Soil Searching: Karkloof trail builder Hylton Turvey
Meet Hylton Turvey, a trail builder who finds inspiration in the shape of the land itself. When the earth speaks, Hylton Turvey listens, taking the time and care to carve trails in South Africa in a way that honors her presence. Soil Searching founder, Fanie Kok, shares this intimate profile of a man who has […]
From the Ashes: Building Jonkershoek
Trail building isn’t something most of us give much thought to. Trails are just something that are there. We ride them. We grumble a bit when they become washed out and rutted after winter rains, and carry on as usual when they have been filled in and repaired. What most riders don’t realise is that […]
Video: Trail Hunter – South Africa
Matt Hunter went to South Africa to ride some local trails in Karkloof before moving on to the Drakensberg. What he found was a reminder of what a connection to homeland means and how people can express it, through the eyes of local trail builder, Hylton Turvey. The end result shows us all that the […]
Trail Daze | Karkloof Revisited
The Trail Daze crew wrap up their 2017 KZN trip as they head out further along the N3 towards the quiet town of Howick for a dusty sunset session. Having revisited the Jonkershoek trails recently, we decided to do so again with the similarly magical, and even more diverse, Karkloof trails. Since the 90’s, Karkloof […]
Trail Daze | Jonkershoek Revisited
Historically, in the world of films, sequels have not always been successful… But some have stood out, and so we bring you Jonkershoek episode 2, as we sample some of the new and old on a moody, winters day in the middle of August. Throughout the 30 episode history of Trail Daze, we’ve not revisited […]
Trail Daze | Like a Bat Outta Hell
Wrapping up our trip to KZN, the Trail Daze crew headed for Karkloof – an amazing trail network with immense flow and maximum fun factor, sculpted by master trail builder Hylton Turvey. A short drive North from Howick, my usual base when visiting KZN, you find yourself in the centre of a 60km odd trail […]
New twists to famous Karkloof trails
For 21 years the Sappi Karkloof MTB Festival has provided riders with exhilarating mountain bike track with varying elements that appeal to all riders and whilst previous years have been successful, course designer and builder Hylton Turvey continues to revamp, reshape and reinvent the courses at the Karkloof MTB Club and the 2015 three-day, 8-10 […]
Video: Hylton Turvey, the legend behind the Sappi Karkloof Trails
Ever wonder where all the trails come from? Hylton Turvey is the man behind some of the legendary Sappi Karkloof Trails. Check out this video of Hylton, trail builder for the Sappi Karkloof Classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YGzptTyJTs Hope you enjoy!