RIDING wild MAYDENA
Maydena Bike Park has a name now known around the world. My first day at Maydena was to cover the Gravity Enduro National Championships. Nick Waygood and I had driven over from St Helens in the north-east the day prior and we were slated to shoot the event then hang around for a few days to explore the park before heading back to the mainland. Neither of us had previously been to Maydena, or Tasmania for that matter, and had no idea what to expect.
We ran into fellow photographer Ryan Finlay as we were headed up the mountain, and knowing his way around the park Ryan helped us hatch a plan to divide and conquer to shoot the race.
“To get down to your stages you will have to ride down Skyline and Pandani,” Finlay said to me as the crowded shuttle putted up the mountain. “They are technically greens, but they are definitely more of a ‘dark’ green.” Australian trails have notoriously been rated on an optimistically technical scale - but Maydena’s ratings match the global ratings much more accurately. Therefore
