Skateboarding

The Technique Skateboards team recently hit the road to Pretoria to film for the DPD Webisode 4 “Gauteng Underdogs”. The weather didn’t play along  and rained out two of the day but the team still managed to get some skating in, enough to complete the webisode. The Technique team skaters are: Adam Woolf, Dean Marais, Brandon Valjalo, Brandon Botha, Taylor ...

Joburg’s newest SkatePark situated at Key West Mall in Krugersdorp is now open. The awesome things about this park are that it’s FREE, it’s open at night and its filled with a multitude of rails, good tranny, and marble ledges. A bunch of BMX riders decided it was time to check it out. Ryan Jarret was on hand to film ...

The Hot Heels Africa Downhill Skateboarding event is one of the longest running in the world with this year’s event taking place near Pringle Bay, Cape Town in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve from the 11 – 14 December. Grab this opportunity to watch a weekend filled with adrenalin packed gravity racing. Both local and international athletes will battle it out ...

On Saturday night (1 November) the annual Halloween Skate Jam took place at Puddy’s infamous backyard ramp, presented by DC Shoes in association with OSP, Red Bull, Nixon and VonZipper. The country’s best in Skateboarding gathered, dressed for the occasion, and ready to battle it out for top honours. As sunset arrived it was time to kick off the festivities ...

Monster Energy have dropped their highlights video from the 2014 Kimberley Diamond Cup Skateboarding World Championships featuring insane skating and interviews with some of the world’s best, including footage of Alana Smith’s world first female Backflip on the Mini-Mega. Get to hear what the internationals had to say about some of our local skaters. Pretty damn awesome… Photo by Grant ...