Wide Open: Distributor of quality cyle parts in New Zealand

WIDE OPEN DREAM TRACK SESSION

After the product launch the Wide Open crew headed to Wynyard for a session on mini dream, Jono Drew of Local Knowledge was there to get it all on film!... Read more >>

NEW ZEALAND DOWNHILL SERIES #3 - NAPIER

The 3rd round of the New Zealand Downhill Series went down well over the weekend, Wide Open Bro Team member Brook MacDonald took home 2nd after a tight race with George Brannigan... Read more >>

GO THE BLOODY ALL BLACKS!!

More great footage from last week’s Product Launch in Queenstown.
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PRODUCT VIDS FROM LANUCH

Check out these little web edits Jono Drew did for Spoke Magazine at our 2012 Product Launch last week. ... Read more >>

CONOR IS WIDE OPEN

Conor has been on Wide Open now for just over a year and in that time has really started to make a name for himself. ... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN DEMO DAY

The sun was shining and the trails were amazing! Day two of our 2012 Product Launch was all about the Skyline Gondola, demo bikes, team riders and a BBQ launch. ... Read more >>

A FEW NEW BITS

The first official day of our 2012 Product Launch is done and dusted, below is a little insight into a few new 2012 products available shortly.... Read more >>

HERE WE GO

Conor getting his flow on while fimling with Jono Drew.... ... Read more >>

LAUNCHING FROM QT 2 12

The Wide Open Product Launch is in it’s 5th year and we wanted to do something different and what better place to release our 2012 product line but Queenstown. We have a handful of our team riders here including Kelly McGarry, Conor McFarlane and Brett Frew.... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN DEMO

Shortly we will be offering Wide Open Demo products at key MTB areas in New Zealand. Products will include Marzocchi 888 RC3 Evo V2 forks and Turner DHR’s........ Read more >>

CUSTOM DHR BUILD KITS

We are now offering package deals on a custom build kit for riders that want to get on to the 2012 Turner DW DHR... Read more >>

NEW BITS!

There is nothing like building a new bikes........ Read more >>

NZ DH SERIES – ROUND 2

The 2nd round of New Zealand’s Downhill Championship Series took place at Levin’s Matariki Forest over the weekend. ... Read more >>

MARZOCCHI SAMPLE FORKS IN THE HOUSE

We just landed one of each of most of the new 2012 Marzocchi forks for the product launch and they are looking hot!... Read more >>

LAUNCHING FROM QT

After 4 years in Rotorua, the 2011 Wide Open product launch is taking a slightly different approach and shifting south to mix it up a little bit! ... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN TECH TIPS - BB STANDARDS

This months Wide Open tech tip aims to de-mystify the incresing number of bottom bracket fitting standards that are appearing on bicycles these days... Read more >>

THE SOUTH DVD DUE SOON!

Pieter Reichwein and Toby Nowloand-Foreman's new movie "The South" is due out in November. the South showcases some of the best riding New Zealand has to offer, as well as helping to rebuild Christchurch trails after the earthquake by donating $2 from every sale to the trail building effort... Read more >>

INTERBIKE 2011 - DAY 4

The 4th day of the trade show brings interbike to a close and we have something cool from Vision with a few other random bits and pieces... Read more >>

INTERBIKE 2011 - DAY 3, PART 2

There's even more cool stuff rolling through from Interbike today, here we have ODI and a few more bits from FSA! ... Read more >>

INTERBIKE 2011 - DAY 3

It's day 3 of the interbike tradeshow today we have the latest from Atomlab and Black Market... Read more >>

IINTERBIKE 2011 - MRP

MRP are showing off some interesting new products at Interbike this week, including a micro-mini G2 guide... Read more >>

INTERBIKE 2011 -DAY 2

Day 2 of Interbike is underway and Matt has his first photos from the indoor displays, featuring Turner, Tioga and more from Marzocchi!... Read more >>

INTERBIKE 2011 - DAY 1

Matt is in Las Vegas again for the annual Interbike tradeshow, we have some shots of new 2012 product from the first dirt demo day here to warm you up... Read more >>

CHRIS KING BB FOR SRAM

Chris King don't only make bottom brackets to fit FSA, Shimano and Race Face, there are BB's to fit SRAM cranks too! That means all your SRAM and Truvativ road and MTB cranks can benefit fmo the quality of Chris King!... Read more >>

WORLD CHAMPS - BLINKI WINS BRONZE!!

The mountain bike world championships is done and dusted for another year, Danny Hart emerged as the new World Champ and New Zealand's Sam Blenkinsop taking the Bronze medal in one of the most incredible races of all time!... Read more >>

GOOD LUCK KIWI MTB TEAM!!

This years mountain bike world championships in Champery, Switzerland will be an exciting one as it features what is possibly the strongest National team that New Zealand has ever assembled!... Read more >>

SPY PHOTO OF ROAM

We can't wait for this bad boy to be ready....... Read more >>

DOWNHILL SOUTHERN SERIES

Jamie Greenway from Wanaka is running a downhill southern series........ Read more >>

SCOLESY TOP 10 AT WORLD CUP

Last weekend was the final round of the World Cup series in Val di Sole, Italy... Read more >>

HARD DAY AT THE OFFICE

Samara reports in after a hard day of racing at the final World Cup in Val di Sole........ Read more >>

CONOR GINGA WHIP

Not sure about you but we don't no what a "ginga whip" is but Conor seems to.... Read more >>

MRP 2X GUIDES IN STOCK

MRP 2X chain guides have just landed at Wide Open. ... Read more >>

ANOTHER SOLID WORLD CUP FROM THE KIWIS

New Zealand mountain bikers had another great weekend at the world cup finals in Val Di Sole, Italy!... Read more >>

MORE CERAMIC FROM KING

Chris King has introduced ceramic bearings to its R45 road hubs. Another introduction is Campagnolo compatible driveshells. ... Read more >>

3 MINUTE GAPS - IN STOCK NOW!!!

That's right...it's here, get down to your local bike shop and get your copy.

Director Clay Porter has traveled the world capturing a story of triumph and struggle.

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2012 MARZOCCHI 55 & 44 SWITCH

For next year, Marzocchi is introducing there brand new hydraulic travel adjust system Switch TA on 55 and 44 mountain bike fork models. ... Read more >>

UPS AND DOWNS WITH MCGARRY

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 15 year old ripper Anthony Massere up in the Hilton in Whistler which was sweet! We got up to plenty of no good hanging out there for 7 nights ! hahhaha... Read more >>

CONOR'S CRANKWORX COLORADO

Conor MacFarlane had a good time at his second big event of the year at the Crankworx Colorado slopestyle this past weekend.... Read more >>

FSA MONOLINK POST

FSA are also the first third-party manufacturers to jump on board with Selle Italia's new Monolink seating system. ... Read more >>

JAY TOUCHES DOWN IN EUROPE

Jay Barett has just touched down in the UK. Jay will be riding at Fort Williams for a few days before heading to Europe for World Cup in La Bresse. ... Read more >>

MRP 2X GUIDE

We are pleased to present the new 2X shiftable guide for 2X cranks. ... Read more >>

POLYCARBONATE HEADSET SPACERS!!

And now for something a little bit different.....we just landed polycarbonate headset spacers in translucent colours to add that quirky bit of colour to your bike!... Read more >>

CHRIS KING BOTTOM BRACKET SERVICE

One of the keys to why Chris King parts last so long is how easy they are to service, and with the injector tool for Bottom Brackets it gets even easier! Learn more about this simple system inside... Read more >>

NZ MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM ANNOUNCED

Mountainbike NZ and BikeNZ have great pleasure in announcing the NZ MTB Team for the UCI World Mountainbike Championships being held in Champery, Switzerland between August 30 and Sept 4.... Read more >>

TIOGA RELEASING WORLDS THINNEST PEDAL!

Tioga has just announced the insanely thin ZEROaxle pedal is in production and will be here mid september!... Read more >>

WORLD CUP WINDHAM

Another strong weekend for New Zealand downhillers at New York state of Windham for the only World Cup round on US soil this year...... Read more >>

MCGAZZ REPORTS IN

I’m over here in Europe right now, life is good , I’m hanging in Switzerland at the moment but I just spent the weekend in France at the Chatel Mountain style competition...
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WIDE OPEN TECH TIP - HEADSETS

This months tech tip tackles the increasing confusion of headsets as more and more "standards" evolve to accomodate the new Tapered steerer forks. This guide will help you identify what standard you have to make it easier to buy your next headset.... Read more >>

FSA ADJUSTABLE SEATPOST

The mountain bike community has now fully embraced the concept of height-adjustable seatpost but surely it doesn't have an application on the road, right? Think again.
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4 IN TOP 10 (AGAIN)

Another strong day for New Zealand DH with 5 kiwis finishing in the top 10 in a World Cup in Sainte Anne, Canada. ... Read more >>

SAMARA 4TH AT WORLD CUP

Great ride by Samara finishing 4th in the under 23 class held at the World Cup in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada. ... Read more >>

TAKE YOUR TIME

Nick Keating and Tom Guilmette captured the Claymore Challenge with a Phantom Flex high speed digital cinema camera at over 2000 frames per second!

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CLAYMORE HIGHLIGHTS

Nice little Claymore highlights video via Pinkbike........ Read more >>

ANOTHER SOLID RESULT FOR SAMARA

Samara has been racing strong over the last few weeks in Europe and that continued over the weekend with another U23 win in Chur!... Read more >>

CONOR STARTS HIS SEASON WITH A BANG!

Unfortunately that bang was from Conor dislocating his shoulder! Conor has been in the US for about a week now and has had an impressive start until yesterdays Claymore challenge slopestyle event!... Read more >>

THE KILLSWITCH RETURNS!

After the 2010 Black Market Killswitch sold out globally, many people have eagerly been waiting for the next run of frames and they are finally here!... Read more >>

SCOLES WINS ITALIAN CUP

Alexandra's finest mountainbike export, Matt Scoles won the Abetone round of the Italian Cup on Sunday....... Read more >>

ROTORUA WINTER DOWNHILL CHAMPS

This past sunday Descend Rotorua put on their Winter Downhill champs in the redwoods. A handful of top national riders turned out for the event which ended up in atrocious conditions that really seperated the top guys from the rest!... Read more >>

PAKE C'MUTE - CROSS BUILD

One of the boys here has just finished building his new "jack of all trades" Pake C'mute as a Cross/Commuter and gives us a run down.... Read more >>

THE KELLY SHOW

Here's a little run down what Kelly has been up to over the last few weeks........ Read more >>

MRP 2X GUIDE SPY PHOTOS

The MRP 2X chainguide is intended for 2X setups and availability is planned for late July....... Read more >>

SAMARA UNDER 23 WIN

Another solid race for Samara winning the Under 23 and finishing 7th in the Elite woman, this is what she had to say........ Read more >>

TOM 2ND AT PENNSYLVANIA TT

Tom Francis had a strong ride in the weekend finishing 2nd at the Pennsylvania TT champs....... Read more >>

FLICK THE SWITCH

We air freighted a handful of the new Black Market Killswitch so Conor would have one before he leaves for the USA.... Read more >>

4 IN THE TOP 10

It was a amazing weekend of NZ downhill with four kiwi’s making up the top 8 riders at the DH World Cup in Fort William. ... Read more >>

GOOD START FOR SAMARA

The race that was almost… and then was not…

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R.I.P SCOTTY

R.I.P Scotty ... Read more >>

CONOR HEADS TO THE US

Check out this sick photo Ivan Woods took of Conor Macfarlane at the Farm Jam! Conor will be off overseas very soon and his first contest will be the Claymore challenge in less than 3 weeks! ... Read more >>

BROOK ON RED BULL - PART 2

Last week Red Bull dropped a sweet little edit of former Wide Open rider Brook MacDonald and now part 2 is fresh off the press!... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN TECH TIP - ODI GRIPS

The first in a series of tech articles for wideopen.co.nz, where we give you some helpful tips to get the most out of your shiny new bike bits. This week is installing the classic ODI lock-on grips... Read more >>

LEATT CRANK TAUPO

The second Leatt Crank Taupo downhill event went off last weekend on a beautiful sunny Taupo day, Matt Walker took home the win for the second year running in a race that proved popular for competitors and specators alike.... Read more >>

FINAL WRAP UP FROM THE FARM JAM

The southern freeriders boys hve just finished up this report on the Farm Jam, held back in February. Wide Open riders Conor Macfarlane and Kelly McGarry to the win and 3rd place respectively so read all the details about their success and the rest of the Jam inside!... Read more >>

WHITE BROTHERS CARBON FORKS IN STOCK

The latest product line to land in the Wide Open warehouse is the White Brothers Rock Solid Carbon rigid fork... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN SIGNS TOM FRANCIS

Wide Open Distributors is pleased to announce the signing of up and coming Multisport athlete Tom Francis........ Read more >>

LEATT CRANKED TAUPO THIS WEEKEND

Maintaining speed, making all the jumps, cranking the berms and having a good time will be the focus of the riders taking part in the Leatt Crank Taupo Mountain Bike event this Saturday 21 May.

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NEW BIKE FOR JAY BARRETT

It's time for Wide Open Team rider to get on a new bike in preperation for world cups and the world champs later this year so we decided we would build him something a little bit special...... Read more >>

A LITTLE PEPPER.....OR SALT

We have just landed a Chris King order and there was a handful on there very limited edition Salt and Pepper hub shakers........ Read more >>

CONOR MACFARLANE PROMO

We got sent this little clip of Conor MacFarlane about a year ago and we were so blown away that shortly after that, Conor was riding a new Black Market Killswitch decked out in Gravity, Atomlab and Marzocchi bits as our new development rider! The boys from "Aint a Big Deal" have just made the vid public and its just as impressive now as it was then ... Read more >>

KELLY 3RD AT RANCHSTYLE

Kelly McGarry had a brilliant start to his 2011 Freeride Mountain Bike world tour over the weekend with 3rd place at the Rachstyle Slopestyle in Colorado!... Read more >>

3 MINUTE GAPS COMING

This has been a long time coming but it looks like it's going to be worth it....... Read more >>

CONORS NEW RIDE....

Conor has just got his hands on his new Corsair. With Kelly getting his new Diamond Back frames his Corsair needed a new home so who better person to pass it onto than Conor.... Read more >>

3 WEEKS TO LEATT CRANK TAUPO

The Leatt Crank Taupo mountain bike event is coming up fast again! 1 mountain, 3 events, 1 day......Back for year 2 comes a unique mountain bike event from Epic Events. Featuring the CamelBak Cross Country, Wide Open Downhill......... Read more >>

SEA OTTER WRAP UP

The Sea Otter Classic is the traditional season opener for cycling and finished up just over a week ago in Monterey, California. Here is a wrap up of some of the cool stuff that Wide Open will be seeing in the near future... Read more >>

BIKE MAKEOVER WITH JUICE LUBES

One of our staff members left his bike dirty after a weekend of riding so we thought it would be a good time to show you how the Juice Lubes range has everything you need to freshen up your bike for the next ride... Read more >>

2012 CORSA 29ER FORK

A sneak peek at the new Marzocchi Corsa 29er fork...... Read more >>

ON THE CHAIN GANG

As part of the Resurrection Easter track weekend the CGK and CGG are hosting a balls to the wall...... Read more >>

GRAVITY LIGHT 7050 CRANKS JUST LANDED

The very impressive Gravity Light hollow forged 7050 allow cranks have just landed at Wide Open. Added strength and lighter than ever...... Read more >>

KELLY AT SEA OTTER

Kelly seems to be everywhere at Sea Otter, first cheacking out the new 2012 Gravity line... ... Read more >>

VISION HOOK UP!

At Wide Open we are just not all about mountain biking........ Read more >>

NORTH AMERICA BOUND

Kelly McGarry is North America bound......... Read more >>

SHEPPARD ON WHEELER

New Zealand’s up and coming cross country rider Samara Sheppard, has just signed a contract with Wheeler iXS XCO Pro Team, basing in Switzerland. ... Read more >>

NORTHCOTT ON MARZOCCHI

They say "what goes around comes around" and that is exactly what has happened for Mike Northcott........ Read more >>

AT GRAVITY SERIES

Looking for some colour.....well look no more...the new Andrew Taylor Signature series from Gravity is now available in limited quantities.......... Read more >>

NZ MTB WORLDS TEAM ANNOUNCED

UCI 2011 World Mountainbike Championships, Champery Switzerland, 31st Aug to 4th September
New Zealand Team Long List...
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LEATT CRANK TAUPO

1 mountain, 3 events, 1 day......Back for year 2 comes a unique mountain bike event from Epic Events. Featuring the CamelBak Cross Country, Wide Open Downhill......... Read more >>

I LIVE MY LIFE WIDE OPEN

It's funny the email's we get.....we got one the other day telling us they are a band and they wrote a song call "Wide Open" a few years ago ....... Read more >>

SAMARA 3RD @ OCEANIA GAMES

Samara jumped over the ditch to race the Oceania Games last weekend, this is what she had to say....... Read more >>

TAIPEI TRADE SHOW DAY 3

So for the last day of the show in Taiwan, Matt caught up with Tioga, MRP and Marzocchi... Read more >>

TAIPEI BIKE SHOW - DAY 2 - FSA

Day 2 of the Taipei bike show is underway with FSA showing some cool new lines and improvements to current product... Read more >>

TAIPEI BIKE SHOW - DAY 1

Matt is in Taiwan for the annual Taipei Bike Show where he gets to meet with suppliers to see what exciting product will be coming our way in the next 12 months.... Read more >>

SWEET AS BRO

A couple of weeks ago Kelly spent a few days with some friends from France filming in Queenstown as part of a series of videos from FASTFOKUS productions. Kelly and NZ get to kick things off with episode 1, entitled "SWEET AS BRO". Chur!... Read more >>

UNIT FARM JAM MTB EDIT

Unit just dropped this amazing video from the Farm Jam a couple of weeks ago and its off the hook!... Read more >>

ANOTHER STUNNING 5SPOT

A good friend of ours just took delivery of this 2011 Turner 5Spot which we must say is one of the best-looking 5Spots we've seen in terms of both appearance and function!... Read more >>

FARM JAM THROUGH THE EYE'S OF CONOR

I’ve never defended a title before so coming into the Unit Farm Jam I felt a little bit of pressure......... Read more >>

THE YEAR THAT WASN'T !

And who says mountain biking is a dangerous sport. ... Read more >>

CONOR WINS FARM JAM

Conor McFarlane took out the 2011 Farm Jam in the weekend......... Read more >>

WYN REPORT

So it's been nearly 3 weeks since I hit the deck in Nelson, whist racing Round 4 of the NZ DH Cup, here's a run down on what happened down there.....

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FARM JAM 2011 - THIS WEEKEND!!

Farm Jam 2011 coming at you this weekend …you have heard the hype…..be there.... Read more >>

NOT OUR YEAR!

It hasn’t been the best year for Wide Open and injuries with Wyn braking his arm at the 4th National in Nelson, Kelly cracking his collar bone and Samara having knee problems. Samara has added to those knee problems with a little downski……this is what she had to say...... Read more >>

GORGE ROAD JAM

2011 Gorge Road Jam coming at you on the 5th of March....... Read more >>

Q-TOWN LIFE

Conor has been keeping his blog updated with "Life in QT" updates........ Read more >>

DOWN ON THE FARM

I am currently on a little road trip down the deep south catching up with dealers and friends. Yesterday I spent the night out at the Frew farm and the Frew boys showed me what they have planned for the Farm Jam later this month.
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PHOTOS FROM NELSON DH

James Allan just sent through a few photos from the nationals round in Nelson this past weekend... Read more >>

ANOTHER MAN DOWN!

This last week has been terrible for Wide Open riders, with Kelly McGarry breaking his collarbone last week and now Wyn Masters is out with a badly broken arm! ... Read more >>

MARZOCCHI TEST DAY

Marzocchi doing a little testing with KHS Bikes..... Read more >>

OUR BOY CONOR

Conor has been spending quite a bit of time in Queenstown over the last few months.
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MAN DOWN!

We were talking with Kelly today and it sounds like him got a little wild on a 50 foot step down…..this is what he had to say.

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CORSAIR UNITY CLAMP !

This is thinking outside the square a little bit! ... Read more >>

WYN BACK IN NZ

Back home in NZ for the start of the NZ DH Cup and also some moto and pit bike sessions plus a few laps on my local trails.

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TRAVELING WITH WYN

Have you ever wondered how world class downhill’s travel…?....weeeell…they might not all travel with quite the same level of style as Wyn Masters....... Read more >>

NZ NAT 2 - NAPIER

Nice work Shred NZ................. Read more >>

DH & XC NATIONAL ROUND 2 - NAPIER

Round 2 of the New Zealand Mountain Bike series took place this past weekend so once again Wide Open was there for both the Downhill and Cross Country events.... Read more >>

2011 44RC3 TI

Dirt Magazine rated the 2011 44RC3 Ti "the smoothest and most reliable 150mm of travel there is" need we say more!
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SAMARA 2ND AT NAT 1

The first round of our national MTB series kicked off well in Tauranga this weekend. The TGA mtb club did a fab job putting on this event...... Read more >>

NZ DOWNHILL CUP - TAURANGA

The New Zealand race series kicked off on a typical sunny day in the Bay Of Plenty, with Tauranga's Cycle Obsession mtb park hosting the country's top riders for an awesome weekend of racing ... Read more >>

SHORT PANTS WITH RANKIN

Nathan Rankin came past today to show us his new trail bike he has just finished building complete with a few Wide Open goddies.......... Read more >>

TIOGA PSYCHO GENIUS IN STOCK

We have finally been able to get our hands on some of the new Tioga Psycho Genius Tires. If you are in the market for a new trail tire make sure you check these out.......... Read more >>

FREW FARM JAM 2011 PREVIEW

Just got a email from Brett Frew and it sounds like the Frew Farm Jam 2011 is going to be bigger than ever, check out the preview vid.... Read more >>

THE PROTUNE DIFFERENCE

The Protune service is something we now offer for all Marzocchi forks sold through our dealers, as well as forks sent in for routine servicing. See what a "Protune" means inside! (Includes blatant pimping of the juice lubes range)... Read more >>

DOMINION GOT STICKERED

Since our Dominion Prototype was heading to Kelly McGarry, it was only right for us to give it a proper McGazza-style sticker bombing!... Read more >>

WYN IN CHILE II

Wyn just sent us an email about his new "WynTV” tee shirts for you to buy via his Facebook page. The sales go to help fund his race season ahead.

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CORSAIR DOMINION PROTOTYPE

A while back we posted photos of a prototype Corsair frame that was sent to us for one of our team riders, well now it's built!... Read more >>

NEED COLOUR?

Well it looks like fluoro is back......we are just building the prototype Corsair Dominon frame and felt it needed some colour....

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KILLSWITCH FOR SALE

Built up for the Wide Open Product Launch. Ridden for 1 day, now needing a good home... Read more >>

NEW HARDTAIL FOR WYN

We just finished building a new Black Market hardtail for team rider Wyn Masters... Read more >>

COLLECTORS ITEM

New team rider Wyn Masters is getting a hardtail and it is just not any old hardtail.... Read more >>

LIFE CYCLES DVD IN STOCK!

The most highly anticipated mountain bike DVD of the year has finally landed in the Wide Open warehouse just in time for christmas!... Read more >>

WYN ON DHR

All of our team riders will have some trick new bikes for the summer, here is Wyn Masters' Turner DW DHR which he will be aboard for the NZ National series!
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SOMEONE GETS A NEW RIDE

Someone got a new Turner Flux today covered in a nice Wide Open build kit........ Read more >>

WYN ON WIDE OPEN

Wide Open is pleased to announce that Wyn Masters will be riding for Team Wide Open this summer. Coming from a strong World Cup season Wyn will team up with young junior Jay Barrett from Hastings.... Read more >>

ROAD TRIPPING WITH WIDE OPEN

From Summer Hill in Tauranga to Cambridge to ride Paul Langlands jumps.....road tripping with Wide Open....... Read more >>

KELLYS GOT THE CANDY

Check out this Crankworx Edit the good blokes at SKULLCANDY TV put up with our boy Kelly McGarry. ... Read more >>

MATT AND JAY @ DEMO DAY

Matt Scoles riding the old DHR Turner and Jay Barret Riding the new DW Turner DHR, see them shreding down the Rotorua Nationals track, at the Wide Open Demo day. ... Read more >>

DIRT 100 - THE RETURN OF MARZOCCHI

Here is the review and text for the Dirt 100 awards out today, seems the like what Marzocchi are doing!

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GETTING FIXED WITH BLKMRKT

Jono Church from Wide Open talks about the new fixed gear NSF frame from Black Market......... Read more >>

KELLY IN ALASKA

Kelly McGarry recently spent some time filming in Alaska with the Gravity team so here's a few clips of the McGazza riding with Chris Van Dine and Eric Porter.... Read more >>

JAY AND HIS DHR

Young ripper Jay Barret picked up his new DHR at our 2011 Product Launch last week......... Read more >>

DOMINION PROTOYPE

On the day of our Product Launch we managed to get a one of only tem Corsair Dominon protoype frames.

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2011 55 WITH JONO

Wide Open tech guy Jono Church talks us through the 2011 55RC3 Ti fork ... Read more >>

2011 MARZOCCHI CORSA WITH SAMARA

New 2011 Marzocchi Corsa forks at the 2010 Wide Open product launch. Little info by Jono Church and then riden by Wide Open rider Samara Sheppard in Rotorua. ... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN LAUNCH 2011

Well it has been quite a few days in the land of Wide Open and trying to do this update on what has been going on just hasn’t happen! ... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN LAUNCH - 2011 GRAVITY

Matt V from FSA talks you through Gravity’s changes for 2011... Read more >>

BRETT THANKS SPONSORS

We just had Pieter Reichwein from "Aint a big Deal" in the office as he will be filming the Product Launch over the next few days. ... Read more >>

2011 TURNER IN HOUSE

‎2011 Turner frames arrived yesterday just in time to make the Launch tomorrow (thank god!) ... Read more >>

READY TO LAUNCH 2011

Each year we run a product launch in Rotorua that is for all our dealers from around the country. We have all the latest’s and greatest from our quality brands and build a whole fleet of demo bikes for our dealers to ride.... Read more >>

TAUPO PUMP TRACK NATIONALS NOVEMBER 28

Wide Open are proud to be sponsors of the up coming National Pump Track Nationals, held in Taupo on the Superb Pump track that Bike Taupo have recently completed... Read more >>

ZINKS PROTOTYPE CORSAIR

Cam Zink talk's us through has Rebull Rampage winning Corsair Dominion...... Read more >>

NEW TYRE FOR TIOGA

Tioga has recently been showing off their first all-new tyre in a while, the Psycho Genius, which has some very special technology going on and looks like it will be a hot tyre in sizes to fit everything from XC to downhill bikes... Read more >>

THE ROAM BY BLKMRKT

We showed you some spy photo's of the Roam and few months ago and we now have photo's of the first prototype.
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ZINK WINS RAMPAGE

If you haven't seen this you must be hiding under a rock! Cameron Zink busted out a massive 360 of the Oakley drop to win the comp on the new Corsair Dominion frame.... Read more >>

KELLY ABOUT TO RAMPAGE

Kelly reports in from Redbull Rampage....."Oh yeah i'm out out the Red Bull Rampage in the Utah Desert, I went to the site for the first time today, SHes GNAR! way bigger stuff than last year..... Read more >>

INTERBIKE PART 6 - MARZOCCHI

Marzocchi has had a really strong year in 2010 so they have been experimenting with some very cool new products and these were all on show at Interbike... Read more >>

INTERBIKE PART 5 - GRAVITY

The next stop on Wide Open's tour of Interbike was the gravity booth... Read more >>

INTERBIKE PART 4 - ATOMLAB

Always ones to keep things fresh, Atomlab has been showing off a mix of new products alongside old products with new graphics... Read more >>

INTERBIKE PART 3 - ODI AND MRP

Next stop on the Wide Open tour of Interbike is ODI and MRP... Read more >>

INTEBRIKE PART TWO - CORSAIR

Corsair went through alot of changes this year, we finally get to see what they've been working on and its looking hot!... Read more >>

INTERBIKE PART ONE - TURNER

The Interbike trade show for 2010 has kicked off and there is some very exciting stuff on display from bike companies across the board. First up is the Turner bikes stand!... Read more >>

NEW RFX PROTOTYPE AT INTERBIKE

When Turner make a new bike, they won't release it until they know it's going to be the best bike around, so if that means going through several prototypes before going in to production then they'll keep trying things until the bike is dialled.... Read more >>

PRO BIKE CHECK - SAMARA SHEPPARD

Team Wide Open rider Samara Sheppard arrived back in New Zealand recently after a long season racing world cups overseas so let's take a look at the bike she raced at the 2010 Cross Country World Championships in Mont Saint Anne.... Read more >>

VIVA LAS VEGAS

It's that time of the year again....Interbike is kicking off in Las Vegas in a couple of days and Wide Open will be there reporting back on the latest goods!... Read more >>

DW-LINK DHR BUILD

We have just got pictures of the first DW-Link DHR built up in NZ... Read more >>

KELLY SHREDDING

Nice little clip of Kelly from Pieter and Toby....... Read more >>

MRP 2011

With the arrival of the new Lopes guide and the G2 SL not far away, MRP now have a full range of some of the lightest chainguides on the market so we put them all on the scales to see how they sit in the weight department... Read more >>

2011 MARZOCCHI SAMPLES IN HOUSE

We just landed a few samples of the new 2011 Marzocchi line in time for our october product launch!... Read more >>

WIN A GRIP!

Win a pair of Limited edition YD OPEN grips! Just tell us who your favourite team Wide Open rider is and why to be in the draw to win....... Read more >>

OUTRAGEOUS COLOURS FOR MARZOCCHI?!

Apart from a few anodized purple and blue bar ends and bottle cages from the early 90's, mountain bike parts have generally come in 2 colours - black or silver. That has definitely changed in recent years!... Read more >>

QUARRY SESSION WITH CONOR

Conor spent a day at the qaurry a couple of weekends ago riding some sweet terrain with a few mates... Read more >>

SAMARA 11th AT WORLDS

A strong ride from Samara today finishing a strong 11th in the under 23 woman field. This is what she had to say....... Read more >>

LIFE CYCLES - TRAILER

Just when you had watched "Follow Me" to death and were wondering what to do next "Life Cycles" is about to drop....... Read more >>

FSA LAUNCH TT GROUPSET

This has been a long time coming but finally we get to see what FSA have been developing with there group set project....... Read more >>

NZ MTB TEAM PREVIEW

UCI Mountainbike World Championships, Mont Sainte Anne, Canada; Aug 30th to Sept 5th

New Zealand Mountainbike Team – Preview

... Read more >>

3 KIWIS IN TOP 10

Another strong weekend for NZ downhill with three New Zealanders in the top 10........ Read more >>

GRAVITY TEAM IN MALAGA, SPAIN - PART 2

Part 2 of the gravity team riding with BMX legend Ruben Alcantara in Malaga, Spain... Read more >>

PAKE FIXIE

That pile of bits from the other day have been assembled to make the latest addition to the stable of bikes in the Wide Open Office. It's not the usual sort of bike people are used to seeing from Wide Open so here's a run down of the parts used for the build-... Read more >>

SAMARA 11th AT RACER BIKE CUP

Great ride in the weekend by Samara, this is what she had to say........ Read more >>

GRAVITY TEAM - MALAGA - SPAIN

Gravity - Malaga, Spain Team Trip 2010... Read more >>

STOP GOING ON ABOUT IT.....

I know.....we can't help it.....more DHR photos from Turner........ Read more >>

PAKE FIXIE BUILD

One of the boys here at Wide Open is building himself a new fixie....... Read more >>

LATEST PHOTOS OF CONOR

Conor hit the streets of Dunedin with his Black Market Killswitch and Riot bikes on Saturday with Photog James Allan, here's a selection of photos sent through from Jimbo...... Read more >>

DAVE TURNER TALKS DHR

Dave Turner talk's us through the 2011 DHR....... Read more >>

MCGARRY 5TH AT CRANKWORX

A big ride yesterday by Team Wide Open rider Kelly McGarry taken 5th place at Kokanee Crankworz in Whistler......... Read more >>

MCGAZZA IN CRANKWORX FINAL!

Kelly has made the Crankworx final, this is what he had to say.
... Read more >>

MARZOCCHI CLEAN UP CRANKWORX AIRDH

Brian Lopes and Anne-Caroline Chausson both took wins at Crankworx AirDH yesterday..
... Read more >>

KELLY AT CRANKWORX WHISTLER

I'm here in my 2nd home of Whistler B.C , All is good ,Crankworx festival is going on at the mo , the place is crazy!
... Read more >>

SPOTTED IN WHISTLER

A few DHR’s have been spotted in Whistler this week for Crankworx week of madness...... Read more >>

SAMARA SHEPPARD CHECKS IN

Samara has been chilling in Morzine since the last World Cup in Italy... Read more >>

RIDING IN AUSTRIA

Kelly McGarry's girlfriend Sha put this little video together of the McGazza shredding all over europe, check it out!... Read more >>

NZ WORLDS TEAM ANNOUNCED

Mountainbike New Zealand (MTBNZ) has great pleasure in announcing the NZ Mountainbike Team to compete at the 2010 UCI World Mountainbike Championships, to be held at Mont Saint Anne in Quebec, Canada, between August 31st and September 5th.
... Read more >>

TOP RIDE SAMARA

Samara had a great ride in he second World Cup last weekend finishing 45th overall, 11th U23 rider.... ... Read more >>

IT IS COMPLETE !

Well it’s only taken 2 years but finally we see a photo of a complete production Turner DHR.... Read more >>

GREAT RIDE BROOK!

What a ride last weekend from Brook MacDonald…..one step from the podium….well done mate, same again this weekend..? ... Read more >>

A FLYING CAMERA??!!

It's called a Dedicam and one was spotted flying around the Champery World Cup in Switzerland this past weekend. Thanks to Pinkbike.com we have here some of the footage from that day... Read more >>

TURNER RFX PHOTOS

The RFX from Turner is getting closer, check out the computer drawings below... ... Read more >>

A TOUGH DAY FOR SAMARH

So pretty much the race was epic! So tough. Starting near the back of a field of 140 riders, it was nuts!
... Read more >>

2011 DHR

We are getting closer to the 2011 DHR....... Read more >>

NZ NATIONAL DATES

Mountainbike NZ are pleased to announce the NZ MTB Cup and National MTB Championship schedule for the summer of 2011.
... Read more >>

PROTOTYPE 888

Look what Marzocchi have in works works, this is what Pinkbike had to say........ Read more >>

KELLY'S EUROPEAN SEASON WRAP-UP

Kelly McGarry recently finished up his european adventures to head to north america so here's a few highlights of the trip in the McGazza's own words.... Read more >>

FUNDRAISING DOWNHILL RACE FOR JED ROONEY

There is a downhill race happening on Sunday the 15th of August to raise money for Oamaru pinner Jed Rooney to get to the world champs in Canada this year... Read more >>

PHOTOS FROM DAVE COULSON

Dave Coulson sent us these great photos of team riders Brett Frew and Coror McFarlane....... Read more >>

SUPER LITE TURNER FLUX

Turner bikes' Flux is a super versatile frame capable of all day back country missions over varied terrain, to 2 hour elite XC races, Turner Bikes got sent some images of a super lite build from a passionate owner... Read more >>

KELLY'S CLAYMORE

Well Claymore finals went down on the weekend, the weather was sweet as, the course was sweet as, my bike was sweet as. Everything was sweet as....
... Read more >>

WYN TV TAKES ON THE TOUR

Kiwi boys in Morzine... ... Read more >>

JAY GETS A NEW RIDE

Jay Barrett hasn't even seen this yet, but we have just built him a new Atomlab Trailking....... Read more >>

MEGAVALANCHE FINAIL

Megavalanche final brought to you by Juice Lubes......... Read more >>

KIDS.....DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

Going down !!... Read more >>

KIWIS ON TOUR

Me and Paul Langland’s are chilling here in New Hampshire U S A , eating massive burgers, driving in massive trucks and also doing massive jumps at the 2010 Highland MTB park CLAYMORE Challenge Slopestyle Comp.... Read more >>

CLAYMORE COURSE

Check out the Claymore course....... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN DEVELOPMENT RIDERS

Wide Open is pleased to announce our “development” program riders, Conor MacFarlane from Invercargill and Jay Barrett from Hastings. ... Read more >>

GET DIRTY!

The latest from MC Spandx!... Read more >>

LOPES SL BB-MOUNT

Brian Lopes is the most decorated 4X and Slalom racer in the world, not to mention multiple time DH champion in the USA earlier on. ... Read more >>

NICE BARS!

Alberto Contador & Andy Schleck In It To Win It ... Read more >>

CHATEL MOUNTAIN STYLE

From Kelly - Last weekend it was time for Chatel mountan style in France , CMS is a Big mountain event on "The Face" at Chatel bike park. ... Read more >>

HELLO SUMMER - SAMARA REPORTS IN

I have arrived in Morzine where I will be for the next couple of weeks. The 36 hours of traveling to get here wasn’t even that bad...... Read more >>

KIWIS 1 & 2

New Zealand continues domination of Italy Cup...... Read more >>

CALIFORNIA ROLL

The Body Varial is a trick people have been talking about getting done since I can remember....... Read more >>

PROTOTYPE CORSA SL

For 2011 the Corsa SL continue's with Marzocchi's new air spring design weighing 1460 grams with a remote lock-out option of 28 grams....... Read more >>

SCOLES ON A ROLL

Matt Scoles continued has domination on the Italian DH series by winning the 3rd round by just over 4 seconds... ... Read more >>

BROOK IN LEOGANG

So from Willingen we headed to Leogang for the 3rd round of the world cup in Austria....... Read more >>

MCGARRY TAKES ON RAMPAGE 2010

Kelly McGarry has been invited to the Red Bull Rampage to be held in October. New format. New features. Same epic location. ... Read more >>

FSA ASK BASSO SOME QUESTIONS

FSA sat down with Ivan Basso after winning the 2010 Giro d'Ltalia...... Read more >>

GET YOUR LUBE ON

We have just landed Juice Lube products, Juice Lubes is a new UK company focused on making great bike lubes and cleaners. ... Read more >>

SCOLES LEOGANG REPORT

After crashing out at the Fort William world cup a couple of weeks ago i was pretty pissed as I had a not too bad qualifying run 22nd, and I was feeling good on the track, so I was pretty motivated to get a result at the next world cup in Leogang, Austria.... Read more >>

MRP 2011

It's light, it's strong, it's MRP 2011...... Read more >>

MCGAZZA AT LEOGANG WORLD CUP

I had a great weekend watching the world cup DH and 4X in Leogang Austria.
There were 22 riders from New Zealand and i was feeling very patriotic watching the racing!
... Read more >>

BLENKINSOP AND COLE PODIUM AT UCI WC

New Zealand Downhill athletes Sam Blenkinsop and Cameron Cole claimed 4th and 5th podium places at the third round of the UCI MTB World Cup in Austria yesterday.... Read more >>

HOW BIG WILL THIS BE?

We got a email from a friend in Queenstown last week saying that Skyline in Queenstown were looking at a complete U-Turn in mountain bike use via the gondola and it appears he is correct. How good will this be!!... Read more >>

BROOK REPORTS IN

From Innerliethen we headed to Fort William Scotland for the 3rd round of the world cup, after having a disappointing weekend at the IXS race I forgot all about that ....... Read more >>

FUNDRAISING QUIZ NIGHT FOR SAMARA

I thought I would send you some of the details about this Quiz Night I am having on Sunday... ... Read more >>

KILLSWITCH IS HERE!

Black Market's brand new Slopestyle bike has finally landed here in New Zealand, see a run down of the frame after the jump... Read more >>

THE LATEST FROM KELLY

Kelly continues his adventures of jumping like a rockstar and posing in front of signs. Oh, and riding some bikes!... Read more >>

RACE BIKES FOR SALE

It's that time of the year again, both of the boys have headed off overseas to race on big international teams so their 2010 NZ race season bikes are now up for sale... Read more >>

COMING TO YOU LIVE

Second round of the DHI Men's and Women's events LIVE from Fort William in Scotland. ... Read more >>

WORTH WATCHING

A clip from Atomlab's Joe Perrizo from Here We Go Again....insane! ... Read more >>

ANOTHER WIN FOR SCOLES

After spending the last couple of weeks in Doganaccia, Italy doing some riding/fishing/1980's moto riding with fellow kiwi George Brannigan and Ausy Rhys Willimse (Ancilotti team) , It was off up to the North of Italy for the first round of the Italian national series in a place called Scopello. ... Read more >>

WYN TV

Wyn getting board in Winterberg!... Read more >>

SHEPPARD ON WIDE OPEN

The talented cross country rider Samara Sheppard, has now been added to Team Wide Open. Run by Wide Open Distributors, Team Wide Open has a long history with top downhill and free-riders in New Zealand.... ... Read more >>

GOOD AND BAD TIMES!

Kelly's Report - Well we are just on the way to Paris from Toulouse after the Slopestyle champions league competition. ... Read more >>

NEW TEAM RIDER?

We have just signed a new rider.....who is it going to be? ... Read more >>

KILLSWITCH PROMO!

The Black Market Killswitch is finally in production and the first frames are about to ship to NZ, check out this video for an idea of what this bike will be capable of... Read more >>

MARIBOR REPORT FROM BROOK MCDONALD

Following on from Scolesy's report yesterday, Brook McDonald sent us his story from the Maribor world cup today... Read more >>

MATT SCOLES MARIBOR REPORT

Scolesy just sent through his report from the first round of the World Cup this past weekend... Read more >>

WORLD CUP SEASON HAS BEGUN!

The world cup season got under way overnight in Maribor, Slovenia with all the top riders (bar an injured Fabien Barel) looking to start their season on the right foot... Read more >>

CAMERON ZINK ON CORSAIR BIKES

Thanks to a rich variety of tricks and a ton of style, Cam Zink has been on top of his game for a long time and managed to take many podium spots in the past years....... Read more >>

ONLY THE ITLALIANS!

Matt Scoles team photo……what can we say! ... Read more >>

BROOK OUR WORLD CHAMP

Brook MacDonald current UCI World Junior Downhill Champ 2009. Shot in Napier/Hastings New Zealand. Â© Cam Williams / Downhill Division 2010... Read more >>

BLACK MARKET FIXED GEAR

Black Market bikes have given us some teaser photos of their new freestyle fixed gear bike... Read more >>

THE SCOLES REPORT

Well I’ve been over in Italy for a month now, starting to settle into new team and new bikes now, still got a wee bit of work to do on the bike set up on some rough tracks, but other than that new bike and Marzocchi’s are feeling good.... Read more >>

THE PROOF IS IN THE RIDING......

You are going to say that because we are the distributor for Marzocchi we are going to tell you how good the new 55RC3 Ti......... Read more >>

KELLY'S NEW BIKES

Kelly McGarry has been a busy boy in Europe, visiting trade shows, getting his new bikes dialled and of course RIDING as much as possible... Read more >>

FSA UNVEILS METROPLIS TRANSMISSION

Sam Patterson, one of the original founders of SRAM, designed the Patterson two-speed internal crank that debuts on FSA’s Metropolis city bike at Sea Otter.

... Read more >>

SDG X GRAVITY DROPPER

Gravity dropper and SDG components have been working together to finally make a dropper seatpost compatible with the I-Beam system... Read more >>

CRANK TAUPO ENTRIES OPEN

Entries are now open for the Leatt Crank Taupo MTB event this May... Read more >>

NZ DJ OPEN - BRETT ON THE NEWS!

Auckland's Woodhill forest hosted the New Zeland Dirt Jump Open over the weekend which saw some exciting riding from New Zealand's top MTB and BMX dirt jumpers, including Wide Open's own Brett Frew.... Read more >>

MATT SCOLES WINS IN ITALY

After being in Italy only 2 weeks, Matt Scoles won the downhill at Terme di Fontecchio Citta di Castello on Sunday, April 25... Read more >>

SNEAK PEAK - CARBON 44!

Marzocchi gave the world a preview of their new Carbon 44 Micro Ti, featuring 150mm of travel and and carbon lower to make a super light and super stiff all-mountain fork.... Read more >>

SCOLES GETS TESTED

Matt has been in Italy for 2 weeks now and is settling into his new team environment. Matt is riding for Italian Team Cingolani Protone which will see him riding Trek and Marzocchi. ... Read more >>

55 TRIPLE?

Spy photo of something new from Marzocchi for 2011....... Read more >>

3 5SPOTS - 3 BUILDS

3 new Turner 5spots have hit the trails around Rotorua lately, all sporting rather different set-ups, showing off the versatility of the frame... Read more >>

VIENNA AIR KING REPORT FROM KELLY

Kelly McGarry has been in Europe for a couple of weeks now, here's a report from his first comp in Vienna-... Read more >>

BRIGHTER - HERE NEXT WEEK!

Filmed in North and South America, Brighter has an often overlooked, unique approach to filmmaking: we're here to have fun!
... Read more >>

GETTING CRANKED IN TAUPO

It looks like the Downhill course for Crank Taupo is coming along nicely…... Read more >>

FOLLOW ME – NZ PREMIERES

We just saw this on the Spoke website....... Read more >>

THIS IS MINI DROME

This is the Red Bull mini drome. Auckland, New Zealand, 4th of april 2010.
... Read more >>

NEW COLOURS FOR YD OPEN GRIPS

We have just landed our limited edition ODI/YD Open Ruffian lock-on grips in a couple of new colours... Read more >>

TROY LEE & ODI JOIN FORCES

Two of the most iconic brands in cycling have joined forces to create some stunning new Lock-On Grips.

... Read more >>

WHY DO YOU RIDE?

Why do you ride?... Read more >>

NZ OPEN

Results from the NZ Open last weekend....... Read more >>

RED BULL MINI DROME

This coming Easter weekend is ALL TRACK 2010 featuring a bunch of rad events, concluding with the Red Bull mini drome on sunday night... Read more >>

SAM HILL - THE ENTREE - HERE 1ST APRIL

Feature film about Sam Hill and his 2009 season from Black Phoenix Films will be here next week. ... Read more >>

DANNY MACASKILL - NEED WE SAY MORE

Danny MacAskill....insane....!... Read more >>

OCEANIA RESULTS

James Allan sent us a few photos from Oceanias in Dunedin...... Read more >>

BRIGHTER DUE IN 2 WEEKS

Check out the trailer for this new film from Tamas Forde, due on 2 weeks at Wide Open, looks sick!... Read more >>

GORGE ROAD JAM

The Gorge Road crew put on another amazing jam last weekend. ... Read more >>

KELLYS KONIG

Kelly get's his new Corsair Konig........ Read more >>

CRANKTAUPO - 12 MARCH

1 mountain, 2 events, 1 day…

... Read more >>

FARM JAM FMX

The Farm Jam is getting big, check out this great clip from Unit...... Read more >>

FARM JAM GRAVITY WRAP UP

Brett Frew sent us a email giving us the Farm Jam Gravity MTB Jam run down.... ... Read more >>

NEW OWNERS FOR CORSAIR

We are excited and proud to announce that Corsair Bikes has just been purchased by Mike Flaherty and Froggy Khu of Atomlab...... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN IN THE USA PART 6 - SDG

The last stop on Matt's trip to the USA was SDG saddles....... Read more >>

NOT A GOOD IDEA!

Treadmill footjam gone wrong!... Read more >>

MJ AND THE 55RC3 TI

The 2010 55RC3 Ti has been getting great reviews this year, check out this clip the UK Marzocchi distributor put together..... ... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN IN THE USA PART 5

Second to last on Matt’s USA trip is suspension giant Marzocchi. ... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN IN THE USA PART 4.1

Some more images from Atomlab & Black Market... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN IN THE USA PART 4

The latest stop on Matt's Tour of the USA was dirt jump kings Black Market and Atomlab... Read more >>

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPS PHOTOS

Jimbo Allan sent through a few photos from last weekends national championship race at Long Gully... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN IN THE USA, NUMBER 3

Matt's scheduled stop for today was with ODI, makers of the legendary lock on grips... Read more >>

STONEY HILLS JAM REPORT FROM KELLY

Team Wide Open and now Factory Corsair rider Kelly McGarry sent us through this little update from his travels down south... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN IN THE US OF A, PART DEUX

As Matt continues his whirlwind tour of the west coast to visit the headquarters of our major brands, he stopped by Turner Bikes to see whats going on... Read more >>

WYN MASTERS NZ CHAMP ON MARZOCCHI

Wellington hosted New Zealands national downhill champs this past weekend, with Marzocchi riders featuring strongly... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN ON TOUR IN THE USA

Matt is in the USA at the moment catching up with the team from all of the top brands that Wide Open distribute, We have been sent some pictures from his visit to FSA.... Read more >>

888 REVIEW IN DECLINE MAG

If you have been fortunate enough to get your hands on the March 2010 Decline issue #61, we have and we just wanted to give you a sneak peek at what the Boys at Decline Magazine had to say about our 888 RC3 EVO Ti....... Read more >>

TURNER DHR ARRIVES JUNE

Well it has been a long wait but finally all the testing has been done on the new DW Turner DHR and is in full production now and will arrive at Wide Open early June.... Read more >>

TURN IT ON

There's almost nothing better than when you’re expecting something new and exciting to show-up.... Read more >>

GORGE ROAD JUMP JAM

Wide Open are proud to sponsor the 2010 Gorge Road Jump Jam, to be held at the Gorge Road Jumps in Queenstown on the 13th of March 2010... Read more >>

McGARRY ON CORSAIR

That's right, big Kelly McGarry will be riding Corsair Bikes for the 2010 season....... Read more >>

TURN UP TAURANGA

Race action from last weekend National in Tauranga thanks to Thomas ' Stumpy' Falconer....... Read more >>

NORTH ISLAND DH CUP ROUND 2

The 2nd round of the North Island Downhill cup series took place in Tauranga this Saturday at the freshly built 2Stage bike park... Read more >>

NEW FRAME SPONSOR FOR McGAZZA

We can’t say too much at this stage but Kelly look have a new frame sponsor for 2010..... Read more >>

WYN TV - SOUTH ISLAND - NELSON

The madness that is Wyn TV....... Read more >>

THE RETURN OF CURRY

With Brook out for a month with a broken foot and Des Curry have problems with his GT it only made sence for Curry to ride Brook's bike...... Read more >>

NORTH ISLAND DH CUP #1

The north island leg of the New Zealand Cup series kicked off this weekend and Wide Open was there... Read more >>

NEED NEW GRIPS?

Do you need new grips?.....or maybe you need to buy your better half a present to show them how much you love them…?
... Read more >>

BACKYARD MASTERS REPORT

So with a perfect day of Naki sunshine we were all set to go for the 2nd annual Backyard Masters Dirt jump jam I suited up to be dressed for the occasion as the host, a decent crowd of around 50-60 people turned out to witness the action going down next the veggie patch...... Read more >>

BROKEN FOOT

Brook McDonald broke his foot last week and will miss the next few Nationals but is expecting to be back for the Oceania’s in Dunedin. ... Read more >>

TURNER - TURNER - TURNER

As people start to see and read more about the new Turner DW frames there popularity grows in New Zealand...
... Read more >>

TEAM WIDE OPEN DOMINATE PODIUM

Team Wide Open has been on every podium this summer with Matt Scoles winning the Nelson round last weekend. ... Read more >>

GET FIXED

You have got to love/hate the fixie crew...... Read more >>

SCOLES WIN'S 3RD NATIONAL

Team Wide Open continues it's strong showing at this years Nationals with Scolesy winning his first National and Brook finishing 3rd... ... Read more >>

SCOLES TO RIDE FOR ITALIAN TEAM

Team Wide Open rider Matt Scoles has just signed a 6 month contact with Italian DH team Protone. ... Read more >>

NATIONAL 2 - DUNEDIN

It was another strong showing by the Wide Open boys at round two of the NZ MTB cup in the weekend....... Read more >>

2010 DHR SPY PHOTOS

Turner has just released pics of the latest prototype of the new DHR, featuring the legendary DW-Link.... Read more >>

THE NEW KIT

I bit of colour for the Team Wide Open boys this summer........ Read more >>

NATIONAL 1 - CHCH - LIVING SPRINGS

The first round of the 2010 Nationals kicked of last weekend in Christchurch at Living Springs.... Read more >>

A BLKMRKT CHRISTMAS

It's a So. Cal. Christmas... celebrated with friends riding trails and park.... Read more >>

55RC3 TI - TOP IN IT'S CLASS

Dirt Magazine rated the 2010 55RC3 Ti top in it's class on there Dirt 100 top products for 2010....... Read more >>

A WEEKEND IN NELSON

Hey guys I just finished getting all my bikes rolling after my migration back from Canada where I had to leave a few parts to get my luggage under weight! 3 bikes is a bit more luggage than the average traveller!
... Read more >>

A WALK IN THE PARK

A walk in the park with the Killswitch and Carter from Blkmrkt....the Killswitch is a trail bike.....!

... Read more >>

BACK JARD MASTERS

30th Jan the Master boys are running there annual Jump Jam. Wide Open will be giving away some prizes so you might want to be there!!... Read more >>

2010 ATOMLAB PRODUCT IN HOUSE

We have just landed all the new 2010 Atomlab products including the new Superlite rims and Pimplite hubs....... Read more >>

GORGE ROAD JUMPS ARE OPEN !

Queenstown’s Gorge Road jumps were official opened last weekend with the Queenstown MTB Club putting on a Jump Jam.... Read more >>

BROOK MCDONALD'S NEW WEAPON

The reigning Junior World Champion is about to pick up his new sled for the upcoming NZ nationals series... Read more >>

COLOURED HEADSET ANYONE ?

We have just landed these little gems…..FSA are doing a limited edition run of there very popular Orbit MX headsets in a wide range of colours. ... Read more >>

CHAUSSON CHOOSE’S MARZOCCHI

The fastest MTB woman will ride with Marzocchi 55 RC3 WC Ti and Roco LO at the next Mega Avalanche in Reunion Isle... Read more >>

SOMEONES GETTING A NEW RIDE?

Thanks to Dave Turner someone is about to get a new ride to race the New Zealand Nationals on this summer.... ... Read more >>

NWD10 HERE !!

Wide Open Distributors will be bring you all the big DVD's this summer starting with NWD10 "Dust & Bones" here in 5 days.... Read more >>

BLAST FROM THE PAST - POWER GRIPS

Power grips pedal straps are now in stock! a recent revival from the MTB past has proven to be a nice alternative to toe clips on Urban Fixies... Read more >>

NICE PIC!

A nice photo of our new team rider Brook MacDonald from last weekends race in Napier. ... Read more >>

CHRIS SMITH - CORSAIR/MARZOCCHI

Chris Smith/Corsair bikes. End of Summer edit ,September 09... Read more >>

TEAM WIDE OPEN 2009/10

Wide Open Distributors is please to announce that DH Junior World Champion Brook MacDonald will be in Team Wide Open for NZ Summer. ... Read more >>

MORE MRP OPTIONS

MRP Announces 3 new versions of the popular 1.X Chainguide. With the list of cross country championships piling up from the 2009 season, MRP is proud to announce 3 new versions of the ultra popular 1.X chainguide.... Read more >>

NEW JUMPS AT THE FREW COMPOUND

We've just been e-mailed these pictures from Brett Frew of the sick new jumps they've been digging... Read more >>

KELLY WITH THE GRAVITY PEDALS

Kelly McGarry talks us through the new Gravity pedals that have just landed at Wide Open. ... Read more >>

DAVE TALKS TURNER

Check out a few interviews courtesy of flikbin.com as David Turner explains the new RFX and Sultan 29er. ... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN LAUNCH 2010

Below are some photos of our 2010 Product Launch held last week in Rotorua. ... Read more >>

ON THE ROAD WITH WIDE OPEN AND SPOKE

Spoke Magazine was at our 2010 Product Launch shooting photos and film of our team riders inculeding new team member World DH Champion Brook MacDonald ... Read more >>

STONY HILL TRAILS JAM 2010

Stony Hill Trails Jam - see poster for details.... Read more >>

PRODUCT LAUNCH 2010

Thursday 15th October see's the 2010 Wide Open Distributors product launch. This will be broadcast live on www.spokemagazine.com ... Read more >>

MCGAZZA VS THE EARTH

Kelly sent us a email today "Im sittin at home trying to heal myself quickly...."
... Read more >>

FLICK THE SWITCH

Karl, Tyler and the guys over at Pinkbike.com put together a little web interview ... Read more >>

FSA IN MILAN

FSA show of all there new 2010 product at EICMA Show in Milan....... Read more >>

IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON

BlkMkrt's new 24" Contraband.....lime green...in stock soon ... Read more >>

KELLY AT INTERBIKE

Our man Kelly McGarry just sent through some photos from Interbike last week... Read more >>

TURNER RFX

Allot of hype about the new RFX that Turner have at Interbike and we can see why.....super hot!!... Read more >>

FARM JAM SHAPPING

We got this update from Brett Frew about the 2010 Farm Jam ... Read more >>

POLYTEC PEDALS IN STOCK

Light, strong, and durable. These plastic pedals have an injected molded polycarbonate body with molded pins and traction pattern. They use cromoly spindle with a loose ball bearing system. Polytec pedals come in four colors and weigh only 360g per pair.

... Read more >>

SAN DIEGO WASHOUT JAM

It was a Jam, not a contest....... Read more >>

AWARD WINNING 386 CRANKSET

The BB30 K-Force light mtb crankset with its 3-bolt 86mm BCD compact chainring set-up has received a design award at the recent Eurobike Show in Germany.... Read more >>

BRISBANE TRIPPING

Brett Frew spent a few days in Brisbane with Karl Bensemann, a little report below. ... Read more >>

SUMMER OF SHRED NEW ZEALAND

Some Aaron Lutze gold - Summer of Shred - New Zealand ... Read more >>

TURNER WORLD CHAMPION

Press Release from Turner - Emmeline Ragot is the 2009 World Downhill Champ!... Read more >>

KS X SDG

SDG and KS have joined forces to bring you the first I-Beam saddle compatible adjustable height seatpost. ... Read more >>

RED BULL EXODUS

Kelly competed in the Red Bull Exodus last weekend and sent us this report. ... Read more >>

FINAL DAY AT CANBERRA

More top quality images from the last day in Canberra and what a day it was - Photos James Allan

... Read more >>

INSIDE TEAM NEW ZEALAND

The New Zealand team had one of the biggest teams attending the World Championships and the vibe inside the team was very strong with a large support crew alongside, which was also outstanding. ... Read more >>

WORLDS RACEDAY FOOTAGE

A huge day of Racing was had at the 2009 World champs... Read more >>

PICTURES FROM CANBERRA

More Top quality images from, James Alan... Read more >>

4 CROSS ACTION PLUS THURSDAY VIDEO

Some Video and pics from 4 Cross practice and qualifying... Read more >>

JAMES ALLAN PICTURES

A picture says a thousand words, here's a few photo's from James Allan, for those of us that can't be at worlds in Canberra... Read more >>

MORE WEDNESDAY

Matt Scholes, Bikes in the pits, check it out. ... Read more >>

SICK MICK TAKES WORLDS

Pump Track Worlds that is... Read more >>

WORLD CHAMPS WEDNESDAY

More Quality Footage from Dirt TV and MTB Cut... Read more >>

MORE KILLSWITCH

More info on the new the Killswitch from BlkMrkt...... Read more >>

WORLD CHAMPS – TUESDAY

Video action from the first day of DH practice at the World Champs, enjoy….. ... Read more >>

SCOLESY'S NEW JUMP BIKE

We have just finished putting together a new jump bike for Scolesy ... Read more >>

MCGARRY BACK FLIPPING DREAMTRACK

Team Wide Open rider Kelly McGarry flips the legendary Dreamtrack gap ... Read more >>

KILL SWITCH

This is a spy photo of the new BlkMrkt full suspension “Kill Switch”. ... Read more >>

TRACK WALK

The DH track walk thanks to Dirt TV along with some really bad music!... Read more >>

MATT'S WORLDS BIKE

We have just finished building Matt Scoles a new DH bike that he will be riding at the World Championships in Canberra next month. ... Read more >>

GRAVITY BLOG

Gravity have got a blog rolling so you can now keep fully up to date with what all the Gravity team riders are up to. ... Read more >>

ATOMLAB VIDEO UPDATE

ATOMLAB sent this video our way of one of the riders they hook up. Sweet street style action... Read more >>

ARE YOU FIXED ?

You say this fixie thing will never take off....it's here and growing quickly in New Zealand. ... Read more >>

MARZOCCHI 2010

There is a lot of hype on the new 2010 Marzocchi fork range. Brian Lopes has been using 2010 product throughout Crankworx last week winning 3 out of the 4 races he entered. ... Read more >>

DIRT TV CRANKWORX - MAGIC

Dirt TV is the best....Crankworx...go big or go home...... Read more >>

KELLY'S CRANKWORX

Crankworx is done and dusted now and it didn't go too bad for me. I competed in the Deep summer photo challenge which is a competition where 6 professional photographers are invited to the whistler valley for 3 days to shoot as many....... Read more >>

THE RISE IS RIGHT

Brett has mounted the new 3" Gravity bars to his Mob. Brett removed all the headset spacers so the bike now get’s a bit more height in the front which feels good. ... Read more >>

1.X GUIDE WINS AT BROMONT XC

MRP's New 1.X Chainguide, was ridden to Victory at the recent Bromont World Cup... Read more >>

MORE CRANKWORX FOOTAGE

More footage from the Slope Style at Crankworx... Read more >>

MCGARRY TOP 10 FINISH AT CRANKWORX

Kelly McGarry has had a great result at the Crankworx slopestyle over the weekend... Read more >>

ATOMLAB FORKS NOT FAR AWAY

Here are some shots of a GI 60 prototype from the production line. Obviously it is not painted, anodized, or zinc'd, but you can see how it looks on a bike. This thing is the beef. ... Read more >>

THE LUCKY ONE

Kelly received his new DHR in the weekend and has already put it through its passes at Whistler. ... Read more >>

HOW WE LOVE QUEBEC

World Cup racing takes centre stage again this weekend with Québec hosting 6th round. Québec has to be one of the best racers of the season and will host the World Champs next year.
... Read more >>

CHAINGUIDES, NOT JUST FOR DOWNHILLERS!

The top of an XC race podium is not where you would usually expect to see a chainguide equipped mountain bike... Read more >>

DROP IN.........STEP DOWN

Check out the Crankworx Colorado Slopstyle course. The start drop-in to the “BIG” step down is insane…..!
... Read more >>

MISSING BIKE

It wouldn't be a trip to Europe without bikes been stolen…. Matt Scoles and two other kiwi juniors had there bikes stolen from a lock up in Morzine France. ... Read more >>

COMMENTED

Wide Open has just signed AKA “Vanilla Ice” to be our spokesman... Read more >>

SPY PHOTOS - GRAVITY DJ BAR

Gravity sent as some of there new prototype Jump bars. They feature a 31.8 clamp, 710mm wide and 3’ rise makes these bars pretty unique in the market.... Read more >>

KELLYS CRANKWORX

Kelly give's as a run down on what was Crankworx Colorado....I have just come back from Crankworx Colorado... The course was sweet as, Built by John Cowan and my good mate Tommy Hey. ... Read more >>

TURNER RFX......2010

Turner have just launched there new website which includes more details of the RFX and boy does she look hot!... Read more >>

WORLD CUP ROUND 6

More awesome footage from dirt TV... Read more >>

IN THE FUTURE

BlkMrkt has gone through a few changes over the past 12 months with a brake away from S&M bikes. This now means they have full control of the brand.
... Read more >>

WORLD CUP ROUND 7

More great live footage from Freecaster this weekend from the World Cup in Bromont Canada. ... Read more >>

COLORADO CRANKWORX.

Crankworx Colorado is this weekend with our boy Kelly McGarry attending and will be one to watch after his 4th place at the Claymore Challenge two weeks ago.

... Read more >>

MORE CLAYMORE FOOTAGE

More Footage from the Claymore challange, featuring Team Wide Open Rider Kelly McGarry... Read more >>

WORLD CUP ROUND 6

More awesome footage from dirt TV... Read more >>

ODI / YD OPEN LOCK ON GRIPS

We just received a box from our friends at ODI with some super sharp custom YD Open lock on clamps.
... Read more >>

WORLDS TRACK

The track builders in Canberra have been quite busy dialling in the downhill and 4x tracks.... Read more >>

HARD ON GEAR !

Matt has had the worst luck this year with mechanicals in race runs, and last weekend in Switzerland was no different. ... Read more >>

CLAYMORE PHOTOS

Kelly sent us some photos from last weekends slope style event at the Claymore Challenge. ... Read more >>

A FEW WORDS WITH MR FREW

We sit down with Brett Frew and ask him a few questions....... Read more >>

KELLY REPORTS IN

Just had a awesome weekend at the Highlands bike park Claymore challenge slopestyle here in New Hampshire USA.... Read more >>

KELLY 4TH AT CLAYMORE

Kelly ended up in 4th place in the Claymore Challenge and is stoked.
Next contest is Crankworx Colorado July 30 - Aug 2 and it's gonna be streaming live online at crankworx.com so check it out.
... Read more >>

NEW RIDE

Kelly sent us some photos of his new Turner Spot that he will be competing on over the next few months. Kelly will be riding at Crankworz Colorado and Whistler plus the Goat Style cntest. ... Read more >>

ATOMLAB HISTORY

A bit of history on one of our favourite brands Atomlab.... Atomic Laboratories or "Atomlab" was founded by Mike Flaherty in December of
1996. Mike is a former BMX pro who has worked as a designer in the bicycle industry for years
... Read more >>

SPY PHOTOS - MRP CAMBER CRANKS

Here are a few spy shots of the upcoming MRP Camber Cranks. ... Read more >>

SCOLSEYS RAMBLINGS

Italian Cup, Abetone
We arrived in Abetone, Italy on Friday afternoon after about a 7 hour drive from Pila. Friday afternoon was unofficial practice so we jumped on the chairlift and banged out a couple of runs to get an idea of what the Italians had got us in for!
... Read more >>

ALTED DROP PAST

Bennet Gage-Brown from Alted bikes came past today. He had a few of his SS bikes on board complete with full Wide Open build kits. Bennet tells us he is in the middle of making some more hardtails with the SS frames been made next.... Read more >>

IN 5TH......

Matt Scoles finished 5th at the latest Italian DH Round. We should have a race report from Matt shortly. Kiwi's again dominated the top five, Brook MacDonald won by a massive 6 seconds…... Read more >>

RELOCTION STATION

To celebrate the move out of the Manual, Spoke and First Floor Publishing HQ on Willis Street, Wellington, they are throwing a garage sale, exhibition and relocation party. This event will bring together local artists, Po-Mo, Good As Gold, along with Manual and Spoke magazines for a one day garage sale and exhibition. ... Read more >>

DEMO A TURNER

Looking for a new ride but want to make sure the bike is right for you? Wide Open has a number of demo 09 Turner's available to ride via one of our Turner dealers. ... Read more >>

IT'S COLD OUT THERE...

We are only at the start of July and we already hanging out for summer! ... Read more >>

A LOOK BACK IN HISTORY

Wide Open has had a proud history in sponsoring New Zealand riders. We take a trip down memory lane…..... Read more >>

ANTI DAY FIVE

Here is a clip from the last days in Hafjell, Due to the wind, the staff had to cancel the last session. ... Read more >>

SCOLSEYS RAMBLINGS

Avalanche Sprint Cup, Oz en Oisans – France

I just got back to Pila in Italy after spending the start of the week riding in Morzine. Monday night it was off to Alpe du Heuz for the sprint cup which is part of the Mega Avalanche week and is always a pretty cool event to do.
... Read more >>

SCLOES 5TH AT AVALANCHE CUP

Matt Scoles finished 5th last weekend at the Avalanche cap behind a strong field. We have not had much luck finding any information about the race sorry. ... Read more >>

LEAVING EUROPE

Kelly gives us a run down of his last few months in Europe.

Well my European trip is nearing its end. For the 7 weeks I have travelled around Europe in an ugly white Opel Combo stacked with my bikes and gear then ditched the wagon and flew to Norway.... Read more >>

OPEN BATH

Marzocci Press Release - For 2010 Marzocchi has taken the 888 back to the drawing board and in doing so have managed to save over 600g in weight. ... Read more >>

PALMER........BACK

We no this has nothing to do with Wide Open but we can't stop ourselves from thinking how good this is for downhill racing, with the return of Palmer.
... Read more >>

THASH A BIKE....

We saw this on the BlkMrkt website. Web edit by Vincent Allard...
... Read more >>

WE ASK MATT A FEW QUESTIONS

We caught up with Matt Scholes to see where he is and what he has been up to over the last few months........ Read more >>

DAYS OF THUNDER - DAY 4

Video Blog below from day 4 at the Days of Thunder... Read more >>

LEADING THE SERIES

Matts race report....We arrived in Canazei in the middle of nowhere on Friday night after some how bluffing our way with the shity map we had and he shity Italian road signs that tell you nothing! When we arrived we unloaded some stuff at the flash motel that the race organiser had put us up in... Read more >>

DAYS OF THUNDER - DAY 3

Video Blog below from day 3 at the Days of Thunder. Big Kelly killing it as always!! ... Read more >>

KELLY'S DAY 1 AT DAYS OF THUNDER

Yo, The first event of Days of Thunder , The downhill relay is done. Since there are no other Kiwi's or not even a bloody Aussie to be found here at DOT I got chucked in Team North America because I spend half my time living in Canada.... Read more >>

DAYS OF THUNDER - DAY 1

Here’s the first day of riding in Hafjell for the Days Of Thunder 2009. Big Kelly McGarry busting out back flips........ Read more >>

SCOLES WINS ITALIAN CUP

It was a clean sweep for New Zealand at the 2nd Italian DH cup in the weekend with Matt Scoles taken his first European race win followed closely by Nathan Rankin and Brook MacDonald in third. ... Read more >>

YOU HAVE BEEN PROTUNED.....

Mountain bike suspension technology has come along way since the first 1” travel elastomer sprung forks came about 20 years ago, but they still need to be set up specifically for every rider and then maintained properly to keep them running smooth for years to come. ... Read more >>

SCOTT ON - GERMANY

Video clip from the Scott On Air Event in Willingen. ... Read more >>

WE CATCH UP WITH KELLY IN EUROPE

We caught up with Kelly McGarry to see where he is and what he has been up to over the last few months........ Read more >>

MATT'S REPORT FOR MARIBOR

Well we arrived in Maribor, Slovenia on Monday night ready for a couple of days riding at the Maribor Bike Park on some tracks near the world cup course. Tuesday and Wednesday Brook, Cam, Luke and me went and did some runs on a couple of sick tracks underneath the dodgy gondola that felt like it was going to rip off every time. The tracks there were sick...... Read more >>

UK STREETS

Here's a quick edit from our Blackmarkets UK street urchin, Matt Jamieson........ Read more >>

BLUE BOY

We just landed these limited edition ODI Ruffian grips in blue. We were only able to get our hands on 50 pairs and there were only 50 pairs that will ever make it into the country as ODI are no longer making them.... Read more >>

MATT SCOLES PHOTOS

We have managed to find a number of photos of our boy Matt Scoles racing in Europe and looking full factory.
... Read more >>

MRP’s 1.X CHAINGUIDE REVIEW

VeloNews has just finished a review on the new MRP 1.X Chainguide. After Giant Factory Team rider Adam Craig won the 2008 national championship cross-country race in Mount Snow, Vermont, using a single 35-tooth chainring and half of MRP’s System 3 Carbon downhill chainguide the 1.X idea was born.

... Read more >>

MARIBOR FINAL

Final video from the final at Maribor. Fabien Barel on top... Read more >>

WORLD CUP 5 - MARIDOR

Practise session from the 5th DH World Cup in Maribor. Qualifying cancelled due to poor weather so gondola was not able to run.... Read more >>

THE TIPPING POINT IS HERE

Yes, it is true. After a long delay (like all DVD's latley) The Tipping Point has arrived in the Wide Open wearhouse. You will be able to get your hands on a copy at your leading dealer Monday. ... Read more >>

WORLD CUP 5 - SLOVENIA - LIVE

Maribor, Slovenia, once again hosts the UCI World Cup this year, this time with a double event: 4X and downhill. Maribor returned to the Nissan UCI World Cup calendar in 2007, hosting the season's final triple event. It went on to be voted second best downhill and 4X World Cup organizer of the season.

... Read more >>

THE PEOPLE MOVER

One of the boys at Wide Open needed to build a bike so he could ride the trails in Rotorua with his kids and built up this trick Soma hard tail.... Read more >>

JUST NOT ANOTHER BIKE

We have just landed a whole bunch 09 Turner frames including the Sultans 29ers. Demand on the new DW Turners has been super high since the new frames where introduced at Interbike last year. ... Read more >>

KELLY MCGARRY RIDER PROFILE VIDEO

Tim Pierce and Wide Open have teamed up to bring you Team Wide Open rider profiles.... Read more >>

ADRIANO MALORI WINS ON VISION WHEELS

Vision is glad to announce the winning of Adriano Malori in crono race during ‘Giro delle Nettarine’: he used our Vision Trimax Ultimate wheel (front wheel).
Adriano Malori knows Vision Wheels very well: last year he won Under 23 TT World Championship with our 88mm front wheel prototype (Trimax Ultimate).
... Read more >>

KELLY 4TH @ SCOTT ON

Kelly has been hanging out in Willingen Germany for the Sympatex Bike Festival. Perfect weather after bucket loads of rain during the week. Luckily the windy conditions died down for the Dirt Jump comp and it went off!... Read more >>

MARZOCCHI VAMPIRE SHOOT

Here is a little insight into what Marzocchi has install for 2010……….....!!!... Read more >>

McGARRY UPDATE

After much indecision I picked the FISE Experience slopestyle comp in France over the Austrian King of Dirt comp. I like slopestyle comps more than Dirt Jump comps and going to Mont de Marsan for FISE (Festival International Sports Extreme) made for a pretty good round trip of Europe (and I got to go surfing!).... Read more >>

FORT WILLIAMS - MATT SCOLES

The Fort William World Cup kicked off on the Thursday with track walking in the afternoon and the track was looking pretty much the same as previous years except for a new section in the trees so it was looking good.
... Read more >>

TURNER DHR UPDATE

We get a number of emails regarding the new DHR from Turner and when it will be in production and in New Zealand. Word from Dave Turner is that he hopes to have them to Wide Open by December. ... Read more >>

FORT WILLIAM RACE DAY VID

Video action from Race Day at Fort Williams, from the 4th round of the Downhill World Cup... Read more >>

FORT WILLIAM QUALIFING DAY VID

Video action from qualifier at Fort Williams at the 4th Downhill World Cup.... Read more >>

FORT WILLIAM PRACTICE DAY VID

Video action from Fridays practice at Fort Williams in the UK. ... Read more >>

TIOGA GOES RACING

Tioga has a long history in BMX racing with the classice Comp 3 tire with last year salabrated its 25th birthday ... Read more >>

INVITED

Word on the street is that Kelly has been invited the Monster Energy Slopestyle & VW Trick Showdown at Whistler... Read more >>

SMITH ON CORSAIR

Chris Smith has been hooked up by the UK distributor Windwave, you can see why when you watch this vid. ... Read more >>

NEW WHEELS BY VISION

FSA is proud to introduce the new range of Vision Wheels at the 2009 Giro d’Italia.
... Read more >>

ON A BOX

Matt Scoles had a top result in the weekend finishing 2nd at the iXS European Downhill Cup held in Verbier.

... Read more >>

OH TO BE FACTORY

It seems we have been building a few BlkMrkt Mobs lately. First Brett’s new team ride now this new one for good friend Matt Blair.

... Read more >>

MATT SCOLES RIDER PROFILE

Tim Pierce and Wide Open have teamed up to bring you Team Wide Open rider profiles.

Tim spent a weekend with in Matt's home town of Alexandra. Amazing footage, enjoy...... More coming soon!

... Read more >>

KELLY, FRANCE, FRIENDS

Dirt jump session in Grabels, France with Kelly McGarry, Andrew Taylor, Yannick Granieri and Sam Pilgrim.... Read more >>

MCGARRY UPDATE

I’m in Andorra at the moment, not a bad spot. I hit a few trails this morning on the 5spot up where they held the WC, all good ...the lifts aren't open yet but I just did a few shuttles. Might call into Cedric’s bar for a beer later!
Before Andorra we went to Barcelona for a look. That was sweet bu... Read more >>

FREW AND BLKMRKT JOIN FORCES

Wide Open team rider Brett Frew is just about to get has hands on a BlkMrkt Mob frame complete with Wide Open build kit.

The Mob is running the new Atomlab Pimplite wheels in green with matching Pimp sprocket and GI cranks. Gravity looks after the bar and stem with SDG looking after seat and pos... Read more >>

ITALIAN MADNESS

Report from Matt Scoles

We just arrived back in Morzine today after travelling about 5 hours to a little Italian town in the middle of nowhere called Prarostino. We arrived there on Thursday night after driving round in a town called Pinerelo for about an hour and a half trying to work out what ... Read more >>

FISE FINAL

Kelly rode in the final at FISE Slopestyle in Montpellier yesterday. It was a super hot day, a bit windy but it was a sick contest.

Highlights video from the final below. ... Read more >>

KELLY QUALIFES FOR FISE FINAL

Kelly is currently at the Fise freeride event in France. The Qualifiers were yesterday.. here is the list of 15 who go on to the final.

Qualifications Mountain Bike Pro

1 Pilgrim Sam1 (1st=)
1 McDermott Lance (1st=)
2 Montgomey Mike
3 Denoes David
4 Ferry Pierre Edouard
5 Granier Y... Read more >>

GRAVITY 777 DH BAR JUST LANDED

We have just landed the new Gravity 777 flat DH bar. Gravity have been leading the global charge with wide DH bars with the Gravity Light 800mm bar and have now introduce the Gravity 777.

If you are looking for a specific flat DH bar, you have find it.....777mm wide, oh yeah boy!
... Read more >>

MATT SCOLES REPORTS FROM MORZINE

Hey everyone here’s a bit of a report of what I’ve been up to over the last few weeks in Europe, well me and Rankin arrived in Morzine on the 2nd of May. We had a couple of days of nap time to get over the jet lag, and then it was on a mission to find me a bike to borrow for the 1st World Cup in La ... Read more >>

KELLY MCGAZZA REPORT

Yo, so we are in Antibes, France right now its all good hanging out with me cuzzy josh who captains one of these flash super yachts floating about here. I can tell you one thing I think that most people around here have a bit more $$cash$$ in the back pocket than I do!
We have been all over the pla... Read more >>

BlkMkrt CONTRABAND FRAME AND FORK

Carter has been hard at work developing the next generation in Blk Mrkt products. This includes the much anticipated Contraband frame for 24” wheels and the Tech9 rigid fork for 26” wheels.

We are hoping to have the Contraband products here in late July. Read more >>

WORLD CUP 3 VALLNORD - RACE RUN

Race action from the 3rd World Cup from Vallnord, thanks to Dirt TV.

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WORLD CUP 3 VALLNORD - DH PRACTICE

Footage from a cooled practice day the the 3rd World Cup in Vallnord.... Read more >>

MATT SCHOLES WORLD CUP RACE BIKE

Team Wide Open Rider Matt Scholes sent us these pictures of his brand new Turner DHR race bike. Matt is currently in France, having raced the World Cup round in La Bresse.

Due to the tight production times on the frame from Turner and the joys of shipping goods globally, the frame only arrived wi... Read more >>

YD OPEN COMPETITION WINNERS

The winners of the YD Open Downhill bars has been drawn; Tyler Perrin from Palmerston North, Brian Goh from Wellington.

The winners will be receiving their bars very shortly. To be a winner join the Wide Open E-mail newsletter list... Read more >>

WORLD CUP 2: RACE VIDEO

Race video from the downhill world cup in La Bresse France... Read more >>

WORLD CUP 2 - QUALIFYING VIDEO

Qualifying video from the downhill world cup in La Bresse France. ... Read more >>

KELLY INVITED TO DAYS OF THUNDER 09

Big Kelly McGarry has been invited to this years "Days of Thunder" event which is massive news for the McGazza!

Kelly is in Switzerland at present after a week in Italy finishing 8th at a DJ comp with the most sketchy dirt jumps in the world. Kelly got to spend some time with the mad Marzocchi I... Read more >>

ALTED HARDTAIL

We got these photos from Bennet Gage-Brown of his new hardtail frame complete with a Wide Open build kit. He tells us he is making a few more over the next month.

Wide Open build kits are available at you local dealer. These are available for jump bikes to DH and XC/Trail.

... Read more >>

SDG COMPONENTS UNVEILS NEW LOOK

SDG COMPONENTS Unveils New Look –

Racers Dominate Sea Otter Classic Gravity Events

Huntington Beach, Cal.(April 30, 2009) – With its fresh new look, new owner and a stable of top
sponsored athletes, SDG COMPONENTS rolled into the Sea Otter Classic with lofty expectations and
came away with p... Read more >>

GRAVITY 777 FLAT BAR

The Gravity family gets a new wide flat bar DH bar. Designed to be strong enough for DH racing, this bar uses a unique design raised centre to provide 5mm of effective rise.

Double butted and tapered AL7050 alloy. 10 degree back sweep x 0 degree up sweep. 31.8 x 5mm rise x 777 width. The 777 ... Read more >>

NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IS GOING ON!

Kelly McGarry, not really anything else you can say!!

http://vimeo.com/4301903

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McGAZZA REPORT

I'm over here in Holland getting down with the crew. its all good , we have been having a real mission trying to buy a car over here as we are not residents. But should have sorted soon, hopefully! Its been stressing the mcgazza ! as I just want to rock and roll but all these people keep telling me ... Read more >>

TURNER DHR PHOTOS

Check out a number of photos of the new Turner DW DHR from Sea Otter. Tyler Morland from Sram Canada is aboard one of only a few frames.

More info www.turnerbikes.com/09dhr.html... Read more >>

MRP TO SHOW NEW CHAINGUIDES AT SEA OTTER

In the quest for lighter, stronger components, MRP will show a carbon fiber version of their successful G2 chainguide. The new guide weighs in at only 197 grams for the 36-40T size thanks to the carbon boomerang and weight-optimized skid. It also features increased compatibility and adjustability w... Read more >>

McGAZZA BLOGSPOT !

You can keep up to date with what Kelly McGarry is getting up to while travels in the US and Europe over the next few months via his blogspot.

He has just been to see sponsors Turner, SDG and ODI this week and got all swaged up!

www.kellymcgazza... Read more >>

TEAM WIDE OPEN 09 SEASON

Well another summer is coming to a close in New Zealand with the days getting shorter and the temperatures dropping by the day.

Again it was a strong year for Team Wide Open riders on the race and freeride scene expect for our young junior Vaughan Woolhouse who unfortunately broke his thumb bad... Read more >>

ADAM HAUCK WEB EDIT

We got an email form Carter from BlkMrkt bikes about the latest web edit of BlkMrkt team rider Adam Hauck.

Adam has mad skills, check it out below.

... Read more >>

TIM PIERCE CINESTOGRAPHY

You have got to check out Tims new showreel. The Matt Scoles part is amazing and so is Tim's filming!

You can see more of Tim's work at www.vimeo.com/4039691

... Read more >>

CROWN BUILD BY DOCTOR BIKE

We got these photos from Peter at Doctor Bike today. This is one of only four Corsair Crowns bikes in the country at present. More frames arriving next week.

Check out www.wideopen.co.nz/corsair.php for more info on Corsair bikes and NZ deale... Read more >>

PRECEPTIBLE - WORKS BY TIM PIERCE

Perceptible is a multi media exhibition, displaying a wide range of works from New Zealand photographer and film maker Tim Pierce.
Originally from Wanaka, Tim has spent his life travelling New Zealand and abroad documenting action sports and their associated cultures.
From this stems Perceptible, ... Read more >>

GET FIXED!!

If you had told us at Wide Open a few years ago that we would be importing toe clips and straps we would have told you that you are mad. But it has happened and the whole fixie craze has started to take over in NZ and the office at Wide Open HQ.

Soma is one of the leading brands when it comes to... Read more >>

CORSAIR KONIG 4 SALE

Brett Frew has been putting the Corsair Konig through its paces on the Mini Dream track in Queenstown over the last few weeks.

The Konig has been designed with this kind of riding in mind and is also a great short travel shuttle bike. This is how Corsair describes the Konig “With the König, ou... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN DEMO BUILD PART 3

The Final build stage of the bike. Tioga Red Phoenix tyres fitted to the wheels. SDG Bell-Air saddle in the hot looking white to complement the white finishing kit.

ODI lock-on grips fitted onto the bars, cables and brake hoses fitted into place and the bike given the full once over, so that its ... Read more >>

PICTURES FROM FREW FARM JUMP JAM

last weekend there was an Invitational Jump Jam held on the Frew Family farm. Riders included Brett Frew, Kelly McGarry, Phil Sundbaum and other top riders including Team Gravity Riders.

We have just received these awesome photo's from Caleb Smith.

Photo Credits, Caleb Smith... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN DEMO BIKE BUILD PART 2

The mechanics at Wide Open for stage 2, fitted the Shimano XT shifters and derailiers. Along the the shifters there is the FSA afterburner alloy crankset, with its external bottom bracket and light weight hollow forged arms.

The shifters and brake levers were fitted onto the lowrise FSA white 282... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN DEMO BIKE BUILD PART 1

The mechanics at Wide Open this week are building up a demo DW - Flux bike show casing the latest bits from Wide Open.

Starting with an awesome red Flux frame. the mechanics fitted an FSA Orbit X sealed bearing headset. This was to be fitted to the new 09 44 ATA micro fork, this fork has adjustab... Read more >>

MRP SIGNS CEDRIC GRACIA

Two of the biggest names in downhill mountain bike racing have re-united for 2009. MRP and Cedric have a long history together, and both are excited about what the future holds.

MRP’s World Cup proven G2 and Mini-G guides will be handling the job of keeping Cedric’s drivetrain together as he a... Read more >>

DIRT JUMP JAM AT THE FREW FARM 14 MARCH

We received an E-mail from Brett Frew today. This Saturday at the Frew Family Farm, there will be an invitational jump jam.

This will feature top New Zealand and international riders, including Team Gravity Riders from the US, all turing up to show off their bag of tricks.

... Read more >>

CAMERON BROWNS RACE REPORT FROM IRONMAN

Well I can finally rest and recovery after what was another tough New Zealand Ironman. I had a fantastic build up and we have had another great kiwi summer, so this made things a little easier in regards to the big training days before the race.

Race day dawned overcast, but calm and we had anoth... Read more >>

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE 2 TRAILER

Wide Open Distributors are proud to announce that we will have the distribution rights to the second installment in the top quality New Zealand DVD Local Knowledge 2.

Jonathan Drew has been busy all summer filming races and racers including Matt Scholes and Sam Blenkinsop, as well as many other ... Read more >>

TRAILER FOR CLAY PORTERS NEW FILM

From the creator of Between the Tape and F1RST comes The Tipping Point, the new film from acclaimed filmmaker Clay Porter.

www.thetippingpointfilm.com Coming to Wide Open soon...........!!

... Read more >>

DH NATIONAL - NELSON

Here’s the last lot of photos from the nationals this year, shit it went fast.

Pretty good weekend overall I think, lots of goon riding, jumping off bridges, drinking, swimming, dirt jumping and dual slalom.

It pissed down most of the time over the week but the sun came out for the final whi... Read more >>

BLENHEIM DH PHOTOS

James Allan sent us a few photos from last weekend South Island Cup race in Blenheim. Cheers James!

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GORDAN WALKERS COAST TO COAST

Another year had flown by and I found myself at the start line of yet another – my 7th to be exact – Coast to Coast Longest Day. With my arch rival Richard Ussher taking a break from the Coast this year in favour of a good shot at the NZ Ironman, the race took on a different appearance. Not wantin... Read more >>

BLKMRKT IN THE HOUSE!

We have just landed our first shipment of 2009 BlkMrkt products. We have the complete product line in this shipment including the super high end Mob jump frames which look amazing.

Full size range in all frames and bars plus lot's more. Contact your leading dealer for details.... Read more >>

RECALL NOTICE : 2008 MARZOCCHI RC3

Marzocchi Model Year 2008 888RC3 and 888RC3WC suspension systems manufactured between July 10, 2007 and September 15, 2007

Tenneco-Marzocchi S.r.L., in conjunction with the United States Consumer Products Safety Commission, and with the assistance of Tenneco-Marzocchi U.S.A., is conducting a volu... Read more >>

THE WEEK OF WONDER - QUEENSTOWN

James Allan sent us photos from the "Week Of Wonder" down in Queenstown last week.

A great week was had by all with a massive shout out to all the Queenstown crew that made it all possible.

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ATOMLAB SUPERSLOPE CONTEST

Atomlab Superslope Contest - & Supersession 2009 Woodward West, Tehachapi, CA

Saturday April 11 & Sunday April 12, 2009 - Superslope will be the first Slopestyle contest at Woodward West.The slopestyle course is sure to be a rider favorite with a huge assortment of big drops and massive jumps.We ... Read more >>

BLKMRKT SPY PHOTO'S

We just received some spy pics of the new 24" wheel specific Black Market Contraband frame. Carter from Black Market is saying that we should see these frames here in the next few months. The frame will have the geometry dialed in like all of the BLKMRKT frames and is specific to 24" wheels, for tho... Read more >>

KELLY THE BULL RIDER!!!

Kelly is not set on just throwing himself of mountains and DJ's around the place but also likes the idea of riding bulls! That’s right the big snorting ones with big horns. This confirms that he is a crazy bastard!!!

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TEAM WIDE OPEN AT DUNEDIN NATIONALS

Photo's from last weekends first round of the South Island Cup. Matt Scholes on the Podium in the Elite mens event.

The Dunedin locals have been working hard on the track at Signal Hill to add some exciting new lines for this years Bike Nz South Island Cup Race. The Riders next head to Coronet P... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN PHOTO GALLERY

Below is a few photos of team riders and friends over the last few months. ... Read more >>

BEN FINNEY'S CORSAIR KONIG

Ben Finney sent us a few photos of his new Corsair Konig. The Konig is build with many of our quality product include Marzocchi 66 ATA’s Atomlab Pimplite wheelset plus many more.

“Have been having a blast on this thing, it feels like a small bike that I can take everywhere!” – Ben Finney

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SAM BLENKINSOP INTERVIEW

Descent UK interview with Sam B, check it out!!

http://www.descent-world.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=81&task=view&id=1031
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THE WEEK OF WONDER - QUEENSTOWN

The Week of Wonder - Queenstown Feb 9th - 13th

A week of events sandwiched neatly between the Nzone Brakeburner and the NZ south Island round 2 at Coronet Peak. See all details below.... Read more >>

VAUGHAN WOOLHOUSE INJURED

Vaughan Woolhouse, Team Wide Open rider, who is currently leading the U19 category in the North Island Cup. Has injured himself in a training crash, breaking his thumb in the process, he will not be racing at this weeks North Island Cup round 2 in Rotorua.

He is Currently in a cast , and not sure... Read more >>

KELLY'S SPOT

Kelly took a buffing wheel to his Turner Spot the other day. $$$BLINGIN$$$!!!

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WIDE OPEN AT NORTH ISLAND CUP ROUND 1

Over the weekend round 1 of the Bike NZ North Island cup took place and Team Wide Open was represented by Vaughan Woolhouse and Matt Scholes.

The Friday and Saturday saw large amounts of rain fall in Rotorua, which left the course very wet and slippery. On race day, Sunday, the weather was hot an... Read more >>

WYNARD JAM

Wynard jump jam went down yesterday with all the top Queenstown locals tearing the place apart.

A big shout out to Nathan who keeps the Dream Track in magic shape making for a great days riding. Photos – James Allan

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Mc UPDATE

Just a mcupdate from the McGAZZA

After a full on season of riding in Canada/USA I've been back in New Zealand for a month now, I hung out in my home town of Nelson for 3 weeks and built jumps and stunts and filmed them for the new film from Tim Pierce "Take One" , It was great to be back home an... Read more >>

BROWNS RACE REPORT

Well I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and New Years. Today was my first race back since the Hawaii Ironman, I chose the second race of the Contact Energy New Zealand National series which was being held in Whangamata, this race has a lot of history and is often a great hit out to see how the for... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN TAKES ON BlkMrkt

Wide Open is the new BlkMrkt distributor for New Zealand. We will have the complete range on 09 products arriving late January including complete bikes.

More information coming soon.
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WOOLHOUSE'S NEW RIDE

Vaughan Woolhouse picked up his new team bike today. Vaughan will be riding a DHR Turner again for 09. Vaughan will be racing in the under 19 category for the 09 season with his main goal been on the Worlds to be held in Canberra.

The bike is built with all our quality parts.

- 09 888RC3 Marz... Read more >>

BRETT ON NEW TRAILKING

Here are a few photos of team rider Brett Frew on his new Atomlab Trailking. The Trailking bikes will be available early next week.

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DHR AND RFX DELAYED

Turner has pushed the production time on both the DW DHR and RFX back to 2010 due to the massive demand on the other three models.

Turner was hoping to have these in production by March but wants to focus Spot, Flux and Sultan production at this stage.

Turner is going to be doing one more pro... Read more >>

NEW YD OPEN BAR

The new YD Open bar is nearly here with team riders Matt Scoles and Vaughan Woolhouse riding on the first bars at present. The bar is and same design as the bar made by YD Open a few years ago but is 750mm wide and has a 31.8 clam size and will be available in two colours, red and black.

We are ... Read more >>

SOUTHERN FREERIDERS WEBSITE

We got an email from the Frew brothers letting us know that the Southern Freeriders website is now cranking at http://southernfreeriders.co.nz.
Keep your eyes open for info on The Rockstar Energy Drink Farm Jam 08, its going be great.

They run a blo... Read more >>

SOTHERN FREERIDERS BUSY BUILDING

Wide Open received an update from Brett and Dan Frew. Updating us on all of the hardwork that they have been doing, to build some sweet new lines and some amazing structures.

Photo's all by Dan Frew ... Read more >>

TEAM WIDE OPEN VIDEO ACTION

During the Wide Open Product Launch Jonathan Drew from Local Knowledge pictures did some filming with the Team Wide Open Riders , Matt Scholes, Vaughn Woolhouse and Brett Frew. The link below shows some of what the Wide Open Team riders got up to riding the latest bikes from Turner and Corsair

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STONEY HILL TRAILS

One of the team from Wide Open was recently in Dunedin and caught up with Henry Devereux. He showed us the work that he has been putting into some amazing trails near Dunedin called Stoney Hills.... Read more >>

TEAM WIDE OPEN 09

Team Wide Open in action during our 2009 Product Launch a few weeks ago.

Photos - Caleb Smith
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MATT SCOLES ABOARD THE NEW CROWN

Team rider Matt Scoles put his new Corsair Crown through its passes in Dunedin last weekend. Matt’s Crown is one of only ten frames been tested at present with production models due to arrive in New Zealand late December. The Crown has a array of design features that has really been turning hands. C... Read more >>

A DEALERS VIEW OF THE WIDE OPEN LAUNCH

Oli Brooke-White from roadworks service course, a Wellington based cycle repair specialist and Wide Open dealer, gives us his perspective on the Wide Open product launch through his Blog.

Click through to Oli's Blog http://ol... Read more >>

GORGE ROAD JUMP PARK REBUILT

We got a email from Nathan Greenwood today telling us all about the rebuilt jump park and Gorge Road he has been working on over the winter.

Nathan tells us he is only half way to his ultimate goal but looking at the photo it all really looks world class. Gorge Road looks set for some of the best... Read more >>

WIDE OPEN PRODUCT LAUNCH PHOTOS

Our 2009 Product Launch was a huge success with dealers coming from all over New Zealand to check out all the new 09 products Wide Open will be offering.
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WIDE OPEN PRODUCT LAUNCH

Thursday 23rd October see's the 2009 Wide Open Distributors product launch. This will be broadcast live on Vorb.org.nz, with Tama keeping you up to date with all of the madness and the shiney new bling products from FSA, Gravity, Atomlab and all of the other top brands from Wide Open

Check out th... Read more >>

CORSAIR FRAMES IN THE HOUSE!

We have just landed our first Corsair samples frames and boy do they look hot!

Production models are due in New Zealand late December.

Keep an eye on Vorb for live updates from our 09 Product Launch. We will be putting the new Corsair bikes through their paces. Read more >>

KELLYS RAMPAGE REPORT

Last weekend I had the privilege of riding in the Red Bull Rampage www.redbullrampage.com in the Utah desert I was super excited about it leading up to the contest and wasn't to sure what to expect..
We arrived in Virgin UT and I headed up to the site of ... Read more >>

YD OPEN DH BAR DUE SOON

The new YD Open DH riser bar is due to hit the shops in december. The bar will have a classic race inspired sweep, combined with a 1" rise and a 750mm width (with marks for easy cut down). Clamp size is the modern 31.8 oversized standard

The bars are being produced in assocation with Atomlab, whi... Read more >>

MEDIA PRAISE FOR THE NEW DW LINK TURNERS

Cycling news has the pleasure of riding the new DW link 5 Spot bike. Their praise was very high for the ride of the Turner frames, combined with the DW Link suspension design to create an amazing ride. See the link below for the article

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KELLY MCGARRY BLOGSPOT

Kelly McGarry has a Blogspot. Keep an eye on what the Mcgazza is up to.
www.kellymcgazza.blogspot.com

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2009 MARZOCCHI JUST LANDED!

2009 Marzocchi have just landed in New Zealand and will be available at leading dealers nationwide.
For more information or to order your new fork, contact your local dealer.

888

For 2009 the 888 line sees the continuation of the 38mm Stanchions introduced in 2008. All 888 WC forks for ’09 c... Read more >>

ATOMLAB AT INTERBIKE

Market leader Atomlab had some bling new parts on display. Their 09 line-up is looking super dialed with innovative new details and great solid relaible gear as ever... Read more >>