Trail Daze | Cascades MTB Park
The Trail Daze crew head to the home of the G.O.A.T – Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg. To those that have been involved in the South African cycling scene for the last decade, Pietermaritzburg and more specifically Cascades MTB Park would have come up a few times. Hosting multiple mountain biking events, most notably the […]
Trail Daze: Cascade Country Manor
Following our previous episode featuring trails requiring longer travel mountain bikes, we headed off to Cascade Country Manor just outside Paarl, to see if the rumours were true. Nestled between the lower slopes of the majestic towering peaks of the Du Toitskloof Pass, the 4-star boutique hotel serves as base and starting point for the […]
Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival returns to Cascades in 2016
Cycling South Africa is pleased to announce that the second annual Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival will soon be making its way to Africa’s Bike City, as it hits the Cascades MTB Park from Saturday 30 April to Monday 2 May 2016. Cycling South Africa is pleased to announce that the second annual Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival will […]
2015 KZNMTB Regional Championships
On the 6th and 7th June Enduro and DH riders descended upon Cascades Mountain Bike Park in Pietermaritzburg for the 2015 KZNMTB Regional Championships presented by NMI-DSM. The event brings to a close a highly successful 2015 race season, with a 3 round series and 1 championship event hosted at bike parks around the KwaZulu-Natal […]
Western Province Downhill Round #4 – Cascades
Last Sunday was Round 4 of the WP DH series, this time at a fresh new track in Paarl! Words and photos by Eric Palmer. We’ve been lucky enough to have amazing weather despite winter approaching and wake up to fresh crisp mornings that warm up as the day goes. Sunday was not one of […]
Change to MTB Cup Programme for final round
Regular participants of the Stihl 2015 SA MTB Cup Series will notice a minor change to the Standard Programme of Events for the fourth and final round, which will take place at Cascades MTB Park in KwaZulu-Natal from 27-28 June. Sithebiso Masango (RMB Change a Life MTB Academy) in action at the PMB MTB Festival […]
RMB Change a Life MTB Zulus shine in PMB
Chocolate eggs weren’t the only cause of the sugary sweet aftertaste left in the mouths of Martin Dreyer’s RMB Change a Life MTB Academy this Easter after the team’s telling impression left on the Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival held at Cascades MTB Park last weekend. The fast emerging outfit handled the wet and slippery conditions with […]
Haimy and Degn master PMB XCO in tricky conditions
After overnight rain, tricky conditions tested the elite men and women in the cross country races at the Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival on Saturday, with Israel’s Shlomi Haimy claiming the men’s victory and Denmark’s Malene Degn racing to a dominating win in the women’s race. The 30-plus age categories and women’s elite race helped settle the […]
Bull claims maiden national title to wrap up PMB MTB Festival
Sam Bull rocketed to his first ever Nationals downhill MTB cup victory and Danish stars Sebastian Fini and Simon Andreassen captured the 20km and 50km marathon titles respectively as the successful inaugural Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival at the Cascades MTB Park drew to an end on Sunday. For Fini, who finished fourth in a superb field […]
Development stars bask in the spotlight at PMB MTB Festival
The success of KZN Cycling’s and Cycling South Africa’s development programme was on full display as development racing kicked off the three-day long Pietermaritzburg Mountain Bike Festival at the Cascades Mountain Bike Park on Friday. All districts of KwaZulu-Natal were represented, with 10 riders from each district showing off their skills. Since the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) […]
Future stars get PMB MTB Festival under way in style
The opening day of the inaugural three-day long Pietermaritzburg Mountain Bike Festival cast a spotlight on the youth, with some very successful development racing followed by the phenomenally successful Spur School Series, which drew entries from across the country, as did the Enduro, which saw some of South Africa’s leading downhill riders and cross country […]
Bull ready to give it horns at Downhill Cup #2
The second round of 2015 Stihl SA MTB DHI Cup Series takes places at Cascades MTB Park, Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 5 April 2015. This event forms part of the Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival from 3-5 April. Competing in round 2 of the DHI Cup this coming weekend is Sportsnut DH Team and Men’s Elite rider, Sam […]