June 26, 2011

Claymore Challenge

You'll probably know that claymore didn't go well for me, my dodgy shoulder played up again and decided to pop out.  Basically I did everything that i was comfortable with in my first run but with a fronty at the end of it because we had been told that we might end up only getting one run due to the forcasted rain. 



I had watched  Cam McCaul and Dustin Guilding frontie the freebird jump (the redbull wooden kicker) and over-rotate and both did their collarbones I think (but could be wrong) so i really didn't want to over-rotate so pulled forward ever so slightly but not enough.  I'm ripped about crashing because feel like I coulda done well but never know with judges I mighta only jumped afew places. 

Wear a fullface kids, this happened even though i was wearing one

So my first proper comp was a fail but afew good things did come out of it, i got to see what level the top riders ride at and also learnt a bunch of new tricks which was cool.

June 24, 2011

Highland

So just a quick update on the Claymore Challenge.  I got to ride the course for afew hours on the first day of practice and its awesome!  its got abit of everything, dirtjumps, drops, stepdowns, wallrides etc.  unfortunately its been raining since about lunchtime on the first day of practice so everyone has only been able to ride in the indoor park and foampit.  it was supposed to be a delayed qualifier today but its raining again so doesn't seem like will happen again.  The Highland crew are doing their best and have tarped almost all the jumps so if worst comes to worst we can just have a slip and slide competition...


Ill keep you updated...

June 19, 2011

2010 promo

This was filmed nearly a year and a half ago but only got released afew months ago and i forgot to post it.


Conor Macfarlane - Promo 2010 from Aint a Big Deal on Vimeo.

Better late than never

Enjoy

June 16, 2011

Magazines

I managed to score two full page photos for the farm jam reports in [R]evolution and NZMTB mag along with a sweet photo of Lewis Jones doing a super seat.  Go check them out..

 

I'm abit embarrassed by one apparent quote in the revo article though, it quoted me saying that I would have defiantly landed the frontie drop of it was bigger or had taken off different, defiantly not a quote!  I may have landed it or got closer to landing it if was a bigger drop or had taken off different but nothing is definite! 

Canada!

Off to Canada in afew days, stoked!  Cya cold damp winter.

Been hectic organising things lately and being my first time I don't have a clue about anything so just winging it and seems to be working out alright.

Dogboy air freighted me a killswitch frame from the factory to ensure it got here before I left and to allow me afew days to get some practice on it, not that i've been able tho because it hasnt stopped raining or blowing.


Its awesome!  Cant believe how much difference a 1 inch shorter top tube and a lighter build makes.  Playing around in the yard it just feels just as flickable as my hardtail.

Photo stolen from paper
 The Southland Times  ran this article in today's paper about my trip overseas, spelling my name wrong even though I made sure I gave the photographer the correct spelling, some things never change.

270 table above Lake Wakatipu

Check out Derek Morrisons website it has this sweet "reject' photo on it from my photo shoot with him.  Keep an eye out in Spoke for some of his bangers.

Id better thank ILT Foundation and the Southland MTB club for financially helping me get over seas, couldn't have got to highland without them so thanks heaps!

Next stop claymore challenge in the USA