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Amidst a successful Extreme/ Hard Enduro career, both on the world stage and at local races, Travis Teasdale attributes a big part of his success to growing up and developing riding skills in his hometown of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. With a massive variety of riding terrain on his doorstep, we take a glimpse into Travis’ day-to-day Enduro life in Homegrown. ...

Having finished the 2019 season on a high by winning the Regional Championship and placing 5th in the National Championship, Ian Rall has been patiently waiting to get back to Off-Road racing. We caught up with Ian to get some insight into his racing career, surviving lockdown, and his recent mini-flip attempt. Name: Ian Rall Nickname: The Brawler Age: 25 Hometown: Northam Riding discipline: Off ...

Meet up and coming female MotoX Enduro rider Lanza van der Mescht a.k.a ‘The Flying Dutchman’. She’s part of the ShredBettys team – the organization that was founded by female riders for female riders and she’s scrambling up some dirt on the local Enduro circuit. We chatted to Lanza about all things with two wheels and we hope to chat to more ladies like her in the future! Here’s to some of our local bettys kicking ass and taking names on the alternative sports scene.

SA Offroad and Enduro Champion, two-time Roof of Africa winner and overall badass international competitor, Darryl Curtis returned home last week in pretty high spirits following his 22nd overall finish (and 2nd in the amateur division) in the 2012 Dakar Rally. 15 gruelling days through South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru), the Dakar Rally is the toughest, most dangerous off-road endurance race in the world and 2012 was no exception to casualties. Curtis’ 22nd place finish is impressive in itself, but when you consider this is his very first Dakar Rally, well, you really have to hand it to the South African rider. Having touched down at O.R.Tambo to a warm welcome home by friends, family and sponsors – Darryl took some time out for a little Q & A about this year’s Dakar with LW Mag.