Queenstown Bike Festival director Geoff Hunt (right) congratulates DirtMasters Downhill 2011 winner Reon Boe (27), of Queenstown and Dunedin, after one of his jumps during the inaugural Teva Slopestyle event in the Ballarat St car park on Friday night.... : Slopestyle contest takes off in style

Rakoia Dooley (11) and Nathaniel Dooley (8), both of Nelson, with Sam Evans (10), of Queenstown, and Ben Nicol (12), of Lake Hayes Estate, were among the crowd of thousands for the Teva Slopestyle, New Zealand's first slopestyle mountain-bike... : Slopestyle contest takes off in style

Teva-sponsored athlete Sam Dueck (19), of Cilliwack, Canada, performs a tail whip during the Teva Slopestyle competition on Thursday night, part of the Queenstown Bike Festival. Photo supplied. : Slopestyle contest takes off in style

Teva Slopestyle podium finishers (from left) Elmo Cotter (18) and Conor MacFarlane (21), both of Dunedin, with overall winner Benny Phillips (20), of Melbourne, plus Lewis Jones (18), of Raglan, and Teva-sponsored athlete and course co-designer Kelly... : Slopestyle contest takes off in style