Bike Check: Sam Hill’s EWS winning Nukeproof Mega C
Sam Hill was crowned the 2018 Enduro World Series champion this weekend at the last round of the season in Finale Ligure. Sam’s Nukeproof Mega C received a custom Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) inspired design for the end of the season. Día de Muertos is a South American (largely Mexican) celebration of […]
Sam Hill and Cecile Ravanel crowned 2018 Enduro World Champions
The 2018 Enduro World Series (EWS) finished much as it started, with Cecile Ravanel and Sam Hill as its World Champions. The Bluegrass FinalEnduro powered by SRAM concluded the season in a suitably dramatic fashion in it’s traditional home in Finale Ligure, Italy. Isabeau Courdurier (Intense-Mavic Collective) won the first two stages of the day, […]
The EzelEnduro: Number 4
Number 4. The toughest yet. Unanimously. Running as a standalone event and not part of the Eselfontein festival, this year’s Ezel returned to the eco-hut campsite with a smaller and more limited group of riders taking on the lunar landscape that we’ve come to know over the last few years. The later than usual 9am […]
Klipberg Enduro 2018
During an unsuspecting bachelors weekend away a few months ago, we stumbled upon a location that had a strong resemblance to Ezelfontein, and more specifically EzelEnduro. We were convinced it checked all the boxes for a similar but smaller event, and many beers later, it was the best idea ever. It wasn’t too far from […]
Rude and Ravenel conquer the French rocks
Richie Rude and Cecile Ravanel finished day two of the third round of the Enduro World Series just as they started it, at the top of the results sheet. Ravanel (Commencal Vallnord Enduro Team) put on a typically dominant performance, winning seven of the eight stages. Isabeau Courdurier (Intense-Mavic Collective) shook off a bad crash […]
Report: The 2018 Kingdom Enduro
The first ever Kingdom Enduro took place last weekend in the Kingdom of Lesotho, breaking open a brand new Enduro World Series journey in Africa. Forty rather apprehensive riders rocked up on a tremendously wet Thursday afternoon. The stage was set at a lodge in Roma that was once one of Lesotho’s original trading posts. […]
SA Gravity Calendar for 2018
For the first time in almost a decade, 2018 sees the emergence of a Gravity MTB working group across the three major provinces, Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. The exponential global growth of disciplines such as Enduro in the last 5 years has seen a large influx of riders into Gravity-orientated disciplines which were once […]
Race Report: Gauteng Enduro Champs Hakahana
This past weekend on the 19th of November, while thousands took to the streets of JHB for the 947, 70 Enduro crazy riders took to Hakahana trails to compete for the title of Gauteng Enduro Champ 2017. Riders briefing took place at 7:30 after which they took a casual ride to the top of the […]
The EzelEnduro: Year Three
The third instalment of the annual EzelEnduro went down this past weekend, delivering the predicted intensity and a record attendance with another new face on the top of the podium. A shortened distance of 36 km and a reduced number of stages meant things were a little easier this year-round compared to 2016, however, the […]
Interview: Matt Lombardi talks about his rookie Enduro World Series season
Matt Lombardi took on the challenge of competing at the Enduro World Series this year in the under 21 age category. Matt made a name for himself racing in the Spur Schools League, progressing through the provincial and national XCO series. Picking up all the right skills along the way, Matt soon discovered that he […]
Hill and Ravanel are the 2017 Enduro World Series Champions
For the fifth time the Enduro World Series reached a dramatic conclusion on the iconic trails of Finale Ligure, Italy. Round eight, the Bluegrass Finalenduro powered by SRAM, saw 500 riders undertake two huge days of riding that took them all the way from the highest peaks in Liguria all the way to the warm […]
SRAM Western Province Gravity Enduro Series # 2 | Contermanskloof
Following last months successful first round of the WP Gravity Enduro in Jonkershoek, the series moved on to Contermanskloof for another great day of racing. It would come at a price though, as yet again the timing demons popped out of the woodwork and spoiled the party. With high hopes of a second successive smooth […]