Fair Cape, South Africa - Relative unknown Glen Phillips, who has recently moved from Luge to Downhill Skateboarding, pulled a big surprise by beating some of the international top ten riders to win the Fair Cape Downhill Challenge.
He led from the start and there was nothing they could do to catch him!! Mischo Erban finished in second with Mike Zietsman in third. Anton Pratt was also charging and got the better of some of the top internationals as well to finish in fourth. Definitely two riders to watch for in the future.
Iona Zietsman from SAGRA said, "It was exciting to see new talent step up to the challenge and we should have some awesome racing at Hot Heels next week." Russell Naude was in hot form to take wins in both Street Luge and Classic Luge. Top recorded speed for the lugers was 115km/hr, and the Downhill Skateboarders were not far behind.
The organizers reported that they had a very cool day of racing with perfect conditions and strong South-Easterly winds boosting the speeds down the course by about 10 seconds from yesterdays South-Westerly conditions during qualifying.
The local Mitusbishi dealership, Mitsubishi Paarden Eiland, sponsored two awesome Mitsubishi Triton vehicles to pull the trailers. With the speed of the vehicles and the two trailers they could race really efficiently and the time trials and heats went super-smoothly as a result. The Mitusbishi guys were amped and really enjoyed themselves driving the shuttles.
Litronics, SAGRA's regular radio supplier, came on board to sponsor the radios and also set up some extra masts to boost reception. Eimer came from Germany and was a huge help. Orangatang and Landyachtz sent over some great prizes. Butlers Pizza also came on board to provide prizes. Fair Cape Dairies make the best yoghurt in South Africa and supplied plenty for all the riders, who were stoked.
| Downhill Skateboarding Results | |||||
| Pos | Surename | First Name | Country | Qual | Points |
| 1 | Phillips | Glen | RSA | 1:52.89 | 316.87 |
| 2 | Erban | Mischon | CAN | 1:43.27 | 304.63 |
| 3 | Zietsman | Mike | RSA | 1:49.66 | 298.82 |
| 4 | Pratt | Anton | RSA | 1:53.38 | 293.53 |
| 5 | Bareaud | Olivier | FRA | 1:54.83 | 288.62 |
| 6 | Von Glazow | Aki | SUI | 1:53.28 | 284.03 |
| 7 | Connolly | Pete | GBR | 1:51.56 | 279.71 |
| 8 | Hery | Tibor | RSA | 1:56.15 | 275.61 |
| 9 | Lourenco | Decio | RSA | 1:51.18 | 271.70 |
| 10 | Gray | Armin | RSA | 1:56.50 | 267.95 |
| 11 | Fourie | Liam | RSA | 1:57.05 | 264.35 |
| 12 | Bataineh | Zeid | JOR | 1:57.26 | 260.89 |
| 13 | Dweza | Richard | RSA | 1:49.05 | 257.54 |
| 14 | Bradburn | Stuart | RSA | 1:54.24 | 254.30 |
| 15 | Hort | Dave | RSA | 1:56.41 | 251.15 |
| 16 | Vivier | Tertius | RSA | 1:55.55 | 248.09 |
| 17 | Fourie | Shaine | RSA | 1:58.53 | 245.12 |
| 18 | Boast | Justin | RSA | 1:58.77 | 242.22 |
| 19 | Ritschard | Pierre-Yves | FRA | 1:59.34 | 239.39 |
| 20 | Smit | Josh | RSA | 2:02.32 | 236.62 |
| 21 | Van Zyl | Richard | RSA | 2:05.63 | 233.92 |
| 22 | Malherbe | Ben | RSA | 2:06.00 | 231.27 |
| 23 | Lubbe | Chirs | RSA | 2:10.33 | 228.68 |
| 24 | Weber | Beni | SUI | 2:11.48 | 226.13 |
| 25 | Jackson | Jerrie | RSA | 2:29.72 | 223.64 |
| Street Luge Results | |||||
| Pos | Surename | First Name | Country | Qual | Points |
| 1 | Naude | Russell | RSA | 1:37.93 | 316.87 |
| 2 | Weber | Beni | SUI | 1:39.10 | 304.63 |
| 3 | Swiegelaar | Waldo | RSA | 1:39.83 | 298.82 |
| 4 | Phillips | Glen | RSA | 1:42.33 | 293.53 |
| 5 | Mahdzan | Abdil | MAS | 1:43.06 | 288.62 |
| 6 | Ishan | Brian | RSA | DNQ | 284.03 |
| 7 | Smith | Warren | RSA | 1:44.72 | 279.71 |
| 8 | Burger | Vickus | RSA | 1:57.57 | 275.61 |
| 9 | Lacey | Leander | RSA | 1:37.43 | 271.70 |
| 10 | Lacey | Francis | RSA | 1:39.31 | 267.95 |
| 11 | Breukel | Ken | RSA | 1:41.97 | 264.35 |
| 12 | Dalhousie | Jakes | RSA | 1:44.08 | 260.89 |
| Classic Luge Results | |||||
| Pos | Surename | First Name | Country | Qual | Points |
| 1 | Naude | Russell | RSA | 1:41.81 | 316.87 |
| 2 | Weber | Beni | SUI | 1:46.79 | 304.63 |
| 3 | Mahdzan | Abdil | MAS | 1:50.75 | 298.82 |
| 4 | Weigl | Konstantin | AUT | 1:47.42 | 293.53 |
| 5 | Phillips | Glen | RSA | 1:55.34 | 288.62 |
| 6 | Smith | Warren | RSA | 1:52.99 | 284.03 |
| 7 | Breukel | Ken | RSA | 1:53.61 | 279.71 |
| 8 | Swiegelaar | Waldo | RSA | 1:59.78 | 275.61 |