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| [ Gravity Adventure Festival 2012 ] |
Welcome to Gravity Adventure Festival 2012
With the Gravity Festival celebrating its 10th anniversary it can only mean bigger and better for 2012! The dates are set with the 17th - 19th August 2012 being the chosen weekend. There are some great things in the pipeline this year so keep your ears to the ground.
If you are not on our mailing list, contact us at adventure@gravity.co.za to make sure you get our newsletters and updates.
Tatum Prins & Graham Bird
Race Directors
GRAVITY FESTIVAL PROGRAM 2012
PLEASE NOTE: Some changes might occur closer to the Festival date , but will be included in our newsletters and Web updates.
FRIDAY 17 AUGUST
Event Time Venue
Informal Croc Float trip 2.00pm to 4.00pm Fairy Glen Campsite
Early registration for all events 4.00pm to 8.00pm Festival Hub
Camping Entry Open 4.00pm to 10.00pm Festival Hub
Black Diamond Night Run 7.00pm Festival Hub
GoPRO Film Festival 8.30pm to 10.00pm Festival Hub
Spur food and drinks available all day
SATURDAY 18 AUGUST
Event Time Venue
Registration for all events 7.00am to 4.00pm Festival Hub
Trail Series XL Run 22km 8.30am Festival Hub
Cape Winter Trail Series Run 9.00am Festival Hub
(12.7km)
Cape Winter Trail Series Run 9.15am Festival Hub
(5.5km)
Black Diamond Rock Climbing 9.00am to 4.00pm Festival Hub
Kids Trail Run 10.30am Festival Hub
Adventure Sprint Race 11.00am Festival Hub
Second Skins Rocky River Swim 11.00am Festival Hub / Fairy Glen Campsite
Kids Swim 11.30am Festival Hub / Fairy Glen Campsite
Paddlezone Kayak Downriver Race 1.00pm CNC Reserve put-in
Naish SUP Estuary Sprint 3.00pm Festival Hub
Kids Adventure Activity 3.30pm Festival Hub
Paddlezone Kayak Timed Sprint 2.00pm to 4.00pm Judgement Day
Prize Giving 6.00pm Festival Hub
GoPRO Film Festival 7.00pm Festival Hub
Lucky Draw 7.30pm Festival Hub
Boulevard Blues Band 8.00pm Festival Hub
DJ 9.30pm till late Festival Hub
Product Stands on all day
Spur food and drinks available all day
PLUS: Drumming, Fire Dancing, Lucky Draws, Film Competition, DJ, Braai, Food and bar service throughout the night.
SUNDAY 19 AUGUST
Event Time Venue
Registration for all events 7.00am to 12.00pm Festival Hub
Sportsman Warehouse Mountain Bike 45km 9.00am Festival Hub
Sportsman Warehouse Mountain Bike 20km 9.15am Festival Hub
Kids Mountain Bike Ride 11.30am Festival Hub
K1 Sprint Race 11.00am Festival Hub
Croc Race Heats (1-6) 10.30am to 12.30pm Festival Hub/Gravity put-in
Croc Race Semi Finals (1-3) 1.00am to 2.00pm Festival Hub/Gravity put-in
Croc Race Final 2.30pm Festival Hub/Gravity put-in
Final Prize Giving 3.00pm CNC Reserve put-in
Food and drinks available all day
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FOR ALL THE INFO, ACCOMMODATION ETC. : CLICK HERE
The Gravity Adventure Festival is 10 years old in 2012!
The Gravity Adventure Festival started 9 years ago as a kayaking event. It was timed to coincide with high water conditions on the Palmiet River near Kleinmond, about an hour from Cape Town. Additional events were added each year until the Festival reached its current format. It can now justifiably claim to be SAs most diverse Adventure Festival and possibly one of the biggest.
In 2008/2009/2010/2011 the Festival averaged 650 - 1000 competitors across all the events and involved seven adventure disciplines. The Festival is well known as the Original Adventure Festival in South Africa and other events have been based on the same model. The core strength of the festival is the cross-pollination between events - the competitors have similar profiles and many enter more than one event. This allows events to feed off each other and create awareness and growth in all disciplines. The Festival is held in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, an hour from Cape Town, and opens up this amazing valley to all participants to enjoy.
Changes for 2012
Over the years the Festival has become a very popular and well established event on the Cape Adventure calendar and attracts adventure enthusiasts from all over South Africa. This year, the organisers, Gravity Adventures, are bringing aboard some experts in the adventure events industry to help the Gravity Adventure Festival reach its full potential.
Organisers
We have teamed up with legendary South African adventure racers, Tatum Prins and Graham Bird to make 2012 the best Festival yet! Andrew Kellett and Gravity Adventures remain stakeholders in the Festival and will be hosting all the Paddling events at this years festival.
Tatum Prins and Graham Bird, both well known off road multi-sport athletes, have been involved in organising and staging events around the country for the past 10 years. Having been team mates for the past five years they have developed an outstanding understanding and have combined forces in Mountain Runner Events to bring their passion for the outdoors to the adventure sporting market.
Headline sponsor
Merrell has seized the opportunity and come on board as headline sponsors for 2012. This allows the organisers a good platform to be able to put on a wide selection of events that will suit any outdoor adventure enthusiast. We welcome Merrell on board and look forward to many years of partnership going forward. The headline sponsor will be assisting in the promotion of the event as well as the running of the event hub.
What to expect in 2012
Check out the festival event document. Dont delay and enter soon! This year is going to be better and bigger than ever before.
Last update on this event: 03/08/2012
Event Added: 29/05/2012
| [ General Event Details ] |
| DATE: |
Friday, 17 August 2012 - Sunday, 19 August 2012 |
| EVENT TYPE: |
Adventure Festival |
| PROVINCE/AREA: |
Western Cape, Kleinmond |
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