Hosted by Deus Ex Machina, on Slidetoberfest day two, or Friday to you, we will gather at our own private Motocross track, perched right on the oceans edge.

 

This event is centered around having fun and riding small bore bikes, whether they are new or vintage it’s a true ‘ride what you brung’ event. All walks of life will be battling it out on the dirt.

Young, old, girls and boys. Everybody is welcome and some truly spontaneous rivalries are about to be born. We’re gonna see some vintage beauties and the cream of the outlandishly modified.

The world’s premier surf and moto festival

An annual long weekend of surfing, high octane fun and our fiesta of other events. What started as a homespun happening to help us here blow off some steam has evolved over time and tide and morphed into what it is today, an internationally renown, grass roots style celebration that attracts both motorcycle riders and surfers from all over the globe. The Festival is now four days and nights of play. Motocross, Swank Rally, Surfing and Flat Track are stacked end to end to fill up the days, we bring our little village to each, shade is erected, set up the Barbie and whack beers on ice. The coffee machine is kicked into first and we spice the whole place with good tunes and good vibes so we all have a hell of a time. Then there’s our nightly events; The Temple Moto Short Film Fest, Concert, Art Exhibition and an Awards and Wrap Up Party are all vying with each other to fill you to overflowing.

Thursday 12 October

We’re starting our weekend on a Thursday, when bright and early we hit the sand, but not to surf. Following in the traditions set by our Italian cousins, it’s swank, but it’s a rally: we’re there to celebrate the beauty of old motorcycles ripping along a beach then out onto a ruddy track. It’s the refinement of the knobbed specials, dusted with the ignorance of the inappropriate. We’ve stirred the pot a little and set out a twisted track marked on one side by the low-tide sand before winding back into and behind the dunes, across rice fields before dumping you back where you began to do it all again. We’re excited to add this to this years agenda and it’s bound to be a series of unique motorcycle races. We’re likely to see a lot of bikes that were not initially intended for this style of racing, but that’s what brings something special to the event.