Red Bull’s Grass Roots Tour kicked off immediately following KDC and set out for a cross country skate trip searching out skate spots and good times across South Africa. In the van were TJ Rogers of Canada, Mikey Mendoza of Australia, and SA’s Moses & Allan Adams. Red Bull wanted to give the opportunity to […]
The Winter Skate Jam went down on Saturday, 22 August, 2015 and closed down the season with a jam format contest for over 30 of Kimberley’s top local skaters. With a new KDC deck on the line for 1st prize in each division, the level skating was bumped up to 11, as getting fresh gear […]
The weekend kicked off with our weekly transition-oriented skate clinic, Vert Fridays. Highlights include an almost drop in from Mvelo and a definite caballerial make from Damian. Damian also put his fear of fakie ollies to rest and put down several during the session. Check the video below for the proof. We were later joined […]
The Kimberlaaities, composed of some of the Kumba Skate Plaza’s most promising rippers & youth volunteers, hit the road for a week-long skate trip across South Africa in early July with only one goal in mind: Skate everything in their path without getting too broke. From Johannesburg to Durban to Bloemfontein, the crew saw and […]
Bloem was scheduled as the last stop on our 2000km drive across the country. As one could imagine, the crew was pretty dusted after a week of traveling and skating every spot they came across. We arrived late Tuesday night following our 650 km drive from Durban and checked into our guest houses before headed […]
Following our session at Germiston Bowl on Friday afternoon, we waited for Wandile to meet us before hitting the road for our 6 hour drive to the coast. Durban was filled with lots of transition skating, and although the lack of photos would prove otherwise, plenty of sessions at Moses Mabhida Stadium and at the […]
Here’s part 2 of 2 in the photo series from the Johannesburg stop on the 2015 Kimberlaaities Youth Tour. Take a gander below to see what we got up to on the remainder of our stay in Jozi & Pretoria before our 6 hour drive to Durban. Thanks to Quincy and the One Love Crew […]