Search Results for ‘greg-minnaar’

Greg Minnaar has stood on an astounding 70 World Cup Podiums, he's won a record 20 World Cup races, and earned the title of World Champion on three different occasions. And he's done it on an every type of bike and material you can imagine, dating all the way back to 2003. Despite the long...

Today we bring you the first three episodes of the very entertaining 'This Is Peaty' video series now on its third season. It follows the adventures of Santa Cruz Syndicate riders Steve Peat, Greg Minnaar and Josh Bryceland. These films give great insight in to the exciting world of World Cup...

Greg Minnaar is a 31 year-old veteran of the Mountain Bike World Cup circuit. The South African is a three time World Cup overall champion as well as a three time World Champion with the most recent title coming two weeks ago at the 2013 World Championships in his hometown of Pietermaritzburg...

The Santa Cruz Syndicate are proud to announce Greg Minnaar as the new 2012 Downhill World Champion. Greg's victory in Leogang, Austria, not only marks his second World Championship title and 8th World Championship medal, but also writes history as the first Downhill Gold EVER to be won on a...

Steve Peat + Greg Minnaar give you a little insight into the up-coming World Champs track at Leogang. A while back, the Santa Cruz Syndicate, along with a host of other top teams headed out to Leogang to ride/test on the up-coming Leogang UCI World Championship track. Steve Peat, using the...

Santa Cruz Syndicate's Greg Minnaar races into 2nd place behind Aaron Gwin at Mt. Ste. Anne in the UCI Downhill World Cup Series. After two weeks of constant rehab of Steve Peat's torn hamstring he was ready to give the race a serious go, but he slid out on the upper part of the track which...

World Champion Greg Minnaar is teaming up with Gene Hamilton of BetterRide for a three day downhill mountain bike camp July 6-8 at Northstar Resort at Lake Tahoe. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from the most experienced coaches in the sport and a World Champion, 3 time World Cup Overall...

In case you missed this, we got this video in showing Steve Peat chasing fellow Santa Cruz Syndicate rider (and eventual race winner) Greg Minnaar down the World Cup DH Course in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Be sure you have the HD option selected when you watch this amazing footage! The...

Greg Minnaar wins the UCI World Cup Downhill season opener aboard his Fox/Shimano equipped carbon V-10 with an exhilarating run that had the hill alive with the roar of thousands of fans including the oneLife crew and the Minnaarmy! Steve Peat came in 15th and Josh Bryceland 21st on this...

World Champion Mountain Biker Attracts World Class Tourism To South Africa Durban, South Africa - Greg Minnaar, former World Downhill Mountain Bike Champion and Pietermaritzburg resident, has fronted the launch of a new venture which looks set to raise the International profile of...

Leogang, Austria, June 20th 2010 - The UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup Leogang was dominated by Greg Minnaar and Sabrina Jonnier. The men's top 3 was completed by Gee Atherton (2nd place) and Aaron Gwin (3rd place). The fastest women were all from France: Jonnier first, Emmeline Ragot...

Willengen, Germany June 13, 2010 Santa Cruz Syndicate's Greg Minnaar (SRAM/RockShox) placed 2nd today in the Milka Wheels Of Speed downhill in Willingen, Germany. Aaron Gwin took the win on this short, fast course with a 1:50.06 to Greg's 1:50.26 and Andrew Neethling was third at 1:50.99, and...

Maribor, Slovenia Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate/SRAM/RockShox), starts off the UCI World Cup downhill season with a big win. He put together a brilliant run to win the season opener in Maribor, Slovenia in the most dismal conditions on a course Greg would describe as "the hardest course...

World Champion Greg Minnaar is teaming up with Gene Hamilton of BetterRide for a three day downhill mountain bike camp at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, NV. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from one of the most experienced coaches in the sport and one of the fastest racers in the world...

The crowning of Steve Peat as 2009 World Champion put an exclamation point on the Santa Cruz Syndicate's domination of the downhill arena for the past few years. Peat's 2009 season put him in the history books - 17 career World Cup downhill wins, 50 World Cup career downhill podiums and finally...

March 20, 2008 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Courtesy: Mark Squire Santa Cruz Syndicate's Greg Minnaar hosted a Big Air Camp for 10 local downhillers from around South Africa preceding the Pietermaritzburg leg of the SA Downhill MTB Championships on March 12th through 14th. The camp started...