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<\/a>Newcomer to the DHI scene, Craig Scott, is loving every minute of the sport, and is ready to take on round two of the 2016 KZNMTB Provincial DHI and Enduro Series \u2013 presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles takes place at Giba Gorge MTB Park on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March. Photo credit: Paul Botma<\/span><\/p>\nScott mentioned that he was a bit of a late starter, but used to ride BMX way back. \u201cI used to watch quite a bit of the EWS (Enduro World Series) online and that\u2019s what got me interested in the Enduro discipline,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Always keen for extreme sports and adventure, Scott felt that this discipline could not go untested: \u201cI felt that I kept getting injured on a skateboard \u2013 why not try something new? What pulled me in I think was the combination of exercise, adventure, and of course, adrenaline, which I\u2019m semi-addicted to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott felt that it was the unbelievable sense of camaraderie that optimised the essence of the sport of Enduro and DHI. \u201cThere are just good vibes around, and you\u2019re surrounded by people who share the same love and passion for the sport and having a good time as well,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
After a break from racing competitively, Vets rider Craig Seaward is now back on the Downhill racing scene and this time, it\u2019s with his son. \u201cI\u2019ve been riding socially for about 30 years, but it was 15 years ago that I raced competitively. When my son started to take an interest in the sport, it pulled straight me back to the scene,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Seaward has a different approach to the discipline after his time off the competitive scene, and couldn\u2019t ask for anything better than to share the love and passion for a sport with family. \u201cIn terms of goals and things like that, I feel like I\u2019ve had my hectic racing days, and the goals would purely just be for my son. Of course I would like to push it a little, I am competitive to some extent. But for me now it\u2019s all about being there on the weekends with my son and enjoy the riding. It\u2019s just awesome to be at the top of the hill beside home,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
When looking at Enduro and DHI, Seaward feels that, although the competitiveness at times is different, they are not too far apart from each other when it comes to the environment that surrounds them. \u201cThe sense of community, slight competitiveness and the social fun aspect is a huge part of the sport, especially when it comes to Enduro,\u201d said Seaward.<\/p>\n
Both Craigs will be taking part in the next round at Giba Gorge at the end of the month.<\/p>\n
Entries are open and close on Wednesday 23 March 2016. (http:\/\/www.roag.co.za\/eventinfo.aspx?EventID=1727<\/a>). For any further details, please visit www.kznmtb.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information, contact Rebecca van der Linde info@kznmtb.co.za.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second round of the 2016 KZNMTB Provincial DHI and Enduro Series \u2013 presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles takes place at Giba Gorge MTB Park (near Pinetown) on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March. The first round of the season impressed those involved with the turn out of participants and level of racing in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[207,220,824,2805,2733],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-downhill","tag-enduro","tag-kznmtb","tag-kznmtb-provincial-dhi-series","tag-kznmtb-provincial-enduro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18567"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}