Results: Oceania DH Championships 2015

 Richie was allowed to race that!?! did he transfer his citizenship or was he allowed to do a timed run and not credited with the win? im mega lost. kids a beast though, so fast!

 Thanks for the kind words and thoughtful advice. We sat down with Richie at the end of last season and gave him a number of different options. He said he was happy doing exactly what he's doing.

 Connor won the title but Richie won the race. Check vital. This was a couple days ago and had a live stream. Was pretty rad to watch!

 jtpentecost, are you from yeti? Classy answer. Usually not the case on Pinkbike as people get defensive about negative comments. Or maybe it was banter.

 I still think the reason he doesn't race full time DH is because Yeti doesn't make a DH bike anymore.

Curious what bike he raced here?

 Im a big fan of Yeti racing. And right now I think the future of UCI downhill is Loic Bruni. And no other young gun comes close to Bruni - except Richie Rude. It's going to be an epic rivalry.

 He rode an sb6c with fox 40s.

 It's called the dh6c, Jared has one too but full dh spec @Protour

 richie seems to be a rather quiet guy and to fit character wise very well into the EWS I recall him saying he likes his new direction because he rides his bike far more than in DH

 @csermonet Do you need to have a rundown of all that Yeti has done for racing over the past 30 years? No other bike mfg has put so much into grass-roots and WC racing as Team Turquoise. There may not even be a WC MtB scene if Yeti hadn't done what they have done for Mtb racing. Yuppie hipster brand? The neg props say it all dude.

 Herzalot what you say is correct but I do laugh at the sheer amount of overstatement...

 @russthedog - i told you a million times, I never exaggerate!

 Haha touche!

 Since Rude isn't Australian....I think Fearon technically still won.

 You are right, but still "look at the time" !

 yep, he was

 Probably a bit too much expense for not much reward? The XC riders were chasing olympic qualifying points, so it was worth their while.

 Same as top Aussies. Sam, Troy, Mik, Tracey. My guess is this race does not fit in with the DH WC training programs.

 You should know that RRsport or are you some newbie T7 employee doing media for them?. Presume your not Matt W! Because the Oceaies is the title you have when you don't have a title. The Aussies race when it's in oz and & the kiwis mostly go when its here. Occasionally you get a field that is indicative of the geographic catchment. Like in 2003 when we took the Lahar boys over (especially to see them go against a young Sam Hill) but that was only because we had the big old Lahar budget to play with. Or in 06 and 09 when it was a prelude to the worlds. A true pro tasman series that supercedes both our nat series is what's needed. That would rule. 4 races in Nz / 2 in oz.
Not hating on oz this country is just set up to have great Dh races. Christchurch, Nelson, Queenstown and Nelson are just places you don't have in Oz. Like comparing NZ surfing with OZ. It can't be done.

 Just like to point out that Australia has awesome DH tracks. They are just not close to anything.

 Yo T-bot you are absolutely right. On both counts. The travel situation in Aus is transcontimental. You really need races within like five hours. Such a series would rule tho.Do ten day 4 race thing in nz in feb and 2 race one week in aus in march. Nice to dream. Wouldn't cost the average racer anymore than doing the present spread out oz or nz nats either. We might have beaten you at the cricket yesterday but you definitely like you have a better crop of Dh groms on the come up!

 NZ Riders - Sophie Tyas 2nd Elite Women. Daniel Meilink 6th, Tyler Brooker 15th Elite Men

 ....and many of them aren't exactly legal

 whoops mudd 3rd

 fk that was nation results my bad

 California, I think.

 Camp specialized

 it's Australia in the summer and whistler in the summer.

 Bahahahahahaha!!!!