ZOMBIE BMX

DIRTY SOUTH

noreply@blogger.com (Lester Perry) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:50:00 +0000

So Ive been pretty slack with the updates but some of you will have seen me out on my travels. Ive just got back from 10 days in the south island, doing some work for Quietchaos and riding bikes. Highlights were the new Queenstown MONSTER bowl (sorry no pics) it makes Melville in Hamilton look like childs play, riding awesome trails in a place (that is to be kept secret but check the pic below to get amped for some digging!), hitting the Dunedin park, heaps of people hate on this place but I dig the old school bowl, not the prettiest thing but its fun all the same, then of course the Shredathon jam in Wanaka and lots of riding with the Christchurch crew, and a bunch of other southerners, oh and Michael from Belgium tore it up in NZs funnest bowls.
All in all a sweet trip and some good times, thanks to James (trubmx) for organising the jam and giving me a place to stay!
Here are some pics:

pics: top- the secret spot. 2nd row l to r: Dan boosting in the mini ramp, Asher airing and Robbie chillin, Wanaka park, Asher Vader, Asher Look back, RevolutionNZ Sam whipping, Michael boosting, bottom row - Michael chilling, and Michael boosting again.

I shot a bunch of video over the few days in Wanaka so keep an eye out for that in the next week.

oh yeah, I just stole a link to a News Paper story from the RevolutionNZ site HERE

BUTCHERS BASH

noreply@blogger.com (Cruch) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:20:00 +0000

Last weekend some of the Hamilton crew that wasn't already drinking Barrel 51, followed up on a txt sent out by Jed Mildon to go to Butchers place and Crunk and ride Mini ramp at the flat before it has to be taken down (due to many complaints from the annoying nabours). So here are some of the photos I got of the weekend while I was stranded at Butchers with a dead phone, an EFTPOS card which I didnt know the number to, No food and but a working camera.

Photos(left to right): Brian Fufanu, Jed Whip, Brian Whip, Jed Toothpik, Jed Fuf the Rail-To Knee Death, Jed Front Flip, Dan Nip slip Upperskirt- For A Beer, Jordie Table, Jed Foot Jam Sub Box, Jed Flair

CAMBRIDGE JAM - THIS WEEKEND

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:18:00 +0000

There is a bit of jam going on this weekend at Cambridge skate park on Saturday, Organized by Paul Langlands, nothing major just a bit of get together of riders kicking off around midday. Its should be fun.. if your in the area make sure your stop by. Below is a photo of the skate park if you want to check it out and also a photo of Paul.. just because its a rad photo!

Here is directions to the park: Head south down Main Street, take the left just before the bridge then first right onto Dominion Ave. Choice.. see you there!

UPDATE FROM CANADA PART 1

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:31:00 +0000

Here is the 2nd half of the photos Paul Moffat sent in from Vancouver, Its rad to see the NZ lads are still killing it and having fun over there! Cant wait to ride with them again hopefully some day soon.

NEW FEATURE GALLERYS

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:04:00 +0000

Ive just added two new feature gallery's to the site, so check them out. The first one is from T Whites Bike shop opening, and the second from the EDH pre jam BBQ at Revolution.. which I must mention was fun as hell, nothing like a party with a bunch of rowdy bmxers, beers, BBQ's and mad hop's.

Old gallerys:

I'm of to Christchurch for a few days to chill and maybe sink some suds with the Revolution boys, so anyway there wont be any updates till early next week, but there is plenty of new posts below to check out.. stay rad!! and don't forget to have fun.. ride BMX!

HAWERA SKATEPARK

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:24:00 +0000

Troy Swan from Taranaki sent in a few photos of the nearly finished Hawera park, this park looks absolutely amazing and bowl looks like its going to be so much fun! The bowl varies from 5 - 7 foot and looks like its got a bit of an over vert capsule type thing going on? The street section of the park is going to be big too, packed with ledges and wedges. Troy also mentioned that the local riders and 02project are going to organize a jam there sometime this summer, ill keep you posted with more info on that.. should be a fun time!

Thanks for the photos Troy.

QTown Jump Park

noreply@blogger.com (Lester Perry) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:51:00 +0000

Queenstowns Gorge Road jumps have had a reworking, looking to a mid-december opening. The most jumps in one spot in NZ, and it a public park! Get there!

THIS SHIT IS FUNNY

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:23:00 +0000

I stumbled across this on the other day and made me laugh so much. Basically its small YouTube clip a bunch of skateboarders form SF made mocking the hell out of the biggest trend at the moment, fixed gear riding. Its done really well and is definitely entertaining to watch.. I love the way they have there hats flipped up and one jean leg rolled up, ture fixed gear style.. so funny!.. and 'I feel so connected to my board'.. if you have ever watched anything about fixed gear riding they always go own about being fixed makes them feel so connected to the bike.. haha, anyway just thought it was hilarious and worth a watch..
If you don't know what fixed gear riding is check www.mashsf.com

MIKE AITKEN JAM - WANAKA

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:31:00 +0000

James from trubmx.blogspot.com has orgnized another jam at Wanaka Skate park, this time its to help raise funds for Mikey Atiken. As most of you know Aitken went down pretty hard riding trails and ened up in hospital in critical condition, apperantly hes doing pretty well now but still needs as much support as possible. We all know and love him fro his amazing riding style, so if you can make the jam please do and show your support for Aitken. for more info on Aitken check out mikeaitken.com

I was going to do a big update with some photos from he Local Assault jam but turns out I've run out of web space, ill try and get it sorted tomorrow.

T-WHITES BIKES GALLERY

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:14:00 +0000

I quickly put together a gallery from T Whites Bikes opening party.. Hope you enjoy it!

T-WHITES BIKES GALLERY

T-WHITES-BIKES OPENS

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:03:00 +0000

Tim Whites bike shop opened its door on the weekend just been and it was a great success. The shop looked amazing, there was plenty of trick bike parts, lots of art work and photography, free beer and the Red Bull grind box jam was fun!

If you didn't make it to the shop on the day make sure you get down there an check it out, also don't forget to keep an eye on www.twhitesbikes.co.nz with updates from the shop.

These photos where taken by Frank of solejam.com

UPDATES FROM CANADA PART 1

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:51:00 +0000

As most of you know there always seems to be a bunch of NZ riders living over in Canada, mostly because its such a fun place to live and there's so many amazing parks to ride. Paul Moffat from Auckland recently sent me a bunch of photos of the NZ guys over in Vancouver, its rad to see all the guys are still shredding.

Photos in order are: Moffat - Shredding, Moffat - Table, Beadle - Table, Andy - Turndown, LukeG - 360 to Fakie, Moffat - One Foot Table, Moffat - TurnDown.

More photos soon!

T.WHITES BIKES OPENS THIS SATURDAY

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:50:00 +0000

Just a reminder that T Whites Bikes is opening on Saturday. There is going to be a bit of party on the day to celebrate the opening and a RedBull grind box jam on the sidewalk. It should be allot of fun so make sure you come and check it out.

Just so you know what the shop is about, T Whites Bikes is going to focusing mainly on being a BMX specialist store with a good range of the best brands around. But he is however also going to be catering to urban cyclist and commuters specializing in fixed gears, single speed bikes and of course repairs of any kind. Apart from that its going to be a pretty chill environment, somewhere where you can ride in hang out, relax and check out rad bikes and parts.

KARL BENSEMANN PICS PART 2

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:45:00 +0000

Here's the 2nd bunch of photos from Karl's Europe trip. This time the photos are from Holland, South France and Spain.

Photos in order are:

Holland - Aarle-Rixel - FATJAM Afterparty

Holland - Aarle-Rixel - FATJAM, Karl in Amsterdam

Holland - Rotterdam, South France - Biarritz

South France- Tosse - Kye riding Lords of Dirt

South France - Tosse - Karl riding Lords of Dirt

South France -Tosse - Lords of Dirt

Spain - Madrid - Riding at Sergios

Spain - Madrid - Sergios Trails

Spain - Madrid boys

Thanks for sending the photos in Karl.. looks like you had an amazing time and saw some even more amazing spots.

KARL BENSEMANN PICS PART 1

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:56:00 +0000

Here's bunch of pics from Karl Bensemann, Karl has been traveling and riding around Europe for the last 3 months so its pretty rad to see what hes been up to.. looks like some amazing spots a some fun times!

These first bunch of photos are all from England, more photos soon!

In order: Burgh Island, Chertsey Trails, Decoy Skatepark Construction, Devon and NZ Flags, Saltash Trails, Epsom Trails, St Ives - Sweet Bro, The Spot, Wincester - BarEnd trails, Wincester - BarEnd trails

TOTALLY AWESOME

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:49:00 +0000

The EDH Jam took place on the weekend just been and I can honestly say it was a totally awesome event!!! Christchurch really turned it on for all the BMXers who made it down from all country, the weather was great, Washington skate park was rad and the party's where super fun. There was a bunny hop comp outside the Revolution shop the night before the jam which was fun as hell... it got pretty messy though, its was definitely fun to watch Jono from Thames throw him self around the foot path. The revolution shop was amazing, what a rad shop, packed with BMX goodies and rider owned, what more could you ask for! Travis from EDH did an amazing job at organizing the event. Cheers Travis.. everyone had a killer time!

I have a bunch more photos from the Jam and the Bunny Hop comp to post sometime this week but for now here's a few:

Photos in order are:

1- Jono going crazy at the Revolution hop comp.

2- Robbie Brown was the home town hero and killed it all day with endess tricks and style - 180 Bars of the ledge.

3- Jed Mildon was riding amazing as per usual and one of many dialed tricks he did on the day was this Flair on the super tight bowl corner.

4- That Kane O'hagen guy is f#@king crazy and definitely good on a bike - 360 of the rail and out of the park! (is o'hagen his last name??)

H-TOWN JAM PHOTOS

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:27:00 +0000

Its a week late but whatever.. I just finished putting together a gallery of photos from the 'jam in the ham', click the banner to your right to view them. Photos where taken by H-Town local Ryan MaCrae, Ryan's photos are killer every time, thanks for sending them in Ryan, and Thanks to everyone who turned up to the event, even though it rained we all managed to have a fun as hell time. Skids and bunny hops, what more could you ask for!

There is a bunch more photos and a bit of a write up on the event at nzflatland.co.nz so make sure you check that.

JAM IN THE HAM

noreply@blogger.com (Lester Perry) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:32:00 +0000

Jam in the Ham went down over the weekend, Nizza did some filming and I edited it up....

REDBULL ROAD TRIP PHOTOS

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:41:00 +0000

I finally got the RedBull road trip photos up, sorry its taken so long but sometimes I would just rather be out riding than sitting in front of my computer screen. Anyway click on the banner to your right to check them out. Enjoy!

In other news the Hamilton jam took place on Sunday and despite the rain it was a fun as hell, Ill have some photos up and a bit of a story from the event maybe tomorrow.

Choice!

CHANGES

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:54:00 +0000

Ive made a few changes to the site. First of all if you check out the intro page there is a nice new photo of Kenny from H-Town up there, taken by Ryan McCrae. Tim Hales is now gracing the pages of Zombie on the banner at the top of the page, so we will never forget how rad that dude was! Tim R.I.P.S... (rest in peace shredder), photo also taken by Ryan. And last of all there is a new Revolution banner up, while your checking it out you might as well check out there site, the revolution web vid winners are up on there site now. That's all for now more stuff soon!!

BRIANS SHOP

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:52:00 +0000

Brian Anzellotti has opened a small but rad little BMX store in Rotorua. At the moment he is stocking most of Triple Six's products like WTP, Shadow, Colony, Macneil etc etc, along with Quiet Chaos, Volucid, Odyssey, Fit and Duffs. So if your passing through or live in Rotorua definitely stop in and check his shop out.. support your local scene especially rider owned!

The store is located in:
Serious Fun
1207 Tutanekai Street
Rotorua

P.S photos above stolen from prophecybmx.blogspot.com but I dont think there going to care.

WELLINGTON SNAPS

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:51:00 +0000

Cam Williams sent in some really nice photos from some of local Wellington riders, Its rad to see some riding photos from that part of the country. Thanks Cam!

Photos in order are of: Hugh, Kane, Graham.

T.WHITES BIKES GRAND OPENING

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:34:00 +0000

That's right, its official, T.Whites Bikes grand opening has been announced. The doors open on Saturday the 8th of November 12pm, so make sure you drop by for a celebratory drink and good times.
On they day there is going to be a RedBull Specialops Grind Box Jam, ZombieBMX photo exhibition with photos from myself and Ryan McCrae. Dont forget there will be opening day sales.
Basically its going to be one fun day and would be awesome if everyone could turn up and help celebrate the opening of Aucklands first dedicated BMX store. This is going to be rad!

Located at:

132 Symonds St

Auckland

CBD

HAMILTON JAM

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:47:00 +0000

Don't forget about the jam this Sunday in Hamilton.. details on the flyer. And to get you into the spirit of things, especially the flatland side of the jam check these photos taken by Ryan McCrae of June Dungca from nzflatland.co.nz

REDBULL SPECIAL OPS ROAD TRIP VID

noreply@blogger.com (ZombieBMX) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:41:00 +0000

Check out this rad little video Louis Bolter put together of the Redbull road trip that took place two weekends ago. Thanks Louis!

Special Ops And ZombieBMX Video. from Louis Bolter on Vimeo

Ill have a full photo update from the trip soon.. I promise.