The Friday Mix - MOD UK, Alana Blanchard Bikini, Shaun White & Downhill MTB

Alana Blanchard makes surfing gorgeous!

For this week's Friday Mix, we have a real mix of sports. We start with FMX and the Masters of Dirt tour of the UK. This really is the world's best FMX show and makes me sad that the Cape Town show was cancelled. This is followed by the a quick teaser of Alana Blanchard, probably the world's hottest surfer. Then take a ride through the Winter XGames Europe, Superpipe, with Gold Medalist, Shaun White. We finish off with a ride down the recent World Cup Downhill course in Pietermaritburg with Red Bull rider, Gee Atherton. Enjoy and hope you ride this weekend!

 

 

Captain Kai's World - Podcast 17

Show 17 and I had surfing and FMX, with my mate Trent and Robby from Vudu Surf, talking Fantasy Surfer and the ASP World Tour for next year - also had a surprise visit from Markus, the guy responsible for Ultimate X, and he brought Jason Moriarty, our very own man behind the scenes on worldwide FMX. Was a great show and I hope you enjoy it...

Download the Podcast here - Podcast 17 (To download, Right Click, Save as)

Check the guys out at:

Vudu Surf
Website - www.vudusurf.com
Twitter - @VuduSurf

Ultimate X
Website - www.ultimatex.co.za
Twitter - @ULTIMATE_X_

The Dallan Goldman FMX Film - Release 2011

Dallan has one of the best Whips in the business! (Photo: CTBF)

Dallan Goldman is the rising star of SA FMX. He won the Jungle Rush trials earlier this year to win a place at the Masters of Dirt show in Cape Town this December. The kid is going places! Check out the teaser for his film project.

Masters of Dirt at Cape Town Stadium - 16-18 December 2011 - Find out MORE



This is a teaser video of the soon to be released Dallan Goldman 2011 feature video. Dallan is one of the leading riders in South Africa and is a force to recognized!

CHECK OUT:
www.freestylefilms.co.za for more videos

Captain Kai's World on www.2OV.fm - Podcasts for Show 14

Show 14 was a petrol head vibe with a touch of dirty surfer! Guests were Lance Isaacs, SA Superbike Champion, Anthony Raynard, SA MX Star and Wok, SA's most controversial surf blogger. We chatted about the Cape Town Bike Festival, with Supercross and Masters of Dirt in the Cape Town Stadium. Also headline artists Seether and Haddaway - Wok seemed pretty amped on the "What is Love" Icon! I talked about the crazy Volcom Party with Goldfish over the weekend in Durban - see my previous blog.

Download the Show 14 PODCAST

Check out Wok's Blog - I am Wok

Connect with the Guy's on Twitter:
Wok - @Wok84
Lance - @Lancelot38
Anthony - @AnthonyRaynard

And if you aint following me - @KapteinKai

The guys spoke about traveling, their sports and of course girls! Good times!

Ken Blocks Gymkhana World Tour Stop - Vienna

The world cannot get enough of Mr Block and his rally car antics on tar. I have to agree with the world though, it's pretty epic to watch, must be even more fun to drive though! Take a look at the video and check out how good a time these guys have - especially look out for our own Austrian export, Chris Cab, on the mic.

It's hard being on top!

"Ever since we filmed the first Gymkhana video, I have wanted to be able to bring this type of action to a place where people can watch it live, and Gymkhana World Tour does exactly that," said Block. "I'm super stoked on the staggering turnout we had in Austria. It was just amazing to have such an enormous crowd be able to witness the hooning so close, and to see everyone enjoy it so much."



In addition to Block's smoke-filled, dangerously close, gymkhana antics, the Hoonigan was joined by the Masters of Dirt freestyle motocross crew, including Blake "Bilko" Williams and Adam Jones. The FMX riders not only put on a show of their own, but joined in with Block for a little synchronized insanity.

"It was awesome being able to work with Bilko, Adam and the Masters of Dirt team at the event," said Block. "Those guys were going huge during their sets and the crowd was bugging when we were running the course at the same time. The crowd also went wild for the surprise Segway donuts, which we did completely unrehearsed at the end of the show."

While the main event took place Sunday night, the actual event spread over the entire weekend, offering media and VIPs rides with Block in his Gymkhana Ford Fiesta.

"I am always happy to be able to give people the experience of actually getting in the car with me, since, while it may be fun to watch, nothing beats actually getting in the car," said Block. "The only bummer is that we can't give everyone a ride."

The Vienna stop of the Gymkhana World tour was presented by Monster Energy, Masters of Dirt ,Ford, DC, Raiffeisen and SPY Optic. The next stop will be in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday, July 23rd, followed by the final stop in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, September 3rd.

Cape Town Bike Festival Launch

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 22, Nick de Wit, FMX Rider, Anthony Raynard FMX Rider, De Wet Du Plessis, CEO Cape Town Bike Festival, Lance Isaacs, Brand Ambassador, Superbike, Brian Capper, SuperMoto & Enduro Rider during the Cape Town Bike Festival launch from Green Point Track on June 22, 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa
Photo by Peter Heeger / Gallo Images Gallo Images

I attended the launch of this amazing event and was not let down. This December the Cape Town Stadium is going to rock out for 3 days with Masters of Dirt, Supercross, Miss Biker SA, Lifestyle and tattoo expos, AMD Custom Bike Build and even more impressive, three international bands. Rumours doing the rounds at the launch event were that SA rockers, Seether, are looking good to be the first confirmed band.

I am on the Festival as the social media person and will be keeping you guys up to date with this amazing Festival as news comes in! FYI I am pretty sure I saw Lance, Nick and Brian drinking pink drinks...

For more on the festival - Cape Town Bike Festival
In the meantime check out the launch below...

Cape Town Bike Festival - Launch Tonight

Cape Town Stadium will be getting tons of dirt put in!

To say I am excited about the Cape Town Bike Festival (CTBF) might just be the understatement of the year! Outside of the odd game of football and shows from the likes of U2, the stadium has not had much on, as far as world class events go, since the 2010 World Cup. That all changes this year as the CTBF rolls into the stadium over three days in December. What will we be seeing at the launch this evening in Cape Town? So far we have been told that the Festival will have a Lifestyle Expo for those that love the biking lifestyle, Miss Bike SA (Hot ladies and Bikes, sounds good), Supercross and Junior MX racing (Something not seen in SA stadiums for many years), a Tattoo Expo and art exhibition, AMD Custom Bike Build competition, the incredible Masters of Dirt FMX show every night and to round things off an incredible three international bands - 1 for each night. Shew, I just had to take a breath and calm myself down there...

Masters of Dirt is the world's biggest and best FMX show. I have wanted to see one of these for a very long time and the fact that I can see it every night for the length of the CTBF is bloody exciting. Some of the world's best FMX, Quad and Mini-Bike hell men will be on display, as well as our very own "Sick" Nick de Wit. Let's not forget the fiery and very hot "Fuel Girls" who are a big part of the show. Got to admit to being equally excited to hang with the girls backstage at the show, hehe.

Though the CTBF have not released the names of the Bands yet for the three nights at the Festival, I am told that with my help, CTBF will be asking you the fans for your opinions on this integral part of the entertainment showpiece. So, once I know the options, you will know and you can vote for your choices for the three nights. One band that has already been closely linked to the CTBF are our locally born superstars, Seether. One can only hope it is true!

So, much excitement and I will have more information tomorrow once I have attended the launch event tonight and found out more. This looks to be one of the biggest events Cape Town has ever seen and I will be along with you in tow for the entire ride! In the meantime, why not make some suggestions for bands you would like to see in the comments section! Right, time to get ready for the launch and a couple of cold ones with the crew.

Find out more at - 

CTBF Website

CTBF on Twitter