It’s Xterra fever in Cape Town (and South Africa) this weekend. The race just seems to grow and grow, and is now split over two days. I’m not sure why the Shongweni Dam leg in KZN never worked, because they probably have the most extensive off-road multisport calendar (maybe that’s the answer!). Totalsports have taken this over from sister store Due South and have the store footprint to leverage it further.

Reigning 2011 XTERRA Grabouw Champions Dan Hugo (Stellenbosch, South Africa) and Carina Wasle (Austria) will have to keep their wits about them on Sunday, 26 February 2012 when they return to Grabouw Country Club to defend their titles at the 2012 Totalsports XTERRA South African Championship presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT.

Reigning individual men’s and women’s champions, Conrad Stoltz and Carla Van Huyssteen expected nothing less than a battle when they returned to Buffelspoort Dam on Saturday, 28 January 2012 to defend their titles at the gruelling TOTALSPORTS XTERRA Buffelspoort Full presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT.

This past Saturday I took part in the 10th annual Totalsports challenge as a two man team with paddling legend Paul Marais. We had a great day out in perfect conditions and came home in second place. Dan Hugo had a solid day out winning his 6th consecutive individual title, beating most of the teams in the process. Check out the race report from the individual race below.

After five victories in Kleinmond, multi sport star Dan Hugo is still excited by the chance to take part in the Totalsports Challenge presented by New Balance and REHIDRAT® SPORT. Returning to Kleinmond on Saturday, 14 January 2012 participants can look forward to a sporting experience like no other.

The organisers of XTERRA South Africa are excited to announce that Totalsports will replace DUESOUTH as the Title Sponsor of South Africa’s most popular triathlon series.

According to Michael Meyer, Director Stillwater Sport & Entertainment, XTERRA SA is very excited to once again welcome onboard Totalsports as the title sponsor. “The event is now called the Totalsports XTERRA presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT. Totalsports is part of the same sports retail stable as Duesouth, which means we will still continue to see Duesouth at the events. Although Duesouth’s support has been superb, we are thrilled to have Totalsports as the new Title Sponsor as it is sure to bring a freshness and excitement to the event. With many more stores across South Africa, the partnership with Totalsports will increase XTERRA SA’s awareness platform dramatically,” says Meyer.

A new venue served as a fitting place to crown new XTERRA world champions.

The 16th XTERRA World Championship turned into a sweet celebration for Michael Weiss, Lesley Paterson and Kapalua, Maui.

Weiss and Paterson earned their first XTERRA world titles on a new course that was described as both beautiful and brutal. After 15 previous years at Makena, the XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon moved to the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua this year.

South African Dan Hugo finished a close second, a mere 33 seconds behind Weiss.