Digger Mcewan - Taupo

[mattwood]

Far out, spent the last 3 days riding there!! its an insainly fun track!! The jumps there make kimmys laughable :eek: but its great fun once you get the hang of it! Monday and tuesday it was pouring down with gale force winds to top it off, but the track was still great to ride on! On tuesday afternoon they even groomed the track! Today the track was mint! the sun was out and the track was soo fast! i was clearing all the jumps except for the giant centre point, which was closed because of the wind, which kinda sucked but i probably wouldnt of been clearing it anyway.. :soon: It was my first time riding a track with decent size woops! the sawdust sections are mint, i spent all day trying to find the fastest lines but the ruts changed every lap with a few people riding it!

I've got a few pics of the track and ill stick them up once i figure owt how to get them off my phone :stupid:

but if you havent been there, GO!! its soo much fun and its such an awsum track!!

[B0000M]

indeed. ive been trying to tell people this for the last 10 years!!

definatelty go!!

and yes, kimmies jumps are small, but still a fun play track

[mattwood]

heres a few pics, the first one is the step up, 2nd is one of the sawdust sections, 3rd is around the back where theres a small rythm section made of sand and the 4ths the run up to the DAM jump

[scott411]

it is an awesome track, when it is prepped for big meetings it is unreal, the jumps are huge,

beware the place can bite tho, i have left there in a helicopter before, and had a couple of other big crashes,

[cr125nz]

nice pics matt whats the price to go for the day?

[CRF119]

I think You can hire a key from Darryl August Motorcycles @ $25 per person.

I havnt been yet but i really want to ive got that center point all linned up :)

[Nicola W]

Now this is the track we’ve had many invites to come and ride but we've not yet seen!

We're there for the International next month. I’ve missed the entry date to get the boys in on the Friday :Oops: so they’re a bit miffed about that! But we’ll be there for the Saturday and Sunday :D :drinkup:

[ArcherWC]

Man that place is HARD on your gear though. its like grinding paste when wet.

[mattwood]

nice pics matt whats the price to go for the day?

Yehp CRF119 is right, its just $25 a day per person. Its an awsome track, and it was jst as fast in the wet which was mint!

Cant wait to go back now haha

Oh and they also hav a pretty good looking minis track to!

[mattwood]

it is an awesome track, when it is prepped for big meetings it is unreal, the jumps are huge,

beware the place can bite tho, i have left there in a helicopter before, and had a couple of other big crashes,

haha yeah! i got caught up in a gust of wind over the DAM jump which frightened the hell out of me! Took me awhile to try it again :laugh:

[CRF119]

mattwood let me know when you are going again. If my bike is sweet ill be keen to tag along. Even if its mid week

[telliman]

mattwood let me know when you are going again. If my bike is sweet ill be keen to tag along. Even if its mid week

im keen to do a day down there soon if your keen! plan on doing a two day mish and hitting tokaroa aswell, been trying to get GTAe on board but i think he;s scared

[scott411]

i am pretty sure it is closed until the international now,

[CRF119]

Yea m keen for tok as well, thats ok i need to buy a new exhust system mine is absolutly Stuffed so im out untill i can afford that. Saving now lol.

Mid week is good for me then you get the track to your self.

[theblacksmith]

Looks like a bit of me - never heard of this place before - any contact info for the place Mattwood?Whereabouts in Taupo is it mate?Gotta love that pumice!
Cheers.
Just found it on DRD online!

[theblacksmith]

im keen to do a day down there soon if your keen! plan on doing a two day mish and hitting tokaroa aswell, been trying to get GTAe on board but i think he;s scared

Tokoroa - I really enjoyed it there - pretty fast and good jumps as well.

[mattwood]

Looks like a bit of me - never heard of this place before - any contact info for the place Mattwood?Whereabouts in Taupo is it mate?Gotta love that pumice!
Cheers.
Just found it on DRD online!

umm its about 5mins from the centre on town. They have a website- http://www.taupomcc.co.nz/
Whats the tokoroa track like?
Crf ill send you a message next time I go, I went with a mate and his dad this time.. but im already pulling on dads arm to take me, we have a huge ass trailer so it wouldnt be a problem I dont think.

[Teava]

Here's a helmet cam video from 06, not sure if the track has changed since
but the jumps look allot nicer than kimmys.
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[Pierce]

nice vid teava

[Nicola W]

Whats the tokoroa track like?



Here are a few photos I took of Tokoroa.

http://www.upsidedownimages.com/TokepicsHTML

Just random shots nothing great but you may get the gist. I'm hoping to get up in a helecopter soon to get some ariel shots. There will be a lot of work happening out on the main track, the mini track is being re-vamped and we're working on the supercross track at the moment.

Here is the website if you fancy a look. http://www.superx.co.nz

Perhaps one day we could organise a forum meet there? :drinkup:

[mattwood]

wow, that track looks sweet! Is it all man made kind of jumps?