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FEMALE ATHLETES REQUIRE GENDER-SPECIFIC TRAINING AND EATING PLANS. IN THIS ARTICLE OUR RESIDENT COACH BENOIT CAPOSTAGNO EXPLAINS THE IMPORTANCE THEREOF. The last 30 years has seen a sharp rise in the number of women participating in both recreational and professional sport. For example, the percentage of women competing at the […]
THE FIELD OF WOMEN DOWNHILL RIDERS REMAINS SMALLER THAN THAT OF THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. FULL SUS DOWNHILL COLUMNIST STEF GARLICKI DELVES DEEPER. 2020 is a strange one for sure and last time you heard from me I had just made it across the pond to Germany. I wanted to switch […]
Words and Images by Jacques Marais “THE HUSH”: SOME PLACES HAVE IT, AND OTHERS DO NOT … DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE IS OF THE FORMER KIND, AND SURELY RATES AS ONE OF THOSE WILDERNESS SPACES WHERE THE TRANQUILLITY WILL COME AND FIND YOU. Local Buzz De Hoop is – at […]
Words by William Keith OUR RESIDENT BIKE SHOP OWNER IS BACK AND HE TRIES HIS VERY BEST TO EXPLAIN WHY ALL STOCK LEVELS ARE SUPER LOW AT YOUR LOCAL BIKE SHOP. DON’T FEAR THOUGH, THINGS ARE LOOKING UP WITH SHINY NEW 2021 PRODUCTS EMERGING SOON. On behalf of all the […]
Words and Images by Jacques Marais “Ultimate” is one of those adjectives that are oft over-used, but in the case of the “Ultimate Southern Pass Trail’” I really believe it applies. This new multi-day route traverses half a dozen private properties within the Stanford Valley, and everything from the views […]
Words by Ben Capostagno The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a new challenge to both professional and recreational cyclists alike. Countries introduced restrictions on outdoor activities, and many have only recently removed or adjusted these policies to allow us to spend time outdoors. The restrictions highlighted a very important aspect of […]
Words by William Keith Your editor and I – or is that my editor(?) go way back, to a time when chest and facial hair was the second most desirable thing for a teenage boy. We lost touch for a few decades but then this wonderful sport of ours reconnected […]
Full Sus’s regular coach, Ben Capostagno discusses some of the more modern tools available to coaches these days and provides some insight in to how he and his colleagues use them to assist athletes in improving their performance. Coaching has certainly evolved over the last decade or two, mostly due […]
Words & Images: Jacques Marais Mountain biking can be a pretty cruel sport and chances are you will seriously suffer if you tackle the Tulbagh Bone Trail a tad undercooked. Yup, this is a tough old bugger of a crank into those high-and-righteous Witzenberg ridges … LOCAL BUZZ: Welcome to […]
I started mountain biking 10 years ago now, which seems crazy but yes, 10 years! Boy how things have changed since then … Firstly the bikes have changed so much, when I started everyone was on 26” wheels except for the odd 29” xc bike. We have now seen the […]
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