It's a Rockstar re lunch folks. In fact this is the fourth incarnation of a Rockstar website and our third cyber shop. The first was in '99 and thanks to Ben Johnstone's solid design and engineering we made it through Y2K without a hitch. That site deserves it's own blog so look out for that. History deserves to hear about it. The original www.rockstar.nz was way ahead of it's time.
I'm going to have a trawl through the photo archives and get some retro blogs happening but I will also be giving you some straight up opinion on the state of things in the sport today.
A sport the start of which I would say is largely positive but we need to maintain an eternal vigilance because corporate mountain biking's profits are built upon planned obsolescence. Some say corporate mountain biking has no soul. We shall see over the next few years.
As ever thanks, thanks and thanks to all my team riders over the last 25 years for their all around radness and inspiration.
Good on you for reading this by the way. You get a 10% discount code if you enter "BATSANDWICH" at checkout. Expires Monday 1/1..
This brand was founded upon party principles comrades !
I'm talking serious socializing not socialism brothers and sisters. That's why I'm so rapt about our custom jersey collaboration with the VANZACS crew.
I love what these guys are about and of course the ties run all the way back to us sponsoring Eddie and Wyn since they were literally kids. Beyond riding I'd also like to think I've been a considerable influence on their comedy and commitment to the after party. The VANZACS are funny and that's important.
(note to self - write a future blog about all those comedy commentating / rock dj gigs at the Nationals I used to do. They were some hilarious good cash money honey high roller giggy colas)
The VANZACS & downhillers in general restore my faith in humanity and are such a welcome antidote to some of the young ones in say the music scene who don't even know they are alive. Great to see youth not being wasted and I predict long youthfulness for the lot of you but also some arthritis.
So head on over to vanzacs.com and order yours now.
They are $110- .
It is a limited run of course & orders close 14/11.
Get a load of my solid sales pitch below ha ha. That's some smooth patter. All true too!
You don't need a degree in logic from the University of Science to see it's a great idea to use our ANZAC camouflage pattern on the VANZACS customs.
The jersey itself is of course made right here in the NZ like all our dh jerseys. The design itself is a rework of the famous ANZAC camouflage that Ben & I came up with way back in the day.
The VANZACS camo comes in charcoal or green and will most likely make you more attractive to the opposite sex.
The VANZACS custom dh jersey is also available in heartless black but this may change if darker colors become technologically possible
We make these to order right here in New Zealand in sizes small to double xL. We will email you an eta a couple of days after we get your order but you can expect 10-21 days for yours to arrive.
Unlike the other brands who just don't care we don't plan on selling you another one next season. You see our downhill tops are made to last and last and last.
The first thing you will notice when you put yours on is that we use real ribbing not just fabric 'hems' for the cuffs and necks. That's a big part of why they last and last and last and last.
We use the best fabrics, the best threads & the very best sublimation inks. Every seam is over locked not over looked. No wonder they are the best,
Treat yourself you deserve it.
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