2017 Has been an amazing year for me, but it is still far from over with the ROOF OF AFRICA, being the highlight of this year, still around the corner!

I’ve started my year, based in Cape Town, with determination and hard training and took the open class and overall win for 2017 on Regional Level for the third time in a row.

My National Level placing in the E2 has also improved dramatically with top 10 finishes now being part of my racing. I place 5th overall in the E2 class for 2017.

During the course of the year I’ve changed my base and moved to Pietermaritzburg where the riding terrain is just so much better and my training could just increase so much more. I am absolutely loving Kwa-Zulu Natal and all it has to offer for extreme enduro riders.

We have decided that I will race again in 2018, whilst starting on some of my studies as well. I will be based in Pietermaritzburg and will again train hard with my sights set even higher!

My pinnacle for the year will be the Lesotho Roof of Africa which starts on the 15th of November 2017. With top class riders and the top ranking riders in the world competing in this year’s event I really hope to finish top 15. FOCUS TRUST BELIEVE!!!!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my sponsors F.T.B, DROOMERS YAMAHA, CARBONTECK, JAKKALSVLEI and my family.

William Oosthuizen