Track Crew News - November 2009

Lots going on with maintenance and the weather: trees falling down and slips appearing. The Tank Stand has a new alignment due to the latest storm and now has lots of timber to stop the short cutters for a few years.

The Huka Challenge will go up the Totara Gut then along the Resort track this year to bypass all the construction down at the Huka Jet landing, so if you are training for the race this will be the new route.
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We are still in need of marshals for the Huka race!
Need riders for all sorts of jobs from taking turns as tail end Charlie, to just ripping around and helping take down the course. We have a church group doing all the road crossings but will still require a few non riders so if you are in the race and your partner wants to cheer you on we will have a job for them.

We are still banging away on Kawakawa bay track just about at the bottom of the big climb getting lots of positive feedback from people using the track. The weather, maintenance and upcoming Huka race have slowed us down a bit.

Pete Manning is working away on a new entry for Walters Wiggles, easing out the hill, and then the aim is to take it around the little thermal area and rejoin the old track. The new side cut he has built is great riding and a neat way back to the Carpark.

James is still beavering away on the next section of Cole’s Killer. We are about to cross over the Buzzard and take it all the way down to the Connection. Coles now has a new structure on it and has been re-graded to a grade 6. You can still rip down on a hard tail by dodging the big jumps.

Track of the month:
The Outback - 6kms of single track heaven