Jan Frodeno was here

Friday, February 19th, 2010

2008 Olympic Triathlon Champion, Frodo, as the likable African German is known, has been a constant fixture here in Stellenbosch, South Africa over the past few months.
You often bump into the smiling face at the local coffee shops and street restaurants. It wasnt always song and dance though, along with some friends (Christian) he did [...]

South African Specialized rider, Burry Stander, wins u23 World MTB title

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Pictures by Rob Jones and CyclingNews.com
Burry just won his 1st rainbow jersey at UCI MTB Worlds in Australia.  This kid is amazingly talented, really nice, good with business and we will see him go a really long way. He is currently ranked 2nd in the UCI World Cup series.
Burry is a fellow Specialized team mate [...]

10 Questions with South African XTERRA athlete, Dan Hugo

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

For starters, and the reader’s benefit, write a short paragraph about yourself:
I’m evading reality but painting a canvas with all the colour I can find. There’s a definite lack of technique, more just splashing lines and blobs of colour and allowing them to take on a story of their own. I was inspired, you see, [...]

In just 4 airline meals,

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

I went from this:

Roodewalshoek, Lydenburg, South Africa (Yes, that is a Cheryl Crow speedo)
To this:

Reno, Nevada, USA

More Black and White Photography

Friday, January 16th, 2009

The Cheetah sculpture collection in Stellenbosch by Dylan Lewis really has my imagination going. There are 23 Dylan Lewis animal sculptures in Stellenbosch, and you literally bump into one on every street corner. As I ride my cruiser bike around town I cant stop taking pictures…
Wish I had a real digital camera, my SLR is [...]

Soul riding

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

One of the many great things I got to do while in PE for Ambers Ironman was exploring the South Africa East coast by mountain bike. Actually it was training, (1h30 ride with 8×20second sprints) but I played with the location a bit and what came out was this amazing ride from Schoenmaakerskop [...]

New Years fun

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

When the going gets tough, the tough gets off and takes pictures!

Getting there aint easy. 4×4, dirt bike, mountain bike. Whatever it takes!

This puppy can bark. Honda 450 CRF X.

The Caveman discovers the tractor!

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Always keen to support my meager triathlon income with some cash, I’m trying my hand at growing instant lawn. The field has been fallow for about 6 years (since my dad tried Protea flower farming) so the plowing was quite tough. Had to cut some smallish thorn tress down, roll rocks away and tried to [...]