mike stylianou
Director - Hyperformance Hardware Ltd
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Sandra Williams
Director - Hyperformance Hardware Ltd
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Chris Mildon
BOS Suspension New Zealand
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+64 21 230 9120
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Daniel Self
RIDES | Santa Cruz Megatower, Santa Cruz Blur, Santa Cruz Heckler |
A long time Hyperformance Hardware family member now, Daniel has been riding Santa Cruz Bicycles for over five years. With multiple top 40 international race finishes at EDR events, wins at domestic events such as Phoenix Enduro, Cable Bay Enduro and Middle Hill Enduro, as well as DH podiums, XC racing and everything in between it’s safe to say he’s made himself known to the scene.
These days Daniel has taken a bit of a step back from racing full time and is working towards a commercial pilots license. At Hyperformance, Daniel has taken on more of a mentor role, helping the next generation make the jump to international racing. Don’t let that fool you though, he’s still a familiar face at the races, and in his words “will be doing his best to keep the young guns honest for as long as possible.”
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EMMA BATEUP
RIDES | Juliana Wilder, Juliana Roubion
Emma bases herself in Wellington where she lives and breathes bikes. She has been riding and racing various types of bikes most of her life and was lucky to grow up in an outdoorsy family. A naturally competitive person, Emma has a background in Enduro racing, until Covid and injuries slowed things down, leading to more time spent doing big backcountry missions. She's completed climbing challenges such as Everesting and Olympus Mons, and discovered a passion for ultra racing, taking the female win and record twice at the Tour Te Waipounamu, a 1330km jaunt down the South Island's backcountry. She loves spreading the stoke for bikes with youth as a WORD instructor and helping out at events when she isn't racing.
Going forward she hopes to balance racing multiple disciplines, get overseas for more adventures, and most importantly, ride her bike as much as possible. Who knows, you might just find her in a backcountry hut with her bike in the middle of nowhere!
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Caleb bottcher
RIDES | Santa Cruz Blur, Santa Cruz Stigmata
Caleb is a cross country racer from Central Bicycle Studio in Palmerston North. Caleb found mountain biking 10 years ago when he got too fast for riding alongside his distance-running father and hasn't looked back since!
Caleb has spent the previous two years living the European World Cup dream of traveling and racing while living in a van. The highlight of his adventures was placing 11th in U23 at the 2022 Mont Sainte Anne World Cup. While doing so, Caleb also completed his Bachelor of Accountancy and started a graduate accounting job at the end of 2023. He made good use of the racing skills he learned overseas to win the 2024 National Series, Karapoti Classic and podium in Elite at Oceania Champs. The new work and racing balance has been a great success and we can't wait to see where he takes it next.
He is happiest when drinking coffee, cooking, listening to music and doing long rides in the sun!
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JODIE FA'AVAE
RIDES | Juliana Wilder
Jodie Fa’avae started mountain biking in 1990, she borrowed a front suspension mountain bike in 1992 and won her first NZ Downhill Mountain Bike Title. Her second downhill race was the American Junior Final Round in Colorado, and her third race was the World Championships in Canada. While picking herself and her bike up after crashing, Juliana Furtado went whizzing past and went on to win her only World Downhill Title. Jodie went on to win 7 NZ Downhill Titles. Fast forward to 2024 - I love riding my Juliana Wilder with friends on Adventures and just getting out in the hills - my favourite rides - Old Ghost Road, Heaphy, Paparoa, Rameka and Coppermine. Bike navigation and bike orienteering racing is also heaps of fun.
Jodie organises 2 of the biggest women's adventure races in New Zealand -
The Spring Challenge where teams of 3-women raft, bike and run. www.springchallenge.co.nz
The Summer Challenge where teams of 3-women kayak, bike and run. www.summerchallenge.co.nz
Kieran Bennett
RIDES | Santa Cruz V10, Megatower, Blur & Stigmata
Kieran has spent most of his life on two wheels starting out on motorbikes and bmx's before finding a passion for mountain biking, mostly of the downhill variety. This eventually led to several years racing in Europe and the USA on the World Cup downhill circuit.
His impressive CV includes 2012 NZ #4, 2008 Oceania Champion, 2x US National DH Round Wins, 2007 NZ National Champion, 2006 NZ #3, 2005 NZ Junior National Champion.
These days he resides in Nelson with his wife and two boys, while working in the bike industry and still racing Enduro and downhill races throughout New Zealand.
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Winni Goldsbury
RIDES | Santa Cruz Megatower, Santa Cruz V10
Winni Goldsbury is a second generation mountain biker, she loves riding everything from janky backcountry singletrack to DH race courses.
16 year old Winni lives in Christchurch and when she is not at school or skiing you will find her riding Christchurch Adventure Park, helping her dad digging trails, riding in the Craigieburns or gallivanting around the country riding every backcountry trail there is to be found. One memorable recent backcountry trip some older gentlemen recommended Winni not ride a rocky death fall ridge which motivated Winni to be the only person in the group to ride the line clean.
In recent years Winni has been competing in Downhill and Enduro around the South Island, wrapping up the summer season this year with a National Champion title to her name after winning the inaugural enduro National Championship held at Cable Bay.
Seth Stylie
RIDES | Santa Cruz Bronson, Santa Cruz V10
When Seth’s parents bought him a balance bike at the age of 2, little did they know of the love for speed and freedom he discovered. A few years on and Seth began exploring BMX tracks, firstly scattered around Auckland and eventually all across New Zealand. He dedicated himself to BMX racing over a span of 10 years, honing his skills and building a solid foundation.
However, it wasn’t until Seth found bikes with suspension and larger wheels that he truly understood the exhilaration they bring. This newfound world of mountain biking offered an entirely different perspective. The thrill of hurtling down steep and challenging terrain at flat-out speeds captivated his adventurous spirit.
Seth’s talent and passion for downhill racing were showcased when he was victorious in the kidsworx DH race during the inaugural CRANKWORX Rotorua event in 2015. This triumph not only validated his skills but also reinforced his belief in the enjoyment of pushing the limits in the pursuit of speed.
In addition to downhill racing, Seth still enjoys utilising his BMX expertise in Dual Slalom and Pump track competitions. His diverse skill set allows him to adapt to various disciplines, showcasing versatility and enthusiasm for the world of biking.
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Aidan Robinson
RIDES | Santa Cruz Megatower
Aidan Robinson found his love for the thrill that is Enduro Racing in his early teens. A quick keen learner, Aidan shot up through the rankings, quickly finding himself fighting for podiums and wins at highly prized enduro events across NZ. Now after a few years of racing under his belt and some top results, including landing himself 3rd in U21 at enduro nationals earlier this year, it's time to step across the globe to see what's possible on the Enduro World Cup circuit. Aidan is Travelling to Europe with the hopes to put down some solid results throughout the 2024 season and show off what he and his trusty Megatower are capable of achieving.
Aidan will be racing the first 5 rounds of the Enduro World Cup (EDR). We can’t wait to see Aidan show his talent on the world stage.
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meagan robertson
RIDES | Juliana Roubion
Wellington-based Canadian Meagan Robertson only found true love (of mountain biking) in 2010 in Squamish BC when her flatmate introduced her to the sport. She introduced him to his wife – she reckons they’re even. Since transplanting to Wellington in 2011, Meagan has thrown herself into the scene wholeheartedly. She attended her first Revolve Cycling ride months after arriving, and has been invested in the women’s cycling club ever since – first as a ride leader, then as a committee member and, since 2016, as president. Keen to use her skills – as a communications/PR specialist – to contribute to the trails she enjoys, but not so handy on the tools, she joined Trail Fund NZ in 2013 as their communications manager and has supported the organisation in donating more than $500,000 to more than 50 clubs around the country. There’s nothing Meagan enjoys more than seeing women getting involved in, and realising the awesomeness of, mountain biking. This motivated her to help coach the next generation of women MTBers through the Wellington Off-Road Department (WORD), where she guides the teenage girl shredders of tomorrow - an incredibly rewarding role! She also has her own future lady shredder now, with 4-year-old Isabella already loving her own bike and supporting her mum at Revolve and WORD events. In her “spare” time, she also writes articles and reviews for NZMTBR.
BRIAN ALDER
RIDES | Santa Cruz Tallboy, Santa Cruz Chameleon, Santa Cruz Stigmata
Brian has been having adventures around the globe for a long time, generally up high and far from civilisation. He’s been riding mountain bikes since the 80’s and has combined his passion for wilderness and biking into many out there adventures.
A stalwart of the Golden Bay Mountain Bike Club, Brian has been instrumental in the running of the Club’s annual Milk and Honey Race, an event like no other, and marshalling for other legendary events like the NZ Enduro In his day job, Brian works as a guide on the Nelson’s famous backcountry trails the Heaphy Track and Old Ghost Rd and also guides on cycles tours in the outer reaches of the cycling world through western China and Kyrgyzstan.
For kicks Brian has a knack for riding a long way, like a really long way. Always a contender in local bikepacking epics like the Kiwi and Great Southern Brevets, he finished 5th in the 2016 Tour Divide, riding 4500km in 16.5 days. Brain is also the route creator of the Tour Te Waipounamu, a bikepacking race the length of the South Island of New Zealand/ Aotearoa.
Emma Bawtree
RIDES | Juliana Furtado
Based in the South Island, Emma is the founder of Wheel Woman mountain bike workshops. Celebrating 12 years of coaching, Emma reckons she has coached more than 1200 women! In 2015 she launched Krankin' Kids coaching, which has gone from strength to strength, increasing from 20 in the first year to 300 in 2024. As numbers grow, so does the need for coaches and behind the scenes work on processes and certifications to keep things running smoothly and safely. With this in mind, Emma gained her NZOIA / Skills Active Assessor for Coaches qualification. While racing on the national circuit may be a distant memory for Emma, there is plenty of challenge and enjoyment racing to keep up with her son and daughter,and sharing skills to help other women feel empowered and happy on their bikes.
Catch Emma on the trails enjoying all sorts of riding from Grade 5 tech trails to Tour of Aotearoa to coaching newbies on e bikes.
Brenda Clapp & Chris Burr
BRENDA RIDES | Juliana Roubion, Bos Deville AM fork. Santa Cruz Chameleon 29, Ibis HakkaMX
CHRIS RIDES | Santa Cruz Bronson, Santa Cruz Chameleon 27Plus.
If you’re 26 or younger, Chris and Brenda aka 'Bob' have been riding mountain bikes longer than you have been alive. After many many years of racing mountain bikes around New Zealand and the world (with a couple of National and Oceania titles, and course records between them), they finally got tired of travelling to nice exotic locations and racing the same loop for 2 hours. So, the washed up XC racers got trail bikes, a Landrover and a dog, and started exploring. They can be spotted in an occasionally good camping spot, sneaking in a Tour Aotearoa or helping out at top notch events, like the ‘NZ Enduro, ‘DME’ and ‘Coppermine’, or at demo day doing bike set ups.