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New gallery format
After much to-ing and fro-ing and given the fact that I’ve had a few days of broken-back imposed rest, I have redone the gallery layout on flipper.co.za . There are a number of reasons for this and maybe some will make sense and others wont. The first one to run in this style is the [...]
Cape Epic Stage 3
Stage 3 of the 2010 ABSA Cape Epic was going to be the mother of all stages … but unforseen circumstances in the weeks leading up to the race forced some changes. The loss of the major climb towards Gydo Pass above Prince Alfred’s Hamlet probably did reduce the climbing stats but i don’t think [...]
Cape Epic Stage 2
Stage 2 of the 2010 edition of the ABSA Cape Epic took the riders around some of the best singletrack trails around Ceres – at Eselfontein Farm. I’ve ridden there a good few times and its really worth the drive … but on Monday it was all about the riding. When shooting a race like [...]
Cape Epic Stage 1
The 2010 ABSA Cape Epic is the seventh edition of this great MTB stage race and my seventh time at the race … wow time does fly by. This year’s route is a little different to previous years in that it is centered further north than it has been before – around Ceres and Worcester [...]
Yes it’s February, but that was January
Been busy again … strange that. Proposals have been proposed for 2010 race season, Sven & my Chronology book #1 is in the final stages – at long last. Been a mission but definitely worthwhile project. I hope all you think the same. Oh and some photos have been shot. But not as many as [...]
Take a Tablet and call me in the morning
Happy New Year! Bit late but so are most of my blog posts! I’ve been super busy of late and have been up to all sorts of things. None of which pertain to my lack of blog entries until you add them all up and realise I haven’t had much time to put words to digitalness. [...]
What a week & then Peat wins Worlds!
Quite possibly one of the busiest weeks of the year for me … shot almost as much as a Cape Epic … but that all pales into insignificance when compared to the fact that Steve Peat has won the World Championships! Its not a shock like he came out of nowhere … its the fact [...]
Still on the road pt 2
This carries on from previous post http://blog.flipper.co.za/2009/08/25/on-the-road-yet-again/ 1916 boarding the Qantas flight now and guess what karma kickback straight away 55D middle row at bulkead so seat goes back about 50mm but the seat in front goes way back … awesome. Guess its better on a 7 hour flight than a 12 hour one but [...]
On the road (yet) again
Yes I know I just wrote about that just a day or 2 ago but I feel this one is going to be one to document … Graz to Vienna by train, then short hop to Amsterdam. Long haul to Singapore then on to Sydney and then up to Cairns for the weekend to try [...]
On the road again
Well after a long 2 weeks at home it seems like this season is never going to end – which financially makes sense – but time, family and rest wise is tough. As usual travel was an adventure – left home with time to spare – I mean the airport is technically only 15 minutes [...]