Lusty Maxxis Team is Back for 2017 and Ready to Fire

Nothing brings a team back together more than driving through the night on route to one of Australia’s alpine MTB parks, trying to avoid hitting all the animals on the coat of arms.

After a successful campaign in 2016 the Lusty Maxxis Team regrouped in the Alpine town of Thredbo, New South Wales to launch for 2017.

This year the Cannonball MTB Festival has exploded, going from roughly 300 competitors to more than 600, the event has well and truly cemented itself as the premier gravity festival on Australia’s busy race calendar.




There are five events to try your hand at; An All Mountain Race, with a 7km descent to test DH and Enduro specialists alike; the Pump Track Challenge; Flow Motion Cup, a 5km all out sprint to the bottom; Whip Wars bringing some ‘show’ to the night and the Downhill, the ideal place for Australia’s top DH riders to see how they are tracking leading into the 2017 world cup season.

Getting off the chair at the top, puts you at almost 2000 meters above sea level and close to Australia’s highest peak Mt Kosciusko; what better place to hurtle down the dirt with your mates and try to snare a slice of some solid prize money. Unfortunately the first day of practice didn’t go exactly to plan with high winds shutting the lifts, lucky there was a jump to hit down the mountain in Jindabyne. Whips and cases ensued.



The Lusty Maxxis Team comprises of some of Australia’s most exciting and established gravity riders. Headed up by Johnny McLean, Lusty Industries is the exclusive distributor for many Moto and Mountain bike products including Santa Cruz Bicycles, Juliana and Troy Lee Designs. Based out of Newcastle, New South Wales the team brings together that perfect combination of out and out riding ability with the style and class these brands have come to represent.

Your Lusty Team riders for 2017 are:

Remy Morton; Gold Coast QLD - @remymorton
2016 was full of adventure for Remy. Mixing up his world cup racing with a comprehensive campaign to shred some of the worlds best dirt jumps he has style and speed in spades. Just as comfortable going big on his 20” as he is throwing whips on his V10, Morton is well on the way to have a strong showing in the 2017 MTBA National Downhill Series as well as 2017 World Cups.




Joel Willis; Newcastle, NSW - @joelwillis
Hailing from Lithgow in NSW and a Carpenter by trade Willis had strong results in the 2015/16 MTBA National Series. Always hungry to do better Joel has spent the off-season in Newcastle grinding away and training hard. Coming into the 2017 series Joel has the strength and focus to do well racing domestically and overseas this coming year.



Patrick Butler; Cessnock, NSW - @paddibutler
At just 16 ‘Paddi’ is one of Australia’s youngest and stylish riders. Featuring in the ‘Butterfly Saga’ he is just as comfortable getting sideways in the air as he is destroying a berm, Pat will look to be around the top step for the Junior Men in the National MTBA Downhill Series and try his hand a some racing overseas.




Jackie Schapel; Hobart, TAS - @jacschaps
Repping Juliana Bicycles Jackie will look to focus on Enduro and Stage racing for 2017. With a solid season racing EWS behind her Jackie will be targeting the local Enduro series in Australia as well as some adventure style racing.

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Race Roundup


Cannonball was a great weekend all round with the many of those novelty-sized cheques finding their way to the Lusty crew. Joel Willis chose to focus all his energy on the Downhill which paid off in spades, after qualifying 6th he stomped his run to end up 5th on a very stacked podium.

Remy Morton managed back to back titles in the Pumptrack and a solid 9th in the DH after having a break of the big bike in recent months.



Young gun Patty Butler managed to end up on the podium for the U19 division in all but one of the events he entered. His scorecard showed a win in the Pumptrack, 2nd in the Whip Wars, 3rd for Flow and a respectable 8th in the DH after having a terrible day right from the start.


Jackie managed to snag a 5th in the All Mountain, a 10th in the Flow and survived the Downhill on her Roubion to round out her year of racing.


The Lusty Maxxis Team would like to thank its supporters for sharing the ride:

Santa Cruz Bicycles
Maxxis
Troy Lee Designs
Yakima
Oakley
SRAM
RockShox
Rynopower
ODI
Ogio
Five Ten

www.lustyindustries.com



Photos and Video: Matt Staggs Visuals
Words: Jackie Schapel

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MENTIONS: @JacSchapel / @MattStaggs / @troyleedesigns / @FiveTen / @Maxxis

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