Tag: Kurt Pickard
Bike Month the time to be Bikewise on the BMX track – TG BMX
Tauranga BMX Club will have six members competing at the 2020 UCI BMX World Championships in the United States this year. The club will also be represented by about 30 riders at the New Zealand titles in Christchurch.
Comeback kid Jakub Bourke of Tauranga makes the podium
He’s back on the bike and he’s back on the podium. But on June 17 last year, the prospects for Tauranga BMX ridder Jakub Bourke being in either of those places were not good.
Searing heat will test young riders
Swapping Tauranga’s mid-winter chill for the searing temperatures of South Carolina is the biggest challenge facing Karepa Heke-Kaiawha, 13, and Mitchell Wragg, 15.
NZCT AIMS Games
Tauranga BMX Club proudly hosted the inaugural BMX @ NZCT AIMS Games International Sporting Championships event in September 2016, sponsored by Rad Cycles.
Olympians take young riders through their paces
Kurt Pickard returned home to Tauranga to host a two-day development camp over the weekend for some of the best young BMX riders in the North Island.
Karepa adds to Tauranga’s BMX legacy
Karepa Heke Kaiawha may only be 12 but the Tauranga BMX rider is well established as New Zealand’s top rider in his age group.
Tauranga schoolboy to skipper NZ team
Tauranga BMX Club rider Karepa Heke-Kaiawha, 11, will captain the New Zealand Mighty 11 boys’ team against Australia in Penrith, Sydney in June.
Franks best of Kiwi BMX riders in Australia
Canterbury rider Daniel Franks proved the best of the New Zealand BMX riders at the latest round of the Australian series in Victoria at the weekend.
