Latest Antics

Hey all, its been a while since my last blog entry. Since then alot has gone down really. First off im on a new bike now for 2012 and super stoked on it. Cheers Matt for all the help with it super happy to be with ctn still after a few years with them. The new bike has defetnly got me more amped on riding. Its a Leaf D2 running brand new fox 831s and rolling on profile hubs, defently in love. Nothing better then riding a new bike that is completly slilent. I would also have to give a shout out to Nathen Morris from Mitcham cycles, he has gone well out of his way to keep me riding and happy and i couldnt thank him enough for that !


 

Since getting my new d2 built up have had a couple of really fun sessions up my local, cant get enough of the place ! Ive done a bit of filming up there with a couple of guys for a project they are working towards. Im looking forward to seeing the out come of it since so far everything has been filmed has been of quility ! More filming will be done over the next few weeks.
Also on the past weekend i traveled over to Victoria to watch my girlfriend race in the vic downhill series, Max and his girl friend also taged along for a great weekend. On the Saturday i was lucky enough to end into Melbourne to get some riding done. We ended up only riding two parks in the afternoon but alot of great riding was done. First of we meet up with Aarron Gorton at South K park. I had riden this park a few years ago and remember it being fun. I was defently not let down with the quarters really fun to air and a nice spine ! Aarron ended up getting a really nice photo of a unturndown oppo air !!
After South K we headed over to Rampfest just for a few hours ride. It was good to catch up with Richy and Benny since i had not seen them since Whistler ! Unforchantly there was some issues with the go pro so i didnt get any footage which sucked ! but these things happen some times.
On the Sunday it was race day out at Malden, the track looked super fun. Wish i got out there on the big bike ! Shelly ended up taking out Elite Women which topped of a great weekend !

Heres two photos from the last two weeks, Enjoy

Tuck over the spine at Ridge Park
Photo : Alex Harrison


Oppo air undown at South K park in Melbourne
Photo: Aarron Gorton

Lots for blog updates are on their way !
until then. Peace
 

2012 Riding Bio

Ben Power is one of the many Aussies juniors turning heads on the national and international MTB scene.
Ben's moto style allows him to stand out from the crowd and earned him a spot in the 2011 Australian Junior DH Team.
Ben placed 23rd at Champery riding in the green and gold jersey for Australia and is a rider to look out for as he progresses into the elite competition.

Myself and Ben spent a day filming in sunny Coffs Harbour on the central coast of Australia.
Working with Ben was a pleasure. He was keen to try some wild lines and get a little rowdy on the bike, and what you see is the result of a hard days work out on the hill.

Ben would like to thank his sponsors for their ongoing support:
Santa Cruz Bikes - santacruzmtb.com/
ForTheRiders - fortheriders.com.au/
Elka Suspension - elkasuspension.com/
Maxxis Tyres - maxxis.com/
NS Dynamics - nsdynamics.com.au
Mavic - mavic.com/
Straitline - straitlinecomponents.com/
Freelap Timing Systems - freelap.ch
Chunked Stems - chunked.com.au/

Filmed using a Canon 60D and HF200, Rode Video Mic, Velbon Tripod, DIY Dolly and DIY Jib.
Edited using Adobe Premier Pro CS5, After Effects CS5 and Magic Bullet Looks.

All still photography supplied by Stephen Hillenbrand:
stephenhillenbrand.com/

Song is "Hummer" by Foals.
foals.co.uk/

New bmx

Well, here is my new bmx, still trying to get used to it, but its a lot of fun! Haven't given it a proper ride yet, but keen to get used to it and start learning some different things. The frame is a Dirty Steel 21.25 frames, rides so well, built up with a mix of Dirty Steel and Leaf parts. Thanks Matt for helping me out with some things! Will be sure to upload some more photos once i've taken some! For those that think i'm riding bmx now, i'm not, its just something else to do and ride and have fun on. Mtb is where my heart will always be <3

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Weekend clips

Well, slowly but surely, i'm putting together myself an edit, when ever i'm riding just shooting some clips of myself, slowly racking up some for a nice edit.. Anywho, on the weekend i had a nice ride at Warrnambool with the usuals as well as the Riding Way crew that ventured up from Melbourne for the long weekend. Was a pretty loose weekend and saturday night was crazy with BLUE DRAAANKS! So riding didn't happen for a while on sunday. When it finally came around to riding though, it was awesome sessioning with all the crew and they were throwing down! Dilzy shut the park down, my god is he on fire lately, absolutely killing it. Anywho, here are a couple of screen shots and a photo of Dilzy doing his thing!

Everyone should watch Dean Anderson's new edit also, BANGERSSS!

 

Star wipe... And, cut....