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The inaugural downhill longboard skateboarding race called the Urban Descent will take place on the 6th October in the streets of Glenwood, KZN. A collaboration between Gunslinger Longboards and Quiksilver that is expected to attract up to 100 of the country’s fastest and best longoarders. Longboarding has mainly been active in Cape Town and with a number of events taking ...

Thalente (meaning ‘talent’ in Zulu) is an up and coming skateboarder from Durbs. He’s aptly named as anyone will tell you who has seen this boy session – he’s definitely got the talent and a bag full of tricks. However unlike his contemporaries and the other okes that skate down by North Beach, Thalente is a street kid. This remarkable fella has big hopes and dreams for his skateboarding future, though - Thalente hopes to become one of the first black kids from South Africa to earn a living from skating. We chat to this young Backyard Jammer about being on the streets and how skateboarding has changed his life.