Trail Daze 2.0 | Summerplace Game Reserve
When I was presented with the opportunity to shoot a Trail Daze episode that included riding in a game reserve, among wildlife, I didn’t hesitate. There is something magical about the thought of sharing the soil with free roaming creatures. It’s a riding experience that isn’t available around every corner and certainly not back home […]
Trail Daze 2.0 | Greyton
With Episode One and Episode Two of Trail Daze shining a light on two quick & easy local trails, it was time for our first destination episode. The extended and frustratingly wet Western Cape winter made things particularly challenging to plan, but we managed to find a small break in the treacherous weather and hit […]
Trail Daze 2.0 | Constantia Greenbelts
It’s not often that you find a suburban trail network which offers proper riding, more than just a commuter path from one side to the other. A network of short segments that take you through various types of lush vegetation including ferns, cork trees and all kinds of rain-forest-like ground cover that isolates you from […]
Trail Daze 2.0 | Banhoek Conservancy
October 2017 saw the last episode of Trail Daze 1.0 go live. It was a 3 year long passion project showcasing some of the best mountain bike trails South Africa has to offer. We travelled throughout the country in search of sublime singletrack, epic views and in one case even road from Wilderness to Knysna […]
Trail Daze | Best of 2017
Looking back at the best of Trail Daze 2017, and the wrap of a three year long passion project. After three amazing but challenging years of documenting South Africa’s finest trails, the Trail Daze project has punched its final ticket. From Cape Town to KZN, we’ve travelled the country to try and bring justice to […]
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 | 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 | 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 | Tokai MTB Trails
The Trail Daze crew head out to explore the original and most iconic of all Cape Town mountain biking destinations, the Tokai MTB trails. With more than a year and a half of reconstructing, felling and other such rehabilitation activities, the Tokai MTB Trails closure during 2015 left a massive hole in the lives of […]
Trail Daze | Fatbiking the Garden Route – Part 2
The Trail Daze crew continue their bike packing stint along the Garden Route en route to Knysna. This episode of Trail Daze is dedicated to the people of Knysna and surrounding areas, who were affected by the devastating wild fires during June 2017. Our sincere condolences go out to those who lost so much, in […]
Trail Daze | Fatbiking the Garden Route – Part 1
We change the pace slightly for this micro-adventure episode of Trail Daze, as we add some weight, thicken the wheels and put away the knee pads for our stint along the beach… Discussing this mission over a few beers – mostly what equipment we didn’t have and still need to get – the plan manifested […]
Trail Daze | Delvera – The Original Trail Park
Thunder and lightning, with the occasional break in clouds and ultimately buckets of rain was the order of the day as we visited the original South African mountain bike trail park, the Dirtopia HQ at Delvera. Established way back in 2004 already, the Dirtopia Trail Centre has undergone plenty of upgrades over the years, and […]