Bare Butt Butlers has been around for a couple years now and is finally making a ‘decent’ online effort.

Here’s a video of the Bare Butt Butlers strutting their stuff, well almost..

Well… TO START OFF MY PHONE IS STUCK ON CAPS.. SIGH. I GOT TO THE CAR THIS AM AND IT HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO, WITH LOTS OF GOODIES RELOCATED TO A NEW HOME…INCLUDING THE KEYS TO THE STOREROOM WHICH HOUSED MY SCOTT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS TOOK ITS TOLL ON MY PUNCTUALITY! THANKFULLY.. METRO RAIL IS ABOUT AS RELIABLE AS I AS. WE WERE 45 MINS DELAYED.. EN ROUTE TO THE KAROO NOW 500KMS TO GO…

Tomorrow morning, I will be heading out to the Klein Karoo so spend my 25th birthday making my way back the Cape on my Mountain Bike.

I’ll be joining 4 seasoned Adventure Racers on this trip, completely unsupported (no cars, no help, nothing but the heat of the Karoo beating down on our backs).We are plotting a new section of the growing-in-popularity Freedom Challenge for 2010.

The trip will kick off from CTN Station tomorrow where we board the train and head off to Laingsberg. Ever heard of it? No? I’m not surprised. I’ve been there once. It is hot (as hell). It is remote (as hell). It is boring (as hell).

Here’s the itinerary for the trip:
Date        Time      Start           Destination            Distance Comments
1:Tue 15 9:20am       Cape town       Laingsburg             400km?   R100/passenger
trainstation                                    R100/bike!
4pm       Laingsburg      Rouxpos                50km     Ride via floriskraal
stay in cottage
2:Wed 16 early        Rouxpos         Anysberg NR            70km     Ride on race
route(~6hours)
camp
3:Thu 17 early        Anysberg NR Leeuwenboschfontein 70km            Ride ~7hrs
camp
4:Fri 18    early     LBF             Eselfontein(Ceres)     70km     Ride ~9hours
accom TBD
5:Sat 19    early     Esels           Silwerfontein/voelvlei 70km     Ride ~9hrs
Sleep in bus
6:Sun 20 early        SWF             Diemersfontein         60km     Ride ~5hrs
pickup
Distances are approximate, and don’t include Damon getting lost.

We will be carrying a live tracker so that you can check on our progress, real time, live on the Web. Would I have it any other way? I will do my best to ‘live blog’ the trip as well as Steve, the Organiser.

More to follow ladies and gents, watch this space

This will be My Boy’s (Still nameless, the Mountain Bike man..) virgin decent-MTB ride. I hope he holds out and gets me to where I need to be. More importantly, in one piece. I am sure that there will be plenty of good stories to unfold in the up-and-coming week. Enjoy the read, as I enjoy the life

I cycled, a lot. I have shaved one leg. Jason is prepped, upgraded and ready to roar! More to come..

It’s been an age since I bothered posting anything.. this was just too good not to share!

Hush Hush Marketing, the founders of ‘Cape Rocks’, have years of experience in event organisation. Hush Hush have recently produced and managed many fashion shows, festivals, and club nights, and are now proud to be expanding into live music events!

The concept behind Cape Rocks is to bring headline acts together with up?and?coming bands, to further the SA Rock Music scene.

Cape Rocks 2 is bombing Cape Town with the biggest & Best rock event to be experienced this month, and boy do we have a great line up waiting for you:

FOKOFPOLISIEKAR, THE SLEEPERS, THE PLASTICS, RED LIGHT IN JUNE, JACKAL + WOLF

Look out!!! FOKOFPOLISIEKAR haven’t played in Cape Town since they did the movie, so we cant wait to see them in action – http://www.fokofpolisiekarmovie.com/promo/

For more info check out www.caperocks.co.za/

Tickets are R75 at the door, or R65 pre-sale. BUY ONLINE NOW to secure your presale ticket now!

sexy chick

It looks like the club has found a new (not so one) Hit Wonder: David Guetta (Feat. Akon) – Sexy Chick

Here’s the uncensored mucis video for your eyes and ears to drule over. Akon has come a long way in the past 5 years.. something tells me that this tune’s going be booming it out in the clubs for a couple months to come!

Wednesday’s weather was foul – Windy, cloudy and generally miserable. A great day for a 2 hour run!

The group of us started at the base of the Pipe Track on Table Mountain and made our way up, through Camps Bay towards Kasteelspoort (a ravine running up the see-facing side of the mountain).

It was a hard, steep run/hike until we got to the cloud-line. It then became a hard, steep, WINDY, WET run/hike! Once we got to the top of the Mountain, the run leader asked if I would mind taking over. I agreed as we couldn’t see more than 4m ahead of ourselves and with fog like that – no one wants to get lost up there.

I took the ladies and gents on a fast-pased run down to the Scout Hut, around both the dams (which are bursting atm) and a few kilometers later, we were back at Kasteels, making our way down. By now, it was pitch-dark too with heavy fog. I’d kept the breaks short to ensure that no one got cold/hyperthermia.. all in all, we made it to the Old Brown Sherry which awaited us at the bottom, safely and in one peice.

This was the first of many runs semi-led by myself. I’ve been asked to lead some runs in the future which I will be doing! With spring now in the air.. so they tell us, I will be doing some more ‘adventure’ orrientated runs through the mountains. Watch this space!

Saturday was the first of many training rides, preparing me for the Double Century 2009.

Some things in life are soul-destroying.. this was one of them.

Up until now, I have been muching about with fitness. Fit? Yes, I am. Able to cycle up Sir Lowries Pass, then Grabou Pass, followed by Franshoek Pass and finally topped off with Hellshoogte Pass – that was a little more than I should have bitten off.

None-the-less, I finished the ride, in around 8 hours (145kms & a hell of a lot of climbing!). My legs took 24 more to recover. Perhaps closer to 48..

I’m going to be putting myself through this on a weekly basis with a couple smaller rides before work in the wee hours. Insane? Perhaps.. but mark my words – come the Double Century.. I’m going to laugh at those mountain passes! Last year I struggled, this year I will dominate!

Last weekend had me up nice and early, with Table Mountain in my sights.The Puffer 2009!

Now, needless to say – I was not taking part. Yes, I have started to do regular trail runs.. but my little (pastey) legs are not ready for 80kms of hell, That’s right, EIGHTY.

The guys and gals from the CRAG Runners and I met at about 9h30 in the morning at the foot of Constantia Neck. Myself and the Doctor heading up the paths while the rest caught a lift in the cars (with permits obviously ).

Will, the winner, came past us once we’d hit the water spot we were Marchalling/Running ten minutes after we’d setup – a staggering 25mins ahead of second, Louis (I believe his name was) who holds the record for the quickest Puffer!

All in all, it was a lovely morning, cheering the 120 guys and gals that were taking part! Some (10) of whom were doing the Tuffer Puffer (The Puffer, twice. 160km in one stint!!!).

Just as we were packing up, I was asked if I’d like to sweep the last of the runners for the race. Unfortunately, I had hiking boots on and not running shoes.. next year

A hearty Congratulations to James Fraiser who came 9th! He is in fact the man behind motivating me to to anything remotely ‘active’ – an Ex High School teacher. Brilliant effort man! Perhaps one day when I’m a little more solid, I’ll second you?