXP Mountain Journeys who have extensive knowledge in the area. Team members will need to bring their own bike and be physically fit enough for riding 40-90km a day at extreme altitudes, as the highest pass on this journey is a whopping 5400m above sea level. With thin air, there is no hiding in the pack on this ride…
Duncan Chessell is the expedition co-ordinator and director of DCXP, contact via duncan@dcxp.com or direct on ( 08 ) 8232 4433 or 0414 804055 (mobile).
Sample images from earlier expeditions are available on line in the DCXP galleries.
And now for the important information;
Where: Tibet-Nepal
When: 25 July - 18 August 2004
Costs: $4,400 ex Kathmandu; $6,600 ex Australian capitals (prices in Australian dollars)
Contact: Duncan Chessell, Director DCXP Mountain Journeys
Phone:08 - 8232 4433
Email:duncan@dcxp.com
Website:www.dcxp.com
Snail Mail:208 Rundle Street
Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia |
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It had to be done. If I had a $1 for every person that posted a thread/reply/pm/email regarding this I could retire tomorrow. Anyhow, just letting you all know that we have not infact been hacked or jailed for various reasons.
Remember, you were fooled first by farkin.net! |
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