Santa Cruz Syndicate racer Greg Minnaar won the first round of the UCI world cup series yesterday. Minnaar was riding his favorite saddle, a white WTB Deva SLT, when he schooled the field of international pro downhillers in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The 2008 world cup downhill champ was racing in his hometown and won with his entire family spectating. What a sweet way to start the world cup season. Nice work Greg.
Greg Minnaar, WTB-sponsored rider and 2005 downhill world champion, shares his tips for downhill speed in this BikeSkills video. Minnaar, and his Santa Cruz Syndicate teammates, recently dominated downhill world cup number five in Fort William, Scotland. Syndicate riders took up three of the five spots on the podium with Minnaar on top, Steve Peat in third and Nathan Rennie in fourth. Minnaar’s saddle of choice is the WTB Deva SLT in white.
It’s been an action-packed spring here in NorCal and WTB’s video expert, Amado Stachenfeld, captured the chaos in this short film. Click on the photo above to see footage of Santa Cruz Syndicate and WTB sponsored rider Jamie Goldman during a few last minute photo shoots, a handful of WTB riders in the Sea Otter Dual Slalom, interviews with Greg Minnaar (1st in DH and DS at Sea Otter), Ryan Condrashoff and Brad Benedict as well as some clips of Jamie Goldman and Alex Reveles at the annual Post Office Dirt Jump Jam after Sea Otter.
