Rider Profiles
Maximus Purvis: the man to beat in NZ MX1
Back-to-back MX1 champion who won every round of the 2026 series.
17 October 2026
Josiah Natzke: Honda's MX1 challenger
Third in 2025 and runner-up in 2026, he's the best of the rest in MX1.
17 October 2026
Hayden Draper: two senior titles before 17
MX125 champion in 2025 and MX2 champion in 2026.
17 October 2026
James Scott: eight points from a second MX2 crown
2024 MX2 champion and 2026 runner-up, who won the Rotorua finale.
17 October 2026
Madoc Dixon: the 2025 MX2 champion
Tauranga rider who won a tense MX2 title decider in 2025.
17 October 2026
Karaitiana Horne: queen of Kiwi women's motocross
Raetihi's teenage Kawasaki rider is a back-to-back senior women's champion.
17 October 2026
Phoenix Van Dusschoten: 2026 MX125 champion
Levin's GASGAS rider won his first senior national title in 2026.
17 October 2026
Callum Dudson: a perfect cross-country season
Four rounds, four wins: Rotorua's Dudson is the 2026 NZ cross-country champion.
17 October 2026
Bailey Basalaj: Nelson's enduro champion
His 1-1-2 series card won Basalaj his first NZ Enduro title in 2025.
17 October 2026
Jack Symon: Southland's MX1 podium finisher
Invercargill's Honda privateer finished third in the 2026 NZ MX1 championship.
17 October 2026
Jack Treloar: the South Island's MX1 contender
Third in MX1 as a rookie in 2024, and fifth for CML KTM Racing in 2026.
17 October 2026
Blake Affleck: 2026 NZ Enduro Champion
Owaka's teenage Honda rider is the national enduro champion and a Junior Trophy rider at the 2026 ISDE.
17 October 2026
Rian King: New Plymouth's MX2 front-runner
Honda rider who finished fifth in the 2026 NZ MX2 championship.
17 October 2026
Sheldon Brown: cross-country's rising runner-up
Eketahuna's Sheldon Brown finished second in the 2026 NZ senior cross-country series.
17 October 2026
Courtney Duncan: Otago's four-time world champion
Otago's Courtney Duncan, four-time WMX world champion, is back racing in 2026.
17 October 2026
Ben Costello: Rakaia's 125cc contender
Fourth in the NZ MX125 championship in both 2025 and 2026.
17 October 2026
Thomas Easton: ISDE Junior Trophy rider
Rakaia's Thomas Easton is in New Zealand's Junior Trophy Team at the 2026 ISDE.
17 October 2026Nikolas Guthrie: Otago cross-country racer
Waihola's KTM rider finished seventh in the 2026 NZ senior cross-country series.
17 October 2026Dylan Huddleston: Cheviot's Sherco racer
North Canterbury rider who finished ninth in the 2026 NZ senior cross-country series.
17 October 2026Nathan Hodge: Amberley enduro regular
Fifth in the 2025 NZ Enduro Championship Expert Grade.
17 October 2026Jakob Vink: Southern Series MX1 podium regular
On the MX1 podium at both 2026 Southern Series rounds published on Speedhive.
17 October 2026Alex Garland: Southern Series MX2 runner-up
Second in MX2 at both 2026 Southern Series rounds published on Speedhive.
17 October 2026Ryan Harris: Southern Series double-class podium
On the podium in both MX1 and MX2 at the 2026 Southern Series.
17 October 2026