hello all.

well its been a real bad week again for the kiwis again. we had 3 days of full on snow, in morzine, coldest may in 50 years.

we headed to willigen, germany for round 3 of the uci world cup. after 11 hours driving we arrived to pissing rain and more cold miserable weather. The track was the same as last year, 2 minutes long and over 30 jumps. the weather held off and we managed to practise on a dry track. but we woke on race day to find our hotel was broken into during the night and 3 of our bikes stolen, Craig pattles, mike skinners and mine. i managed to borrow mike hanners dh bike but with not enough time to practise, it was straight into race. i managed to qualify 68th, 2:14, fighting the bike all the time. its hard enough to qualify at a world cup but much harder on a borrowed bike. my final run was better, but still not used to the bike, final time 2:10:55, 65th place. The result doesent reflect how i was riding, if only i had a few more runs on the bike.

so now i have the daunting task of finding a new bike.

talk soon

Tom Holland

Stink! With all the crashing and bikes getting nicked the Kiwi's are having a crap time. Hope you boys get some new rides sorted out quicksmart!

yeah, good luck Tom. 65th is a bloody good result, all things considered. Cheers for the update.

Bummer, Tom. We're really sorry to hear that bad news. Good luck with the rest of the season anyway.

Sorry to hear about your rides,
Hope those bike robbers get caught, there just a bunch of fucken wankers

Bummer about the bikes dude but it sounds like you're riding pretty well so hope the rest of the season goes alot better!

Hey Tom!
First I want to say that it was a big pleasure for us to have you here in Willingen.
How feels the one who hurt his arm?
I hope you enjoy your trip. (Sorry for my english, ugh).
Greetings from Willingen to all of you, espacially to "Scooby-Doo plays golf".

Akula_7 from Ridemoneky wrote:There where a few bikes robbed on Sat night and a truck stopped on the Austrian border with 120 bikes on board... all stolen.

Hmmmmmmmm

SlackBoy wrote:

Akula_7 from Ridemoneky wrote:There where a few bikes robbed on Sat night and a truck stopped on the Austrian border with 120 bikes on board... all stolen.

Hmmmmmmmm

Grrrrrr.....lets hope they stay away from Willingen next year

SlackBoy wrote:

Akula_7 from Ridemoneky wrote:There where a few bikes robbed on Sat night and a truck stopped on the Austrian border with 120 bikes on board... all stolen.

Hmmmmmmmm

fuck!

just a quick message to say things are neally sorted here. i have a new bike on its way from portugal of all places. so hopfully i will be back in action again shortly. there is till heaps of snow around, craig and i spent the last two days snowboarding. kind of weaird in shorts and tshirts tho.

I LOVE SKINNER AND CRAIG.

Phew.

Okay I lied.

I actually love Tom, Rankin, Skinner, Craig and Cameron.

Although Skinner is an EMO, Tom is a total poser, craig is just delightful - as is Rankin. That just leaves Cameron who can only be described as Frodo - keep searching for the ring.