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310dubed
Dusty
Joined: Jan 28, 2007
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Location: te awamutu
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 bro has been doing some of the run's for the guy and taking people around it he is trying to talk him in to keeping it and as i thought may not go through with it so place is still open allthough no track work has been done to best of knoledge.
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nmdher
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Joined: Sep 21, 2006
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Location: Devonport, Auckland
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 8:19am Post subject: |
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Friendly Llama
Mangled
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Location: Hamilton
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 11:14am Post subject: |
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Can you then explain why Paul Needham is still working out there? We're gonna head out Saturday and see what the deal is, I'm still dubious about all this.
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Flyboy
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Joined: May 13, 2005
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Location: Otumoetai
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 11:30am Post subject: |
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its closing
I was hoping to visit there for the first time over the xmas period noooooo!!
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Sims
Wrecked
Joined: Aug 21, 2002
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Location: Auckville
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 11:33am Post subject: |
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Does nobody own a gnikcuf phone? 
No castle rock is not closing down.
Yes the jumps have been bulldozed
Yes the mountain bike freeride trails are still all open
Yes the climbing facilites are all still open.
Thank you for your time listeners.
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Friendly Llama
Mangled
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Location: Hamilton
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 11:35am Post subject: |
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Whenever I've rung I just got the answerphone and they never rang back...
Are the jumps gone, or going soon? We were heading out on Saturday to go jumping, that was the only riding worth doing out there
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Sims
Wrecked
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Location: Auckville
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 11:36am Post subject: |
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Just spoke to some reception woman. Jumps all gone
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Ezakimak
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Joined: Feb 24, 2006
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Location: Who wants to know?
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 11:56am Post subject: |
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Stink au! I dislocated three good ribs on the 4x track. Gotta be honest though, whenever we have been out there, we have been the only ones there. Maybe people prefer to ride on tracks that are free to access. I hope they keep the lodge and the woolshed open and keep doing climbing stuff.
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scatter
More beige than usual
Joined: Jan 19, 2003
Posts: 9,247
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 11:59am Post subject: |
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| Sims wrote: | | Just spoke to some reception woman. Jumps all gone |
Many good memories of Castlerock.........will be sadly missed
Can understand where Trevor is coming from though........it may have just broke even in the early heady days but of late, the patronage was slowing down considerably.
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Sims
Wrecked
Joined: Aug 21, 2002
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Location: Auckville
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 1:23pm Post subject: |
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Its still open for climbing and trail riding. 
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Friendly Llama
Mangled
Joined: Aug 04, 2003
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Location: Hamilton
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| Posted: Thu 13/Dec/07 3:34pm Post subject: |
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Looks like I really will have to build jumps at the block behind my new flat then Castle rock is where I cut my teeth jumping, I loved it out there. Will miss it a lot. Now not only do I avoid it climbing (why pay when its better and free around the corner?) I'll have to sadly look at it as I drive past and thinking about the riding. Really, who would go and pay to ride the trails except the school groups?
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bmansteve
Dusty
Joined: Oct 03, 2006
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Castle rock is a complete shambles!!! Wasted hour and a half of my life, not to mention my ridiculously expensive petrol, driving over there to find it "closed to the public" till feb. Nice to see that they keep their web page updated. The 4x track is still there but the dirt jumps are gone and the "free ride" trail is in complete disrepair. Don't waste your time and money!
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leeman
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Location: Thames
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| Posted: Mon 7th Jan 6:05pm Post subject: |
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| bmansteve wrote: | | Castle rock is a complete shambles!!! Wasted hour and a half of my life, not to mention my ridiculously expensive petrol, driving over there to find it "closed to the public" till feb. Nice to see that they keep their web page updated. The 4x track is still there but the dirt jumps are gone and the "free ride" trail is in complete disrepair. Don't waste your time and money! |
Why didn't you just jump the fence?
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scatter
More beige than usual
Joined: Jan 19, 2003
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| Posted: Mon 7th Jan 6:07pm Post subject: |
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| leeman wrote: | | bmansteve wrote: | | Castle rock is a complete shambles!!! Wasted hour and a half of my life, not to mention my ridiculously expensive petrol, driving over there to find it "closed to the public" till feb. Nice to see that they keep their web page updated. The 4x track is still there but the dirt jumps are gone and the "free ride" trail is in complete disrepair. Don't waste your time and money! |
Why didn't you just jump the fence? |
Cos it's private property and you could be prosecuted for trepassing if you did?
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Slim
Mangled
Joined: Aug 15, 2003
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Location: Opawa
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| Posted: Mon 7th Jan 6:14pm Post subject: |
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I am having Dinner with Paul Needham in half an hour I'll find out what the score is.
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