The Good Vibes Tour x Greg Minnaar

In celebration of Greg Minnaar winning his fourth World Championship Title in 2021 and racing the 2022 season in the hallowed rainbow stripes, Santa Cruz Bicycles and Maxxis Tyres – two of Minnaar’s longtime sponsors – hosted The Good Vibes Tour in honour of The GOAT’s inspiring achievement.

The three-stop tour visited Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Joburg at the end of November, with Santa Cruz and Maxxis retailers inviting their key customers to meet and spend time getting to know Greg over a few ice-cold Mountain Goat lagers.

The Tour was not only about Good Vibes, but also about contributing to the Greater Good with a signed Greg Minnaar 2022 Santa Cruz Syndicate Jersey being auctioned during each of the 3 evenings.

In total, an incredible R106 000 was raised, with Cape Town and Joburg raising R68 000 in aid of #ChasingZero, an anti-rhino poaching initiative and Greg’s official charity. In Maritzburg, R38 000 was raised for Town Bush Trails, a local trail advocacy and building group whose work benefits all mountain bikers in the local area.

The Good Vibes Tour kicked off in Cape Town on a perfect evening at Den Anker in the V&A Waterfront with Table Mountain providing a spectacular backdrop.

It’s not every day that you get to shoot the breeze with one of South Africa’s greatest ever sportsmen. Minnaar has an effortless ease about him, and is always happy to take a photo or sign a cap or T-shirt for fans

The evening wouldn’t be complete without some Santa Cruz bling on display!

On auction at Den Anker was this one-of-a-kind custom designed #ChasingZero Syndicate jersey and helmet that was worn by Minnaar at the 2022 World Championships.

Greg Minnaar Cycles played host to the second stop of The Good Vibes Tour and was well attended by family, friends and guests of both Greg and the shop.

In-coming Rush Sports CEO, Sam Bull welcomed guests to a very special evening in The Goat’s hometown of Maritzburg. Rush Sports, which organized the tour, are the distributors of Santa Cruz and Maxxis Tyres in South Africa.

Minnaar’s Jack Russel – Lucy – certainly enjoys having him home and wasn’t going to miss out on the action.

Greg Minnaar Cycles is a treasure trove of Downhill history with bikes and jerseys from multiple eras of Greg’s career, including the Honda RN01 and his World Championship winning Haro DHR (2003) and Santa Cruz V10 (2013).

Professional auctioneer Jon Cannon took care of proceedings in Maritzburg, fetching R38 000 for Town Bush Trails, a local trail building organization whose work benefits the entire local MTB community.

The Good Vibes Tour culminated on its final stop in Joburg with Greg’s signed Syndicated Jersey raising R47 000 in aid of #ChasingZero, an anti-rhino poaching initiative.

Greg spent time during the evening taking questions from the floor with topics ranging from how his recovery is progressing, his favourite downhill track of all time as well as what he considers to be the next technological leap in the sport. And as always, Minnaar made time to engage one-on-one with guests.