28.08 / CAPE TOWN, SUID-AFRIKA

SIMON STOFBERG

SERIOUS ATHLETE. UNSERIOUS HUMAN.

KYK DIT EERS

DIE FLIEK

ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS: EPISODE 1

A Burnt Studios film. Watch it. Then watch it again.

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THE GUY FROM PAARL

Portrait of Simon Stofberg — the man himself, obviously

Simon Stofberg is a Cape Town endurance athlete: cyclist, trail runner, triathlete, three-time Cape Epic finisher, and the funniest man ever to suffer up a climb in the Western Cape. Sponsored by Trek, fuelled by 226ers, protected by ABUS, dressed by Ciovita. Husband to Melissa. Dad. Subject of a Burnt Studios documentary. He will happily suffer on a bicycle for eight days, then complain that the restaurant is a ten-minute walk away. Part-time bounty hunter, self-declared Kong Foo MAHSTAR, full-time proof that ordinary people do extraordinary things.

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27 875 FOLLOWERS

32 ULTRA-TRAIL FINISHES

5 SPONSOR DEALS

3 CAPE EPICS

HOOFSTUK 01

PAARL

Before the watts and the wins there was a kid in Paarl with a surfboard, a skateboard, and a head that never switched off. School called it trouble. The world called it ADHD. Some years got heavy: bullies, depression, addiction, roads that went nowhere.

He tells that story himself, on camera, unflinching. It is not a secret. It is the first half of the plot.

HOOFSTUK 02

DIE DRAAI

Simon Stofberg in 2021, a throwback photo — 2021. His caption, his words: "But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd."

Then he chose the hard road on purpose. Sobriety. Muay Thai. Structure. Long lonely hours where nobody claps.

He swapped chaos for discipline and found out they burn the same fuel.

"INSANE TO THINK OF EVERYTHING SINCE 2021."

HOOFSTUK 03

DIE ENJIN

2018 ULTRA-TRAIL CAPE TOWN, THE FIRST START LINE 34.2 km, 6:04:55 First blood. The mountain wins, but takes notice.
2019 THE BREAKOUT: UTCT TOP 15 + FIRST CAPE EPIC 4:54:57, 15th of 534 • Epic finisher Top 15 over the mountain, then eight days of Cape Epic. Not bad for a guy from Paarl.
2021 ULTRA-TRAIL CAPE TOWN, THE TURN 35.5 km, 5:30:20 The year the whole story turned.
2023 TRIATHLETE UNLOCKED Ironman 70.3 Nelson Mandela Bay • MUT by UTMB 60 km, 10:12:39 Swim, bike, run. Then a 60 km mountain ultra for dessert.
2024 THE BIG YEAR Knysna Marathon 3:02:01, 8th • Burnt documentary • "Nou nou" 💍 A three-hour marathon filed under "good training," a documentary, and a ring incoming.
2025 THE BEST YEAR Cape Epic Mixed, with Azel Crous • Melissa says yes, Elgin, 02.05 • one viral bounty hunter reel Epic in March, married in May, and the internet finds out he is funny.
2026 FULL GAS Cape Epic no. 3 • Cycle Tour 2:54:11, UCI Gran Fondo Worlds qualified • new Trek Third Epic, a 2:54 Cycle Tour, a Worlds ticket, and a new rig. All in.
2026 VOET VAN AFRIKA Next up Hier kom 'n ding.

HOOFSTUK 04

DIE ANDER SIMON

Half machine, half menace. The same man who runs 4:54 over a mountain will spend a whole day editing a video of himself as a kung fu master, a Lamborghini, and a bounty hunter. Sometimes in the same week. Zone 2 body. Zone 5 personality.