First of all you must have some form of technical expertise in the area in which you wish to contribute, we want true specialists, as our main man and big cheese Aaron is special in his own way but not in a way to keep this website charging ahead at full steam. You must be able to take a constant barrage of abuse and even though you might be told that you take it up the chuff, nz ride will not enlist you if you actually do take it up the chuff. We want those that can write a decent word or two and make the punters laugh and cry, we need literary master pieces and not  a bored sterile dribble for the masses. A good sense of mocking always helps me write, basically you need the ability to take the piss out of yourself as well as others. If you find it easy to offend someone, then maybe your calling as a reporter for nz ride is right up your alley (not chuff). After all we want to know what's really happening out there and if that's means getting down and dirty to unearth the truth then so be it.

//HAMMER: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT YOU XCO

//Meet the staff:

Aaron the big cheese at Nz ride is a top bloke and means well even though he thought j-peg and mega pixel were Dj's playing at the grumpy mole on Saturday night at the worlds after party. Life at NZ ride wont be easy, you will be made to endure hours of Aaron's attempts at a descent manual at which he is totally crap but as pain staking as it is you encourage him more, after all he is the big cheese and it is very humorous to let him think he is riding well. There is no money to be made from this over the top website for gravity freaks alike, in fact you may have to pay Aaron as he does have a certain image and lifestyle to uphold in the community.

//JPEG & MEGA PIXEL

As to date the few of us that Aaron does have helping him with the website happen to be on the larger side of life, (The two Mike's)  this is the sole reason he has clothed them for free as they resemble walking billboards more than extreme athlete's and advertising space at the worlds was at a premium. Mike (hammer) is a riding genius in his dreams but comes up short on the track, but he does have an ability to provide some of the more colorful interviews within the site and without his youthful wisdom NZ ride would run short of any real substance. Waihi mike is a part time photographer for nzride as he can only get weekend leave on special occasions, during the worlds waihi's head was mistaken for a troy lee helmet until a barrage of expletives come forth from his mouth. Waihi couldn't ride to save himself and tends to look more like a run away beer fridge than part of the human race. Kai is a one man band of coding delight and always the last man working every night. Kai is like the matrix, invisible unless you know where to look and almost always mistaken for a small child, he wasn't even allowed on the gondola at the worlds. Though child like, Kai can actually ride his bike at a reasonable pace, but having trainer wheels is cheating! Kai can still ride the same bike he was given for his sixth birthday, which is the reason that the NZ Ride day out for the staff at rainbows end was cancelled. If anyone out there has spare set of platform shoes then please send them to kai, he needs them if only to buy lollies at his local dairy.

//KAI - HE IS ACTUALLY STANDING ON A BOX

Then there is Byron who does nothing at all ( A lot like Aaron) but take's the piss out of people and causes general havoc, we all need a Byron as they are more like the clowns at the circus and almost always certain to entertain in the gloomiest of times. Byron also doubles as our product tester as he is really the only one at NZ ride that can actually ride a bike. Byron wasn't even allowed into the media centre for the sole reason that many of the media contingent thought that beer and hard drive's were incompatible.

//BYRON: THE NOISE MAKER

So if you think you fit the profile of this team and are willing to do just about anything (chuff chuff) then e-mail Aaron aaronf@xtra.co.nz and prepare for a life less ordinary, believe me you will regret being a part of the staff and once you are in then you are here for life.
The only way out is a serve dealing to the chuff.

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//MORE COMPETITIONS

Check out the competions page for regular give aways and stuff. At the moment we're running two seperate competitions to guess the fastest Kiwis and the fastest overall rider in the upcoming World Champs in Rotorua.

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Watch out for our special feature on the Atherton family - coming up soon.

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[BARON]
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