A fun weekend’s dirt bike riding!

Monday, March 16th, 2009

I built a short Enduro track through a stream and some dongas on our farm. My mate Werner came over for the day and we rode till dark. Serious fun and hard work!  I finished my long run 1st thing in the morning and had the day free for fun “XTERRA training”…
This was my last [...]

My dad is a beast! My friends dont call him “Tarzan” for no reason…

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

For those who dont read Afrikaans so well- shame on you! Just kidding. It says here: Gert Stoltz won the Grand Masters (60+) agegroup at the recent 40km Sabie Classic mountain bike race. He beat the 2nd placed guy by 6 minutes!
Obviously he rides the fastest bike out there, (one of my old S works [...]

Rafting trip on the Orange River over New Years

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

My friends from Stellenbosch organized a 4 day river rafting trip over New Years. We paddled South Africa’s biggest river- the (not so) mighty Orange. It runs through the driest part of South Africa and made for a truely memorable experience. Pine runs African Rafting and is a friend of a friend, so all 20 [...]

Stoltz Racing’s 1st XTERRA training camp…

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

“It was a dark and stormy night…”
No, just kidding!
“It was a bright and sparkly morning… Six of us - all friends and family- got together for a little informal XTERRA training camp on our farm near Lydenburg, Mpumalanga. Uh, thats South Africa.
These guys are all relative newbies to sport. Sorry Gustav- rugby (even provincial rugby) [...]

Bobby Behan visits our farm

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Bobby in our driveway.