September 27, 2012
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WP Downhill Round #5 Jonkershoek

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The final round of the WP DH series took place this past weekend at Jonkershoek in Stellenbosch. Even though it was the same track as last year, everything looked different as the pine plantation was completely cleared, leaving a uncovered track from top to bottom. The plus side was that this made spectating very easy as you could see almost 2 thirds othe track from the finish line.

Saturday’s practice saw a mixed bag of weather, from a cold rainy morning to a sunny warm afternoon. The rain that fell in the days leading up to the weekend left behind some thick mud that made practice very interesting. Apart from a couple of riders, everybody took it easy and tried to stay upright and avoid the deep ruts that formed very quickly. Read More

August 6, 2012
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Billabong Pro 2012 – Monster Energy Video

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00:00 Chapter 1 – Visions of Jbay 2012
04:45 Chapter 2 – Monster Team – Matt Bromley, John John Florence, Dale Staples
08:33 Chapter 3 – Monster After party at the Mexican
09:45 Chapter 4 – Event Wrap

“Supertubes at its best was what greeted surfers in the Billabong Pro J-Bay 2012 today, the opening day of the event. A solid six to eight-foot of surf groomed by offshore southwest winds and a mid-day low tide made for an incredible day of high performance surfing and perfect barrel rides” Read More

July 30, 2012
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WP Downhill Round #4 Contermanskloof

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Like round #1 at George earlier this year, things were wet and cold this weekend at the 4th round of the WP DH season at Contermanskloof. The main line was given a break this time round, and riders took on the shorter, revised track.

Saturday’s practice saw some sunshine and blue skies, but things turned for the worse overnight and everybody woke up to grey skies and a constant drizzle that slowly increased to some proper rain. This turned the upper part of the track into a bit of a river, but luckily did not cause any major drama. Heading past the tree line, riders faced a road gap into a sharp right handed berm, which was followed by some tight corners into another road gap and some more corners. The final section was fast(ish) and open with a nice rock garden leading up to the finish line table.

With a number of the top riders overseas, the race was wide open and the crowd saw some new faces on the podium with Luke Davis taking the top step with a time of 2:00:59. 2nd spot was taken by Duran Van Eeden, followed by Dane Olsen in third. Read More

June 30, 2012
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Working Class Hero

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Bigshot Media, the producers of a popular adventure sports series called Trail Busters a showed that aired on Supersport in 2012 asked me to put together a piece on my filming adventures for their Indy Filmaker section in the show. I put together a special montage of trail running specifically for the show called Working Class Hero, it graphically tells the story of a working man breaking out into the wilderness to escape his daily routine. Read More

June 24, 2012
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WP Downhill Round #3 Paarl

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It was back to Paarl for the third round of the WP Downhill Series last weekend. A mixed bag of weather greeted the riders over the two days, with a fair amount of rain on Saturday morning and bright, sunny conditions on Sunday, race day. This resulted in practice runs on slippery, spongy mud and an ever-changing track as things dried out.

Contrasting the last race held at Zevenwacht, the Paarl track throws plenty of turns at the riders testing their cornering abilities and quickly sorting the men from the boys. The 65 strong field contributed to some nice ruts along the way but overall the track kept its shape and didn’t influence the outcome of the race too much. Marshals, medics and race organisers worked together flawlessly to deliver an excellent day of racing with one broken collar bone being the only incident worth mentioning.

With Johan Potgieter still overseas, busy with World Cup duties, and Stefan Garlicki injured, the no.1 spot was again claimed by Adi van der Merwe in a time of 1.45.33. A mere .61 seconds behind him was Jonty Neethling followed by Luke Davis with a time of 1.51.65. Read More

June 1, 2012
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a Stick for Tristan

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May 2012 – After becoming the South African junior longboard champion and with the West Coast Board Riders competition around the corner, the west coast surfing community joined forces to co-sponsor a new board for Tristan Lev, being an unsponsored surfer @ 13 years old it was great to be part of a crowd funding initiative and I hope that this sort of thinking grows throughout the surfing community helping more groms with their up and coming surfing careers. Read More

May 18, 2012
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WP Downhill Round #2 Zevenwacht

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Round 2 of the WP downhill series took place this weekend, with another new track added to the 2012 calendar. Zevenwacht DH was resurrected after 6 years of slumber, to host a very successful weekend of racing, with 85 riders taking part. The track was fast and flowy and not very technical – making it a lot of fun and suitable for DH riders of all skill levels. Read More