"Jozi Days" - An independent skateboarding film!

"Jozi Days" is an independent skateboarding film by Jono Kyriakou, a Cape Town-based photographer and cinematographer. The film, which features debut parts from T-Kay Modise, Taylor Sturgess and Trae Rice, seeks to paint a picture of the fluorescing skate scene in Johannesburg and gives us travellers the great opportunity to experience the city from a different "skateboarding" perspective! Rad! Kudos Jono, T-Kay, Taylor and Trae!

"Mzansi Style Guide" - a three-part web series about South Africa's street culture!

Hypebeast, an international lifestyle website/magazine, has produced a three-part series about South Africa's street culture scene. By setting a main focus on selected retailers and corner stores such as Area 3, DIP ST., Shelflife, Baseline and more, "Mzansi Style Guide" portrays Braamfontein in Johannesburg and it's vibrant urban street life culture (Ep 1), Cape Town and it's sneaker scene (Ep 2) as well as the local skate scene in the Mother City (Ep 3). Kufos Hypebeast! Enjoy!

"Mzansi Style Guide" Episode 1:

• adidas Area 3
  Shop 2, Ground Floor 155
  Smit Street, Bramfontein, Johannesburg
• DIP ST.
  33 De Korte St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
• Father Coffee
  73 Juta St., Braamfontein, Johannesburg 

 "Mzansi Style Guide" Episode 2:

• Shelflife
  167 Longmarket Street, Cape Town
• PUMA Select concept store
  137 Bree Street, Cape Town
• Lost Property
  Shop 3, Rheede Street Mall
  Gardens, Cape Town

"Mzansi Style Guide" Episode 3:

• Baseline
  Shop 4, Buitenkloof Studios,
  8 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town
• House of Vans
  23 Boulevard Way, Capricorn Park,
  Muizenberg, Cape Town
• Corner Store
  103 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
  

"Melodies for the Lemurs" - Skateboarding on Madagascar (video)

When Patrick Wallner was named "best filmmaker 2014" by the European skateboard community, he got the offer from Redbull to travel anywhere he wanted in the world and make a movie there. He chose Madagascar. A couple of weeks later, Patrick and some of his skateboarding friends, including Barney Page, Denny Pham, Nestor Judkins, Wilko Grüning, Brian Dolle and Gosha Konyshev, travelled to Madagascar and Patrick shot "Melodies for the Lemurs". Kudos! Enjoy!

Red Bull - Melodies for the Lemurs (Full Length) from Patrik Wallner on Vimeo.

Kimberley: Dates announced for the Skateboarding World Championships 2015!

World Skateboarding Grand Prix (WSGP), one of the world's leading skateboarding event management companies, has announced that Kimberley in South Africa will once again host the Skateboarding World Championships in 2015. The event will be held at the Kimberley Diamond Cup, which runs from 07 - 10 October 2015 at Kimberley's permanent, state-of-the-art Kumba Skate Plaza. Skaters from at least 50 countries expected to compete in five world championship events, including the Women's Street Championships, Vert Championships, Big Air Championships, Rider Cup Team Championships and Men's Street Championships. This year for the first time, the Skateboarding World Championships will extend invitations to the top finishers of notable international contests like the Mystic Cup, Copenhagen Pro, the Turkish Skateboarding Championships, Bryggeriet Malmo and others around the world. Top finishers from U.S. contests, including X Games, Dew Tour, U.S. Skateboarding Championships and Street League, will also earn spots in the Skateboarding World Championships.

Video: Skateboarding in Port Elizabeth

South African skaters Pieter Retief, Jansen van Staden, Yann Horowitz, Khulu Dlamini from the adidas Skateboarding Team South Africa recently visited Port Elizabeth. As always on their trips - also check their videos about Cape Town, Durban and Maputo - they got themselves filmed while skating through the city and came up with a unique skater's view on Port Elizabeth. Kiff! Kudos adi three leaf, Pieter, Jansen, Yann and Khulu for the video! Enjoy!

adidas skateboarding | Port Elizabeth | South Africa from adi three leaf on Vimeo.

Video: Skateboarding in Maputo, Mozambique

Our collection of skate videos from East/Southern Africa is growing: we just stumbled upon a video about skateboarders in Maputo in Mozambique. The video, named Cena Viva, o retrato do skate em Moçambique (Cena Vica, the reality of skateboarding in Mozambique), highlights how limited the options are and how difficult it acutally is to skate on a board in and through Maputo. The video features the dudes of Maputo Skate, an organisation of skaters from Mozambique, whom you can find on Facebook as well as on Twitter. If you are a skateboarder and you are planning to visit Mozambique's capital, drop them a line, get in contact and hook up. Enjoy! Kudos Rodrigo Facundes for the video!

also check out: Skateboarding film: A roadtrip to Maputo, Mozambique >>

Video: Skateboarding in Kampala, Uganda

update (13 Jan 2014): The guys from the Uganda Skateboard Union have uploaded a new video abou skateboarding in Kampala. Kudos & enjoy!


We featured a couple of skateboarding videos in the blog over the last year, but, except for one video of the adidas South Africa skateboard team in Mozambique's capital Maputo, all films were about skatebording in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. Knowing that there are skaters all over Africa, we searched the web and found this great video of the Uganda Skateboarding Union and their "Park Days" at the Kitintale Skatepark in Kampala, the first ever skateboard ramp in Uganda. Enjoy & kudos Peter, Douglas, John, Nico, Ken, Trevor, Morris, Gilbert, Titi & David and all others!



btw - checkout the Uganda Skateboard Union’s blog and Facebook page and keep up on their work and donate to the cause.

Cape Town: Video recap of the Hunter's Extreme Ultimate X 2013

South Africa's premier action sports event, the Ultimate X Games & Concert (Hunter’s eXtreme Ultimate X), took place at the V&A Waterfront Gateway Canal in Cape Town on 16 February 2013. If you missed out the one-day festival full of bmx, fmx, wakeboarding, skateboarding, music and party, make sure you get yourself there in 2014! Need some good reasons? Watch the recap video below made by WorldofHeroesZA and their GoPro cameras! Kudos & enjoy!



Music by Sibot (soundcloud >)

Video: Longboarding in Cape Town

Downhill pro skateboarder Matt Ardene, a local from Cape Town, filmed this great short film for Fibretec Skateboards. The 04:20 minutes film is telling quite a simple story: one person chases the fleeting feeling of perfection that lifts him from the daily grind up to a quiet place in the clouds. Enjoy! Kudos Matt!

Longboarding -Your Place in the Clouds from Matt Arderne on Vimeo.

Video: Skateboarding in Durban

The adidas Skateboarding Team South Africa is back again with a new video. After Maputo and Cape Town they are now skating in South Africa's surfing capital Durban. Watch the video for some great skateboarding through Durban's suburbs, streets and skateparks, as well as at the city's beach front, also known as the "Golden Mile".
Enjoy the video and, again, kudos @ adi three leaf & Pieter Retief, Jansen van Staden, Yann Horowitz, Khulu Dlamini for the video footage!

adidas skateboarding | durban 2012 | South Africa from adi three leaf on Vimeo.

Video: Skateboarding in Cape Town

The dudes from the adidas Skateboarding Team South Africa are back with a new video. This time it is not only about skateboarding through the streets of Cape Town (also check out the Maputo video), but also about the meaning of skateboarding to them. Check it out for some great shots of Cape Town, its skaters and their skills as well as for some true words about skateboarding! Enjoy! Kudos @ adi three leaf & Pieter Retief, Jansen van Staden, Yann Horowitz, Khulu Dlamini!

adidas originals | Represent | Skateboarding from adi three leaf on Vimeo.

Skateboarding: The Maloof Money Cup is returning to South Africa (28 - 30 Sept 2012)

One of the world's greatest skateboarding events, the Maloof Money Cup, is returning to South Africa and will be will be held from 28 - 30 September 2012 in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Last year, Kimberley became the 1st location outside of the United States to host the skateboarding event.
Some of the biggest names in international skateboarding, such as Greg Lutzka, Manny Santiago, Andrew Reynolds (all street), Alex Perelson, Adam Taylor and Bob Burnquist (all vert.), as well as locals skaters Christi Wiehahn, Moses Adams and Dlamini Dlamini (all street), will participate in the Maloof Money Cup VIII in Kimberley.



The Maloof Money Cup, which was founded by Gavin and Joe Maloof, is the world's largest skateboarding competition in terms of prize money. Individual skaters can take home as much as $160,000 for winning an event. The Maloof Money Cup's main goal is to raise the awareness of skateboarding all around the world.

accommodation in Kimberley >>

Skateboarding film: A roadtrip to Maputo, Mozambique

Probably even better than the Cape Town at night video by adi three leaf is the 6 min video by Adriaan Louw and Sam Clark (also uploaded by adi three leaf) about a trip of the adidas South Africa skateboard team to Mozambique's capital Maputo. The film shows Maputo from the skater's perspective, which is creating a completely different portrait of the city than usual. Kudos Adriaan Louw and Sam Clark, as well as skaters Pieter Retief, Jansen van Staden and Khulu Dlamini!

btw - also check out: Skateboarding film: The City of Johannesburg

Video: Cape Town at night with the adidas South Africa skateboard team

Ever thought about rolling through the streets of Cape Town at night? Well, the adidas South Africa skateboard team did it, filmed it and published it on the net. so enjoy a tour through the Mother City with a group of South Africa's finest skaters!
Kudos Khulu Dlamini, Jansen van Standen and Pieter Retief as well as adi three leaf for uploading the video!

btw - also check out:  Skateboarding film: The City of Johannesburg

Skateboarding film: The City of Johannesburg

A great city portrait, but not a usual one! It shows the City of Johannesburg from a skater's perspective. Kudos to the local skateboarding community as well as to Reporobait, a South African independent online resource for skateboarding related activities, for sharing the video!

City of Johannesburg from Reprobait Magazine on Vimeo.

If you want to know more about skateboarding in Johannesburg and South Africa, contact the dudes from Reporobait and/or check the map on their website.

Downhill skateboarding in South Africa - "Hot Heels 2011" (video)

If you like adrenalin rushs, speed and a good doze of crazyness you'll love this video. The annual dowhill skateboarding event "Hot Heels Africa" took place on 09-11 Dec 2011 on the tight two lane Buffelstal access road between Rooi Els and Pringle Bay in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, located approx. 60 km east of Cape Town. The course along the Buffelstal access road is about 1,9km long and the riders can reach a top spead of around 80km/h.
The event has been running since December 2003, so I reckon they will race down the Kogelberg road in 2012 again. Watch the following video and mark the date in your calendars - it does defo look like big fun!

The greatest skateboarding competition is coming to South Africa

update (17 Oct 2011): Round up of the Pro Street Finals from the Maloof Money Cup South Africa hosted in Kimberley.



The world's greatest skateboarding event, the Maloof Money Cup, is coming to South Africa and will be will be staged from 29 September to 02 October 2011 in Kimberley in the Northern Cape.
The  Maloof Money Cup, which was founded by Gavin and Joe Maloof, is the world's largest skateboarding competition in terms of prize money, with more than $450 000 up for grabs in various categories, and will therefore be attracting the world's best professional skateboarders to come to South Africa.



The event in Kimberley will be the first MMC in South Africa and the first one out of the United States. The specially build skate park and the vert ramp will later on be donated to the Kimberley municipality. Kudos!