The Night Harvest 2014 BMX and MTB Dirt Comp Review

SA’s biggest BMX and MTB Dirt contest, The Night Harvest too place this past weekend at the picturess Potato Trails in Hout Bay, Cape Town. This year’s contest saw more international riders than ever before compete against our locals for the R28k in prize money. Amrican Rider and BMX personality, Zach “Catfish” Alexander was on the mic and kept the masses psyched throughout the night.

Over 3500 screaming fans gathers to witness the action on the pristine built trails. After the preliminary rounds were completed and the riders that made it through to started preparing for the quarters, the heavens opened up. Luckily the rain stopped long enough for the quarter final round to be completed but after that the contest was called due to the bad weather and the final results taken from the quarters.

In the BMX division, French rider Kevin Kalkoff didn’t have the best runs due to the slippery conditions but still threw down and finished in 3rd place overall. Local hero, Malcolm Peters dropped in smoothly all night and had some flawless runs landing huge tricks which saw him finish the night off in 2nd overall. Frenchman, Maxim Charveron was unstoppable all night and had a big combination of flip and whips during his runs to take the top step of the podium.

In the MTB division, local riders Justin Novella and Niclas Reichwein held their own against the rest of the field putting together some impressive runs and finishing in 2nd and 3rd respectively. However, UK rider Sam Reynolds brought a variation of huge tricks to his smooth runs and took the overall.

After prize giving the skies cleared, Catfish got back on the mic, hyped up the crowd and the Best Trick contest went down. Justin Novella rode well and looked to be in contention but unfortunately didn’t his 720 attempt. Sam Reynolds had it in the bag by landing his 720, 360 Double Tailwhips and Backflip Tailwhip.

The Night Harvest is a dirt contest that has grown from strength to strength each year and after the 2014 installment, we cannot wait to see what the next one holds. Shout out to Monster Energy and Sony in association with Dial’d bikes, WG Dixon and CFC Scaffolding for making this event possible.