Video: Whip Offs and Dirt Jump Jams at the 2020 Hellsend Dirt Party

 !f a water bottle¡

 Think maybe people just came here for the sweet whips, and a tech article may prompt more discussion?

Not sure it’s a lack of love for the content. Maybe a page view count is in order.

 There's nobody stopping anyone from joining events like these in SA. Unfortunately though there's no government support for mountain biking and the industry struggles to support anyone. Bikes are unreasonably expensive here and only relatively well off people can afford to get into the sport even at the most basic level. That being said, There are many more POCs in SA that ride XC, road and BMX street than there are riding dirtjumps, DH and enduro. Visit a different event and it's likely you'll see different people. This video represents a tiny portion of riders in SA and that's okay, because the location is out of the way on someones private farm in a wine making area doing a specific type of riding. It's a 14 hour drive from where the majority of the population live. It's not a representation of an entire country's riding scene. I'll keep an eye out for all the indigenous people in the next Canadian edit I see.

 @Oolex: I know I'm being a bit unfair. But I've worked with people from South Africa who have been pretty open about how things are incredibly segregated. I just thought this was a particularly poignant example, given the total lack of representation compared to the country's demographics.

On your last point though: First Nations people only make up 5% of the total population of 38 million in Canada. Despite that, there's been a push to engage First Nation's people in the mountain bike and trail building communities - particularly in rural BC.

 Yes the wealth still lies mainly with the white population, but I can tell you that $2000 bicycle is still out of reach for the vast majority of white South Africans too, let alone a top of the range DH bike... And while there are many rich black South Africans too, the don't spend their wealth on any outlier sporting codes ... Also, idea that all white people in SA are rich is a narrative that the rest of the world believes, Yes, we still have it much better than the majority because of generational wealth and privilege, but living in SA is a struggle for most, some just struggle less