Local rider Conor Macfarlane drops into Queenstown Bike Festival’s slopestyle at Wynyard Jump Park’s Mini Dream last Sunday. PICTURE: JAMES ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHYAlready seven days in, the action-packed Queenstown Bike Festival concludes with a very special McGazza Fest over the next three days. It’s in memory of local mountain bike legend Kelly ‘McGazza’ McGarry who died 10 years ago, on February 1, aged only 33, after suffering a cardiac arrest while riding the Fernhill Loop. McGazza Fest begins tomorrow with McGazza Mega Train, from Skyline at 6pm and finishing at Atlas bar. McGazza Fest concludes Sunday with the McGazza Memorial Ride at 11am up to Kelly McGarry table at the top of the Fernhill loop track where he died — "the idea is to finish the ride he started" — and the popular Gorge Road Jam from 3pm for kids and 5pm for adults.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 23, 2026 01:49 UTC