Jeep Team’s Kyle Dodd gets podium at USA BMX Nationals
Jeep Team’s South African and African Continental Elite BMX Champion, Kyle Dodd, faced America’s top BMX riders to finish third on the podium at USA Cycling’s BMX National Championships, which took place in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Friday evening (20 March 2015). Dodd (21) finished behind Rihards Veide (1st) and Layne Gainer (2nd) in […]
Dodd, Rawlins’ double whammy with African Champs victories
Cycling South Africa played proud hosts to the 2014 UCI BMX African Continental Championships, which took place at Giba Gorge, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday 26 October. The steady rain in the morning session made the track slippery and tricky, however racing went ahead in line with the event schedule. Newly crowned national champion, Kyle Dodd, got […]
Entries open for BMX National and Continental Championship events in October
Entries for the 2014 SA BMX National Championships and the 2014 UCI African Continental Championships, which will be held at Giba Gorge, KwaZulu-Natal, on 25 and 26 October, are now open. The two separate events will be held at South Africa’s, and Africa’s, first purpose-built Supercross track at Giba Gorge, near Pinetown. The annual National […]
BMX National Champs and UCI African Continental Champs set for October
Cycling South Africa’s BMX Commission is proud to announce that the 2014 BMX African Continental Championships has been awarded to South Africa, and is set to take place at Giba Gorge, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday 26 October. The 2014 BMX African Continental Championships has been awarded to South Africa, and is set to take place at […]
BMX N.A.G. Series kicks off early April, entries are open
The BMX calendar is set to kick off next month when the National Age Group (N.A.G.) Championship Series takes place at the Queensburgh BMX Club near Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal, from 5-6 April 2014. The N.A.G. Series will attract all of South Africa’s top BMX riders, from as young as the under-5 age category, through to […]
Highlights from The Night Harvest 2013 in preparation for this year’s extravaganza
The Night Harvest is set to be the biggest dirt jumping competition in Africa, attracting some of the best mountain bike and BMX dirt jumpers the world around. Take a look at a cool edit of last year’s event in preparation for this year’s madness. For more info on The Night Harvest 2014 check out […]
Africa’s biggest dirt jumping competition is back, The Night Harvest
Presenting the biggest and most unique BMX and MTB dirt jumping competition in Africa, The Night Harvest is back in Hout Bay on and is bringing the big guns of DJ from around the world. Image credit: Eric Plamer Brought to you by Monster Energy in association with Dial’d Bikes,CFC Scaffolding and WG Dixon, this […]
SA team selected for annual Zimbabwean BMX Invitational
Cycling South Africa’s BMX commission has selected a team of riders for the annual Africa Challenge that will determine the All Africa Champion in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, 26 October 2013. Image credit: www.craigdutton.com The Zimbabwean riders regularly compete in the South African Grand National Series events. On invitation, South Africa sends a team made […]
O’Keeffe finishes 12th in UCI BMX Supercross World Cup rankings
The United States played host to the final round of the 2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series in the city of Chula Vista, San Diego, at the weekend. Elite BMX racers Teagan O’Keeffe and Sifiso Nhlapo represented South Africa at the Supercross track, situated at the state-of-the-art Olympic Training Centre. Image credit: Craig Dutton […]
Big goals ahead for Nhlapo for 2014 BMX season
Two-time Olympian Sifiso Nhlapo and compatriot Teagan O’Keeffe took part in the final round of the 2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series in Chula Vista, San Diego, at the weekend. Image credit: craigdutton.com Nhlapo has been struggling to find his rhythm in this year’s World Cup series, barring his 6th place result in the […]
BMX racing to determine Series and SA National Champions
South Africa’s BMX racing community is finalising its preparations for the Grand Nationals (Leg 5) and SA National Championship races that will be taking place at the Alrode BMX track in Alberton, Johannesburg, on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September. Saturday’s race events will discover who the new Grand National Series champions are following a […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Teagan O’Keeffe
Teagan O’Keeffe was only six-years-old when she first started cycling, and instantly fell in love with the sport and has never looked back. As a young girl, she would watch her older brother Jordi racing his BMX every weekend, and was envious of his shining trophies, and decided that she too wanted to be part […]