Designs & Constructions

Anyone who has been involved in building a quality BMX track around Australia, Japan or New Zealand will have at least heard of Geoff 'The Balkan' Cartwright. Geoff has built more race tracks, 4X, and jump parks than anyone in Australia. To say that he is Australia's best track builder is a huge understatement. He doesn't talk it up, he just lets his work talk for itself. He has worked with UCI track builder Tom Ritz, worked in northern Japan, and every corner of Australia . 

Geoff has single handedly changed the attitudes of BMXers everywhere, so far as what can be done? and how fast it can be done, when it comes to building BMX tracks.

After 3 yrs of solid travelling, he is taking a rest to spend time with his family, a sick daughter and just some local contract work. Geoff will still be doing around 4 weeks per year of track building, but it will be a first in best dressed affair. His previous experiences might have something to do with it also. He is a big fan of northern W.A., Nhulunbuy in NT and Sawtell in NSW. This has more to do with real nice people than anything else..and maybe the fishing ?  

On the other side of the story, we have been interviewing all over the place to find some suitable replacements for the Balkan. Not an easy task. Down south we will be using the services of AA rider, Ash McCutcheon. Ash will be taking on some race tracks and a bunch of jump parks for Dirtz. He is curently working with Baw Baw shire to see the fruition of Warrnambool BMX track, which we completed a redesign of as our once a year "design it for free " . We really wanted to see this little Victorian club kick on, so we did what we could. Hopefully the powers that be will listen to Ash, follow our design and turn this track into what it should be.  

We will also have Damian Connolly & Jason Cousins now building for Dirtz. Jason is a bit of a BMX legend in racing and trails. So we are pretty stoked Cousins will be doing the occasional build with us in conjunction with running  'Roadtripz ( check it out: http://roadtripz.com.au/index.html  . He will be starting with a huge jump park @ Cameron Park on the NSW central coast in the next few weeks. This place will become trails central without a doubt.  

Damo will be taking it all on !! Having the experience of building perhaps the best trails in Australia ( if you don't know where they are then your not supposed to ! ).  Damo is turning his hand to BMX race tracks as well, he will also be doing a few jump parks ( of course he will!!) 

...SO it's big times for Dirtz, we are also currently speaking with New Zealand and China. Exciting times  

Now you've spent enough time on the computer...Go ride !!

Barnesy