FROM FRESH PRINCE TO NOBLE KING – GREG MINNAAR REFLECTS ON HIS ROOTS
With 22 World Cup wins, 81 World Cup podiums, three World Cup Series wins and three World Championship wins, South Africa’s Greg Minnaar is the undoubted king of downhill racing. ...
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MINNAAR GRABS 22ND CAREER WORLD CUP VICTORY
South African mountain bike legend, Greg Minnaar, extended his all-time World Cup-win record when he claimed victory at Round 3 of the abbreviated 2020 UCI Downhill World Cup in L ...
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TWO DOUBLE DOWNHILL WORLD CUPS TO LOOK FORWARD TO!
This pandemic-shaped year has robbed us of many things, including the joy that is watching Downhill World Cup finals - live. Fortunately, things are looking up. We won’t be gettin ...
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THE SAFFA WORLD’S MEDAL HUNT IS ON
The deep end. That’s what it is. This week a couple hundred of the world’s best mountain bike racers will all jump in the deep end of the most tumultuous year of our time and cont ...
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MINNAAR FIRED UP FOR A SHOT AT ANOTHER WORLD TITLE
South African mountain biking legend, Greg Minnaar, will contest his 24th UCI Downhill World Championships this week and could well win his 12th medal, possibly even the gold, jud ...
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THE MOUNTAIN BIKE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S NEAR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE THIS
The two most popular types of mountain bike in South Africa currently are the sub-R15 000 100mm-travel hardtail 29er and the sub-R65 000 100mm-travel full-suspension 29er. But tha ...
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DOWNHILLER TRIES TO STAY WITH THE MARATHONERS
The Swiss Epic is must be the most scenic mountain bike stage race in the world. The 2020 edition defied the Covid-19 effect on sports events and recently took place under require ...
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ON FALLING
We’ve all fallen. Some of us hard. It’s a fine line - owning a trail or groaning on your back next to a trail. This New Yorker documentary examines falling through the experiences ...
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ADVICE FROM DOWNHILL RACING’S G.O.A.T
“You’ve got to switch off to switch on.” That’s one of Greg Minnaar’s bits of advice in this GMBN video, shot recently in conjunction with Oakley, where he’s relaxing at home in P ...
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SEBASTIAN FLYNN – THE LITTLE GUY THAT JUMPS BIG
There aren’t many South African seven-year-olds clearing big gap jumps and landing huge drop-offs. Sebastian Flynn, a Grade 2 learner at SACS Junior in Cape Town is one of them. T ...
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