The 2017 Skateboarding For Hope program kicked off with a bang at our first event of 2017 in Cape Town. These lucky youths were the recipient of brand new skateboards, courtesy of Tim McFerran and World Skateboard Federation. After these young skaters received their free skateboard, they then participated in a free clinic, a skate contest and […]
Skateboarding For Hope Supported By DC Shoes returned to Menlyn Skatepark in Pretoria for the 2016 season on Saturday, 6 August at to host the area’s top skaters to compete for cash prizes and slots in the Rider Cup and TopGrom Championships at Kimberley Diamond Cup this October. Ashton Banwell ended up taking his first […]
The Skateboarding For Hope National Tour, Supported By DC Shoes, will be returning to Menlyn Skatepark in Pretoria on Saturday, 6 August 2016! Along with seeking out the top 13- skater to advance to the TopGrom South African Championships at Kimberley Diamond Cup, we will also be hosting a Rider Cup qualifier in which the […]
KDC will be hosting four additional and final Rider Cup qualifying events at most of our remaining Skateboarding For Hope (SFH) events around SA. In previous years, this last minute qualifier was held in the week leading to Kimberley Diamond Cup in October, but has been moved to our SFH events to allow more people […]
Integrated into the KDC Grand Slam Durban Regional Qualifiers, Skateboarding For Hope, Supported by DC Shoes, went down on 17 July at Durban Beachfront Skatepark. The purpose of the initiative, conceived by the Northern Cape government and supported by DC Shoes, is to stoke the local kids of the area and leave behind good vibes for […]
Skateboarding For Hope Supported by DC Shoes, integrated into the 16th annual Buck Tour at Skatelab Skatepark in George, went down on 2 July, 2016 and brought out local skaters of the area along with a couple cars full of rowdy skaters from the Cape Town area for a shot at cash prizes. Between a […]
After a sunrise pool session in Upington and a long drive through the Northern Cape, the final stop of the Skateboarding For Hope Northern Cape Youth Month Tour found us at De Aar Skatepark on Sunday, 5 June, 2016; one of the 4 skateparks built by Dallas Oberholzer in 2013 and funded by the Northern […]