The Trek rider was in New Zealand in March on a ROAD TRIP  
with SPOKE magazine and he's planning to be back later in the year...
One of the trails the guys rode is Te Iringa, an old walking track in the Kaimanawa Forest, near Taupo and south of Rotorua.

The forest is pre-historic, Jurassic Park like.
Caleb from Spoke is one of country's best MTB photographers. His photo of Ross On Te Iringa features on the cover of Mountain Bike magazine... 

More on Ross from Bike Radar:

He claims that he’ll get killed at the Sea Otter Classic in April and hopes to race into some fitness for the Downieville Classic in California and the US Nationals, which will again take place in the high country of Granby, Colorado. He’ll also be back in New Zealand in October to participate – better described as, defend – his second singlespeed world championship race.

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