Whooba! How cool to be back in ‘The Kingdom’, and to experience a completely new mountain biking route and race! MiWay’s phenomenal series of races have taken the mountain biking community by storm, and it is easy to see why from today’s course … sugar cane singletrack, blue-gum downhill blasts and an ethereal boardwalk winding [...]

My latest book (100 DORPS / 1000 THINGS) are just about done and dusted, with a couple of weeks to go before printing. As part of the book, much of the past few years have seen me exploring gravel roads and out-of-the-way dorps in order to get photographs, interesting stories and a handle on what [...]

… and the kids, plus family and assorted mates of course, to go and get muddy and married in the Eastern Cape. My cameras took a back seat for once, but when you trip through the Amatolas, along the Wild Coast and through the Tsitsikamma Forests, you have to occasionally slip the Nikon or Go-Pro [...]

Next time you cruise the N2 past Storms River, check out the primal forests rising up on either side of the highway. Spiderwebbing through these ancient trees and pine plantations, you will find some of SA’s most glorious mountain biking and trail running routes, so make a point of stopping to investigate these trails. And [...]

What an incredible race. After 3 days, a couple of dead-heat sprints, some kick-ass white-water play and erm, boat loads of breathtaking Northern Cape scenery, #gkcm2013 came down to half a boat length … Although Andy Birkett took the final day, Jasper Mocke’s overall time came in at 1.5sec faster, allowing him to walk away [...]

The second – and biggest and most beautiful – day at GKCM2013 unfolded under perfect Northern Cape skies today. The front bunch of Andy Birkett, Jasper Mocke and Ivan Kruger blasted off just after dawn, going head to head onto the portage at Neus Weir. The duke fest continued on the stretch through the dramatic [...]

Huge day on the ‘Groot Rivier’, with a huge contingent of top SA paddlers taking on the first 32km of the Green Kalahari Canoe Marathon in temperatures peaking at well over 40 Degrees C towards midday. Andy Birkett weathered blistering pace to take Day 1 podium, with the incredible Michele Eray dominating the Ladies’ field. [...]

Few jitters on day before the start of #gkcm2013. The field has grown by 300% since last year’s inaugural event, with more than 60 K1s, plus a good few K2s and K3s ready to line up for the biggest purse in SA River Paddling. All eyes will be on the front bunch tomorrow, with arguably [...]