Sam takes gold at Kenilworth track

Venture Cycles' Sam Fraser gets some air in the Downhill Series.

The fifth round of the Sunshine Series Mountain Bike Downhill Series was held at the Gravity MTB club’s Sunshine Coast home track at Kenilworth.

A hundred and eighty competitors tested their skills against a highly regarded course, with a vertical drop of more than 300m and speeds of up to 70kmh over rough, rocky and dusty terrain. Noosa young gun,

16-year-old Sam Fraser, riding for Venture Cycles, raced in the junior elite category.

This is one of the sport’s toughest classes. Sam won this class on the weekend by 0.5 of a second with a near perfect race run, raising the banner for the Gravity MTB Club and Venture Cycles.