Video: Team Wide Open's New Zealand Road Trip

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mddigger (Mar 18, 2014 at 10:58)

Whistler seems cool, but NZ looks like the place to be. Every pro rider seems to be making trips out there on the reg and i highly doubt guys like kelly who live there have any interest in moving out.

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dr-fishy-noooo (Mar 18, 2014 at 12:19)

If you haven't been - do it. I make a yearly pilgrimage to Queenstown in NZ. The Skyline bike park, plus all the trails around the area, its amazing. Plus the locals are pretty friendly and its got a great relaxed atmosphere there. Queenstowns just the tip of the iceberg though, to many places to mention.

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hillatoppa (Mar 18, 2014 at 15:29)

And they've got sheep.

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VTwintips (Mar 18, 2014 at 15:42)

The biggest advantage of NZ riding is that is truly is year round. You could even do laps in Queenstown if you felt like pushing - it just doesn't snow much there.

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TomShark (Mar 18, 2014 at 17:17)

I don't think its as good as Whistler, but it could well be the best place to ride during the northern hemisphere winter

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hoggan (Mar 19, 2014 at 0:45)

it doesn't snow much in queenstown?!

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VTwintips (Mar 19, 2014 at 9:16)

Not compared to "snowy" places in the rest of the world. Does the lake there ever really freeze over?

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Shredder-boy (Mar 19, 2014 at 10:54)

I haven't been to New Zeland myself, but I've that that it's NotBad!

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hillatoppa (Mar 19, 2014 at 15:37)

Not Baaaaad!

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aljoburr FL (Mar 18, 2014 at 8:38)

GREAT TO see how much Mountain biking brings people together that love riding bikes, Hope to spend next winter in New Zealand

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transitory (Mar 19, 2014 at 6:09)

It is great! A country that loves to ride bikes... sounds and looks like heaven!

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cooper95 (Mar 18, 2014 at 12:42)

I feel like there is a rule in NZ stating that every jump, berm and trail has to be just perfect, because thats what all those trails were, positively cherry

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gingerninja (Mar 18, 2014 at 9:03)

i wish i was in to biking when i lived in wanaka. my mate jumped out of a moving car off that bridge.

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EinLurch (Mar 18, 2014 at 9:44)

haha i´ve been to NZ for half a year. Soo coool to see exactly the same bridge i jumped off myself haha

New Zealand.. ur best!!!

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Skootur (Mar 19, 2014 at 2:39)

Great to see Matt Scoles... Easily one of the fastest racers NZ has ever produced but so underrated. His last European season (For an Italian Trek team who's name currently eludes me) was so successful, it was a crying shame he didn't get a full WC ride out of it. He won pretty much all the Italian races he entered and was top 20 or better in all the WC rounds he entered that year as well. I so thought he was going to get named on the Trek World Racing team for the following year when Justin Leov retired but it wasn't to be...

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SBPwhat (Mar 19, 2014 at 4:34)

Sweet to see the North side of the Crown Range getting some props for a change. Pedal or Die to DD is so damn fun.

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Backdoor (Mar 18, 2014 at 12:48)

What's potential? My teacher reckons I've got it, but I don't think I do.
He's an egg.

Dogboy is not an egg

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Euskafreez FL (Mar 18, 2014 at 11:20)

Sweet as chur Bro

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Fred2000 (Mar 19, 2014 at 3:37)

That corotown track has been named Slip Saddle by all the lads who built it.