UCI Legacy

The decision of the Pietermaritzburg municipal administration to keep the track built for the Supercross as a permanent installation is a positive step that should go towards bridging the gap between South Africa and those nations with accessible and high quality facilities. The Supercross track itself is much like the traditional motocross racing track, but is endowed with more challenging obstacles: the track has major double jumps, step ups and a technically difficult rhythm section.

Designed according to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) specifications, the existing track will only be slightly modified for future use. The rationale for changing it is that a few modifications will make the track available to a wider range of skills levels, while still keeping it advanced enough that top riders could use the facility as a beneficial training camp.

A second major advantage to the native South African BMX culture is the exposure of South African youths to a sport, which in comparison to other major sporting activities, remains relatively obscure. The interest generated by the event could go a long way to attract the attention of individuals and groups that would otherwise have only a peripheral, or even less meaningful, contact with the sport. The Supercross and its physical legacy could be seen as a marketing exercise that is geared towards sourcing talent in a country that has, due its past, oftentimes dismal structures for finding gifted individuals. For all the above reasons, the hosting of the UCI BMX Supercross in South Africa can only be seen as an enormously positive step towards national development, and the building of international credibility.

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