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Freimuth goes to Aus & New Zealand

Posted by: Dave Freimuth | Monday, March 5, 2007 | 6 comments

View from the Red Bull house!

Just thought I'd get you an update from the tundra. My trip with the Colony team to Australia/New Zealand was amazing. I flew straight into Sydney for the Australian BMX Games. I'd have more than a few complaints about the comp, but after I ended up with 3rd in mini I really couldn't remember what any of them were! They did have one of the most remarkable trophies I've ever seen. It was for the guy that pretty much gave'r the entire weekend. It was made up of 4 bmx frames, misc. sprockets, 4 foot long candles, and a gigantic wolf's head...so crazy.

Vans team poster...hahah!

At the after party for the comp, Haimona from NZ found this poster announcing the upcoming Vans tour! Hilarious.

We had a couple days off in Sydney before we flew over to New Zealand for an 8 day road trip, so we snuck down to Bondi beach for sun and beverages...Bondi is probably my most favorite place on the planet.

On Wednesday we caught our flight over to NZ and drove straight to the docks in Wellington to catch our ferry over to the South island. We spent the next week or so rambling around the South island camping, riding, eating, drinking, driving... etc. Mike from Triple Six Distribution made some calls and got us into the Red Bull house in Queenstown for 3 days, which was too freakin' sweet! We went from camping in cabins to staying in a decked out house with one of the best views I've ever seen in my life (see top photo!).

On our way back up to Wellington for the X-Air comp we stopped and did the tourist thing. The X-Air comp pretty much lived up to everything I had been hearing about for the last 4 or 5 years now...great city, sweet hotel, huge street course and a monster pro turnout. Not to mention proper after parties, bikini comps, tons of free sausage, and all the free drink tickets your pockets could handle, just the way we like it.

The street comp was off the hook as I'm sure you already know. My group ended up doing pretty well. Spinner did the 1080, Mirra and Diogo had some of the best runs I've ever seen, Osato did a tooth over and back on a huge railing, and Morgan took himself out on the dirt jumps after winning street practice hands down.

The trip home was on of the roughest ones I've ever had. All the Absinthe shots that Mirra bought the night before didn't help and neither did the snow storm that shut down the entire east coast. 3 weeks away from home will really make you appreciate it even in a foot of snow and zero degree weather. I still don't know what Cow Drippings are!

I threw in a photo of Thompson at his swimming class... I caught him checking out his gut in the mirror, he must have gotten that from daddy!

thanks Clint for the trip!

davey.