It’s been a cold and crazy past couple of weeks at the Kumba Skate Plaza! Schools have since gone back into session and our regulars are fiercely studying and scarce at the skatepark until the weekend comes. When the weekend does come, it’s on; and the kids are wasting no time progressing on their skateboards […]
Every weekend at the Kumba Skate Plaza in Kimberley, South Africa, we provide free skate lessons for the local skaters and community to enjoy. This weekend, we carried on with our Vert Fridays Clinic and Skate Lesson Sundays weekly skate lessons and allowed the kids to pad up and learn some skateboarding basics on […]
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 […]
If you’ve been following us in recent months, it’s no secret that we hold free skate lessons open to the public on a weekly basis. It gives the opportunity for our more advanced skaters to engage with the young guns who are just starting out and hence creates mentors in the process. We rounded up […]
Another blazing hot weekend at the Kumba Skate Plaza. That Kimberley sun is ruthless. We kicked off the weekend with a skate clinic on the mini ramp. We padded up and took care of some of the basics like pumping, kickturning, and a few basic tricks. The highlight of the session was definitely helping Tediso […]
January at the Kumba Skate Plaza was stacked. On top of our weekly skate lessons, we had a few heavy competitions lined up for the local skaters such as the Mini Rider Cup and Stacks for Stunts. We even mixed things up a bit and held a(n) (sk)arts & crafts session to lighten things up. […]
Another top notch weekend at the plaza. We kicked Friday off with a vert clinic and contest on the vert ramp. Frontside kickturns can be a bit intimidating, especially if you learned them frontside initially. No fear that some prizes couldn’t help one overcome. Damian came out on top, as expected, but Shandene was in […]