Been putting together some clips that I had lyin around and managed to get close to 2 mins of decent footage.
Here it is.

This is sick.

Was looking at something on facebook and found these pics of the Holland SX track. Gonna be interesting but looks fun!

It had been in my mind for about a year now, wondering what would happen if I actually tried hucking this entire thing ( about 13.5m). I had done one jump that I didn't think was possible so I thought why not give it a shot. After 2 no-doz I was fizzing and wind was perfect, track was a bit wet but thought its now or never.
Well this how it turned out, not how I wanted it to go but went exactly how I thought it was going to go.

Wow. I wrote the biggest essay about this and it all just deleted. Ha not doing it again.
-Finished 3rd on Day 1, better day on Sunday finishing 2nd
-Sister won her first title
-Did TV interview for TV 3 which was hilarious
-Good times.

The day of time trials came along, I was feeling confident and getting the track sorted, hitting the triple into the corner before time trials. When it came to stand on the gate for the lap I was nervous as hell. Managed a good gate, but then to over shoot first jump and made mental error to just jump onto the triple. Got the rest of the track reasonably smooth  and ended up 69th. something 0.177 seconds off the cut. With the new format being 1 lap no crap I had basically traveled 30 hours for one lap. Something I do not want to be doing again.
Overall though I am pleased with how things went, it was a fun trip and alot different than the last time I was here, but certainly coming away from it with a list of things to work on and keep on working at.

I've settled in well here, jet-lag hasn't really hit me very hard, I've been able to sleep 8-9 hours each night so getting enough sleep to get me through the day. The days have been pretty chill, few gym sessions and track/sprint sessions to keep the day going and keeping the body moving and into the same sort of routine when back home.
Had a look at the track, and wow. Track jump is into a 270 corner with a dirt jump pro set then a nascar flat bank corner into the longest rhythm of all time haha. Should be fun! Track has been covered for the majority of the time because of rain, everyday it has rained here so hopefully it stops by Thursday.

Some of the exciting things that have happened so far:

Daniel Franks pile driving Martijn Scherpen (Dutch team) when we were practicing at Golden Horse casino today. He basically had a head on collision because he was standing on the inside, Daniel went inside as well, then splat. Both were ok and was a laugh after that. I was riding behind him when it happened and looked so insane going from like 40km to 0 and flying over the top off him.

The local restaurant having to wait over an hour and half for meals. But I don't care the steaks are amaaaaaazing. 300g fillet for under 18nz dollars is so good.

Gym tomorrow then Track ride after that! hopefully shitty weather passes.

I had some good pics of the track but my SD card has decided to fall apart, so I have to steal some pics off a few people ha.

I'm currently in Perth in the Qantas gold lounge being a high roller on one of the 20 Macs they have here as free internet computers ha. 

This is the start of my trips for the year, and I'm going to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. 6 hour flight to Perth, 5 hour layover and then 12 hours to Johannesburg, pick up bags, then fly to Durban, from there  hour drive to Pietermaritzburg. Everything has gone good so far, so hopefully stays that way. 

The track Layout looks insane for this world cup with so much things going on! will be a fun practice for sure.

I didn't end up posting this so will carry on with the story.


Boarding the flight to Johhansesburg I was so tired from trying to keep myself awake so I could sleep in the plane, got into the plane, took half of Sarah's sleeping pills and I was knocked out for half the flight. But for next half I was just pinging the whole time not tired at all so got to watch a few movies. We got into Joburg at 5am SA time so I was pretty much tripping out not knowing if I was tired or awake or hungry or anything. We all managed to get into the Gold lounge as well so the 3 hour layover wasn't bad at all.
Flight from Joburg to Durban was a quick one with an hour drive to the motel we had finally arrived. I think it was something like 30 hours of travel and waiting in lounges until we actually got here, but it could have been alot worse.
We settled down had lunch, which felt like dinner, then had 6 hours to burn until tea, this was a burner.
We went to go look at the track to waste some time, and i was surprised with the track, it's no Chula Vista that's for sure. The track graphic design looks a lot scarier haha, but will for sure be a fun track to shred on. 3rd straight rhythm section looks like it will be the hardest straight. The track jump looks like its tiny, but haven't had a decent look yet, certainly looks jumpable, don't know about flow but that's all gonna show when we ride.
We decided that it would be a good idea to go for a swim, so we go to the pool and Daniel Franks decided to do a sick bomb in the pool. He cut his head open and then needed 12 stitches and a bald patch on his head which looks hilarious.
We finished tea at about 7 and I decided to try stay up as late as possible to try get into normal sleep routine, I got to 8pm then comoed for a solid 10hours sleep and felt like the best sleep of my life.

Today we are hitting the gym then a chill session at the track, so hopefully the rain keeps away(yes it's raining, its bs) but everything's going well so far. Got a few pics of some boredom moments.

Got a new video editing software, so put this together. Windows movie maker, I will never use you again.

The weekend started off with a 2am start to drive to Auckland to get ready for the 10am practice session. Was absoutley stuffed and felt the mcdonalds I had for breakfast start to come up. Good a good nights sleep and was feeling really good for saturday. The vibe at the track was so good, big marquees up, lots of people, food stands, it just all felt like a legit race meet. Racing went well, Finished 2nd after winning whole lap, but definetley a lot of positives I can take from that and be confident for South Africa WC.
On the Sunday I felt so flat, needed alot to get me going and was all too late and finished with a weak 3rd on the Sunday but managed podium both days so not too bad at all.
Clinton Tudor was there getting the professional photos part covered, its so good to him out there so getting the sickest shots and getting the NZ Bmx scene out there with some rad pics.