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The second annual Urban Descent Downhill Longboard skateboarding race presented by Quiksilver and Gunslinger took to the streets of Durban, Alan Paton road in Glenwood to be exact, on Sunday 4th May. Over 80 competitors entered this year’s event that took place on a 1km course featuring a number of bends an chicanes.
Competitors were categorised into 5 divisions, namely Supergroms (8-11yrs), Junior Boys (12-14yrs), Junior Boys (15-18yrs), Ladies and Open Men. Time trials and qualifying runs got underway before the top 4 finishers in each category moved into the finals.
A flawless run was put down by Odin Kerkhoof to win the Supergrom final. Sebastian Rich took home the overall in the Junior Boys (12-14yrs) division while Michael Davies finished in 1st in the Junior Boys (15-18yrs) division. Cape Town’s Gabi Murray-Roberts claimed the Ladies title.
PE’s longboard skateboarder, Jason Brown was back to defend his Open Men’s title and was the clear favourite to take the overall after he made it into the 4 man final. Getting up to speeds of 75km per hour in the tightly contested final 3 of the skaters collided leaving them out of contention. Brown avoided the collision and flew through the finish line in 1st place ahead of Troy O’Sullivan in 2nd and Lloyd Clarke in 3rd.
Urban Descent Downhill Longboard Race Results:
Super Grom (8-11yrs)
1st Odin Kerkhoff
2nd Ryan Chikandiwa
3rd Keegan Long
Junior Boys 1 (12-14yrs)
1st Sebastian Rich
2nd Cameron Wasserman
3rd Matthew Swanepoel
Junior Boys 2 (15-18yrs)
1st Michael Davies
2nd Nathan Soule
3rd Bryce Gardiner
Open Ladies
1st Gabi Murray-Roberts
2nd Cindi Kritzinger
3rd Sadie Burger
Open Mens
1st Jason Brown
2nd Troy O’Sullivan
3rd Lloyd Clarke
