nz drift video

Hey I put together this little video of the NZ Drift Nats at Hampton Downs
check it out NZ Drift video

powercriuse taupo

Powercriuse Taupo is the next event on the calender come along and check it out, its fast becoming one of the biggest events in Australasia. http://www.powercriuse.com/

D1NZ 2010 ROUND 1 CHRISTCHURCH

After weeks of preping the car trying to save enough coin and many sleepless night worrying if the poor old van would make it towing my car all the way to powerbuilt tools raceway, it was time to leave.

Me and rach left rotorua early morning to get to Otaki to pick up tyres and change them over before the earll start thursday to get the 8 30 ferry, Dan and Giz turned up at about 6am and in true fashion i was still in bed, and trying to turn around on the lawn got stuck and had to tow the van off the lawn. so the trip got off to a great start!

The ferry ride was good with alot of other guys on the same ferry the girls were sick of us talking about cars already. the drive to Christchurch went well, and drove through a pretty cool snow storm just south of kaikoura.

My main man Dan Walker doing all the hard work for me,

The days drifting didnt really go as planed,  I qualified in 8th place.  as you have 5 runs and the average of those five runs is where you end up, i did 4 runs that were all exactly the same and had smoth lines but i think i miss counted and thought i had done 5 so went a little harder as i was getting alittle board and tryed to hook 4th coming out of the 1sr coner but missed the gear and stright lined so put my average way down.

dan wanted his own car to drive so knock to geather this little beauty between runs!

The 1st run of the top 16 battles didnt really go to plan eather, i was leading 1st run and went out with my be alittle to much confidence and didnt warm the tyres up enough came in to the 1st coner with good angle but just as i went to get on the power the front wheels started to lose grip and sledged the front causeing me to go off line straighten and hand the win over to the other guy, in the chase i was all over him whand he made a mistake but in the judges eyes wasnt enough to win, so that was the end of that, and good learning expereance if anything!

we had a sweet trip driving back north and kaikoura area is so beautiful with the snow right behind the town

the van made the trip no worrys at all, so till next time keep charging

NAC drift nats

After a quality days drifting at Hampton Down for the Nac NZ Drift Nationals last weekend, I've been busy in the shed with the sounds cranking building a new tyre rack for my trailer and trying to make my car go faster but really its probably not going to, so I just have to drive it like I stole it until I get sum more money to spend on it!

I'm so stoked with my 6th place finish against some of NZ's best last weekend just really showing my self that I can drive with the skill level of the best guys just that with half the horse power its hard to keep up - now the count is on for the first round of the D1NZ Drifting Nationals, which is in Christchurch this Labour weekend. Me, Rach Dan and Giz are looking forward to packing up the trusty van and road tripping it down South for a long weekend of tyre shredding action!

I'm happy to announce a new sponsor I've picked up today for my Drifting - REPCO Rotorua. Thanks a lot REPCO, your support means a lot and will go a long way this season.

Here are a selection of photos from Hampton Downs - the first of so many great days drifting to come this season.. yea boy!

NAC NZ Drift Nationals Hampton Downs

hey all had a sick day drifting at hampton downs on sunday, check out a video of me winning my way into 6th place against the best in the country


Watch the video here Nac NZ Drift Nationals

more photos and video to come soon

night shots

there was a beautiful full moon out the other night so i had to go take some photos around the golf course at home.

took this last 1 looking up the back from home in otaki, after getting home from the states

Tryna pay the bills, and go drifting

Yes well back at home and back to the 8 to 5 working day, but what keeps me going through the cold rainy Rotorua days strangely enough is the thought getting home and doing some more work on my car, the reason behind that is I get to spend the weekends away all summer driving this poor old car as hard and fast as I possibly can!

I love the life style and enjoyment that cames from the time spent away kayaking and wouldn't trade it for anything, but for me the rush from kayaking big rapids and water falls is out done a lot of the time by the feeling of taking this car sideways around a track faster then most people have ever been in a car, the sound of the engine screaming its head off on the rev limiter, tyres burning up as they slide across the track and looking out the side window at a concrete wall getting closer and closer as you try to scrape the rear bumper along it just to make the people watching go wow!

I dont think most people will ever understand what it is like to control a car in this way and I hope that they never do, other wise there will be so many people doing it I'll never get a space to get on the track!!

Any way Ive been trying to tidy up my poor beat up car and give it a fresh coat of paint and pretty much rebuild it so it works again, it costs a lot of time and money to do all this plus get to the track buy tyres, gas, tyres gas and um more tyres so if theres any one out there thats got some spare cash lying around let me know and I might be able to take you for a ride in exchange!