Contermanskloof Mongoose Provincials

Oct 6, 2011
by Eric Palmer  
Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

This weekend saw the last race of the season at Contermanskloof. Here's a little write up from my mission & a few photos as usual.

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

View from the top


Off early to Contermanskloof to shoot the last of the provincial series. Robert Starke & his crew have been very busy making a new track full of jumps & loose corners. A very different feel there after the rain & a new track made it feel like a completely different place.

It's been a while since I've shot any DH & took a few min to get back into it. The track being more in the air than most left me struggling to find little tech spots on the ground, but the rock garden before the finish caught my eye on the way up. I made my way a little more than halfway up to a ski jump/road gap style drop with a view.

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

I made my way down to a few dusty switchbacks for the start of the runs. It was super loose & dusty with guys sliding everywhere & a few tyres got claimed as usual.

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

Mr. Rodney back after a long stretch of injury.


Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

I moved down a few meters to another ski jump drop for the faster guys & then it was time to make the move down to the rock garden for the 2nd run.

Mongoose Provincial Race at Contermanskloof today Eric Palmer

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

While I was setting up at the last spot I saw a warning sign for the XC guys that made me chuckle a bit & had to get a shot of it & then straight to action again! There were lots of close calles with Duran blowing a pedal hard at the bottom of the rock garden, Luke Davis tested his recovery skills after putting his front wheel solidly behind a rock on the way down & Jaco with a sneaky line avoiding the worst of the rocks & Pottie just flying through smiling into 1st place.

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

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He survived this Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

Luke managed to survive this & get 3rd


On the way down after the race. Seems red white amp black are the 2011 colours haha

Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

1st Johann Potgieter 2nd Stefan Garlicky 3rd Luke Davis


Mongoose Provincial at Contermans Eric Palmer

Homeward Bound


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10 Comments
  • 5 0
 Thank you so much for what you give man . Photos alone - just ridiculously brilliant every time, and on top of that your write-ups and overall coverage - such a huge contribution to the wheeled world . Shot Eric , Cape Towns's lucky to have you man REIGN SUPREME
  • 1 2
 i cant pernounce the title ://////
  • 1 0
 Clicked this article primarily because I couldn't believe "Contermanskloof" was a real word... Apparently, yes.

Glad I did, pics are sick!
  • 1 0
 really cool write up and photos eric! wish i was there!
  • 1 0
 Eric is a true legend! What an amazing weekend!!!
  • 1 0
 guy on the warning sign looks like hes doing a whip Razz
  • 1 0
 Was the event actually in February as listed on the race log?
  • 1 0
 "This weekend saw the last race of the season at Contermanskloof. Here's a little write up from my mission & a few photos as usual."
  • 1 0
 nope - thats definately a typo haha , event happened just this past sunday . pretty arb typo though
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 TERAS!







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