Billy, Slash and Tommy went home today and after the airport drop-off we hit up Table Mountain and »]]>

Billy, Slash and Tommy went home today and after the airport drop-off we hit up Table Mountain and Civic Centre, ending it all off with a sunset at Mouille Point. Tomorrow we all fly out to Maloof. It’s been the best tour, make sure you catch the next Session and AV for full tour articles!

Photos by Suzy Snakes.

The Fallen team is coming to South Africa!

Find out more details and RSVP to the event HERE.

Rad new Session out now! Includes the Globe tour feature! Go get it!

Free Revolution Xmas Party going down on Thursday 16th Dec in Joburg! Facebook event info HERE.

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Free Revolution Xmas Party going down on Thursday 16th Dec in Joburg! Facebook event info HERE.

- AV Skateboarding Issue 9 Screening
- Live performances by Ramblin’ Bones, Car Crash Burn and more
- Free skateboarding in the brand new basement skatepark
- Photography exhibitions by Rudi Jeggle, Marcus Maschwitz, Gavin Scott, Tyrone Bradley, Skate For Change and more
- Skate art exhibition by Verb artists Theory One, Kronk, Wesley van Eeden, Chemistry 101, Love and Hate and more
- Music Video exhibition by Louis Minnaar
- Verb Zine launch
- Food and drinks on sale
- Free giveaways

CORNER OF KRUGER AND MAIN STREET.

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Name: Thalente Biyela Hometown: Durban Age: 17 Years skating: 8 Sponsors: Cliché

How do you feel about being 1 of the 5 Team »]]>

Name: Thalente Biyela
Hometown: Durban
Age: 17
Years skating: 8
Sponsors: Cliché

How do you feel about being 1 of the 5 Team Search winners?
Probably one of the greatest things that have happened to me. Thanks to Brophy for recognising me. It came as a real shock.

Who is your favorite international pro on Cliché and why?
Andrew Brophy because he’s got pop and style.

Who are some of your other favorite skateboarders of all time?
TNT, Tony Hawk and Alex Charmers.

What are your favorite spots to skate and why?
Beach park because its my home and the mannie pad at Gateway as well as the snake run.

Which skate vid do you think was the best this year and why?
Hallelujah! Tory Pudwell had the best part. Talk about pop.

What do you get up to when you’re not skating?
Just chill out with friends on the beach and talk shiz!

What you looking forward to for 2011?
For the end of this year my goal is to win Bowl Riders I am aiming at getting my passport and going on an overseas trip. Also just to try get to more comps around South Africa. Crossing my fingers for all of this.

Name: Michael Bervoets
Hometown: Durban! but I live in Joburg now.
Age: 17
Years skating: I’ve been skating for three years goin’ on four next year.
Sponsors: Well now ENJOI haha.

How do you feel about being 1 of the 5 Team Search winners?
I’m definitely excited to have been chosen! I can’t wait to see what happens with this.

Who is your favorite international pro on Enjoi and why?
Wieger Van Wageningen and I dunno why, I guess I just think some of the stuff he does is MAD.

Who are some of your other favorite skateboarders of all time?
Shane O’Neill!!!, Lucas Puig, Gilbert Crockett, Flo Mirtian, Manolo Robles!, Ryan Decenzo.

What are your favorite spots to skate and why?
1. Ellis park… that floor is so smooth.
2. ICC …the floors amazing, the benches grind and slide well and theres a lot to skate – handrails, stairs, ledges, fun pop over things.
3. LBGs was sick when you could skate it!… and the vibe there was cool! Not a bust etc…
4. I wanna skate some of those Cape Town spots and the stadium spots in Durban soon! They look Amazing!

Which skate vid do you think was the best this year and why?
This year?… I dunno whats come out this year but Cliche “Live and Unplugged” and their promo, Lakai “Fully Flared”, Fallen “Ride the Sky”, Mystery “Black & White”, Nike SB “Debacle” and pretty much anything with Shane O’Neill in it is MAD!

What do you get up to when you’re not skating?
Partyin’, chillin’ with friends (usually Mitch, Mirry, Gary, the old “monte crew” and the rest of the”Poes!” people haha), School, TV… that sorta stuff.

What you looking forward to for 2011?
Matric’s gonna suck but i’m lookin’ forward to skating and filming as well as seeing how this sponsor thing turns out.
PEACE!

Name: Will Twala
Hometown: Germiston
Age: 24
Years skating: 10 Years
Sponsors: Darkstar, Dope Ind

How do you feel about being 1 of the 5 Team Search winners?
I feel great, makes me wanna ride harder!

Who is your favorite international pro on Blind and why?
Greg Lutzka, P.L.G, all of them.

Who are some of your other favorite skateboarders of all time?
All of us cats, we all representing.

What are your favorite spots to skate and why?
Germiston Lake, H-Street, Museum.

Which skate vid do you think was the best this year and why?
Plankie and Emerica “Stay Gold”.

What do you get up to when you’re not skating?
Partying, blazin’ and bullshit I guess.

What you looking forward to for 2011?
Skating always, having fun, life is too short, thanks to all.

Name: Dean Marais
Hometown: Edenvale
Age: 21
Years skating: 9 Years
Sponsors: Blind, Osiris, Ironfist Clothing

How do you feel about being 1 of the 5 Team Search winners?
I’m really excited! It’s a huge opportunity for me, never expected to be chosen. The other Team Search guys are really good but I’m grateful for being chosen, its something I’ve always wanted and skated for – the feelings really overwhelming.

Who is your favorite international pro on Blind and why?
Ronnie Creager for sure! He’s got so much talent and style with a unique bag of tricks that really make you want to go shred on your board!

Who are some of your other favorite skateboarders of all time?
Ryan Decenzo, P Rod, Matt Miller, Alex Musiruv and P.J Ladd.

What are your favorite spots to skate and why?
Don’t really have a specific favourite spot as long as I skate new places to get myself into skatemode. I usually roll at Vale Park, they have good things to skate and create as well as Festival Mall Skate Park.

Which skate vid do you think was the best this year and why?
Well D.C, Roll Forever I rate… Matt Miller and Greg Myers amp me up – they’ve got mad skills and style!

What do you get up to when you’re not skating?
When I’m not skating??? Ha Ha! Working, being with friends and my girl, generally just living the life, attending parties or social gatherings.

What you looking forward to for 2011?
I’m looking forward to skating and representing Blind and my other sponsors, got a good feeling about skating next year. Would like to travel in September if the cash flow works, also looking forward to a fresh start and new year with lots of exciting stuff ahead! Besides that, just all round happy, positive living and learning!!! HAPPY SKATEBOARDING!

Name: Jean-marc Johannes
Hometown: Cape Town
Age: 19
Years skating: 9 years
Sponsors: Almost, DVS, Sport Unlimited, Volcom and Red Bull.

How do you feel about being 1 of the 5 Team Search winners?
I feel very very lucky, every one that has skated with me knows that this is a dream come true. Being a part of the team search events has been very motivational for me. I’m very very excited and I look forward to the future, representing Almost.

Who is your favorite international pro on Almost and why?
Chris Haslam, for me his ideas and trick combinations are just brilliant. Even if he does something that you have never seen before, his natural style makes the trick look like their is no other way to do it. Skateboarding is about having fun and in every video part I’ve seen of him, it shows that he is having fun, no matter what he is skating.

Who are some of your other favorite skateboarders of all time?
Guy Mariano, Luan de Oliviera, Alex Mizurov, Bastien Salabanzi, David Gonzales and Curren Caples.

What are your favorite spots to skate and why?
H-street in Cape Town, marble ledges of all sizes just lined up in a row. It’s good for filming, pics and just going out to have a good time. Skaters rock up by the dozen on weekends and everybody is just having fun either skating, chilling, filming or progressing. It’s the place to be in Cape Town.

Which skate vid do you think was the best this year and why?
For me, I would have to say Emerica “Stay Gold”, I was just very amped to see new footage of those guys especially Templeton. The team is still super good and stylish and always will be. God bless Emerica.

What do you get up to when you’re not skating?
Song writing, band practise, gigs, chillin’ with my girlfriend and friends, Xbox and hanging out at skate spots with all my friends.

What you looking forward to for 2011?
For skating, I’m looking forward to representing Almost in the new year. I was given a spot in this year and next years DAM AM contest but I was looking at entering next years one so I’m very excited about going there and skating that contest. Also looking forward to Maloof in SA. Myself along with my band The Plague are also looking at releasing more tracks next year with a music video, we just released a track on the compilation album “Hammer The Masses”. My mind has opened up more with regards to music, so many new ideas will be put to in to play with my music and skateboarding.

Check out more photos HERE.

The 2nd Mini Ramp Meltdown skate comp is going down this Saturday 17 July at the Sport Unlimited »]]>

The 2nd Mini Ramp Meltdown skate comp is going down this Saturday 17 July at the Sport Unlimited mini ramp in Belville from 1pm. Sponsored by Enjoi, Lakai, Tensor, Sport Unlimited and Session the prizes are gonna be big and the times are gonna be good. Check out the Facebook event HERE and make sure you make it down!

The 2nd Mini Ramp Meltdown skate comp is going down on Saturday 17 July at the Sport Unlimited »]]>

The 2nd Mini Ramp Meltdown skate comp is going down on Saturday 17 July at the Sport Unlimited mini ramp in Belville from 1pm. Sponsored by Enjoi, Lakai, Tensor, Sport Unlimited and Session the prizes are gonna be big and the times are gonna be good. Check out the Facebook event HERE and make sure you make it down!

The new Session is out now and it’s super sick! Featuring the KFD Seek and Destroy Cape Town »]]>

The new Session is out now and it’s super sick! Featuring the KFD Seek and Destroy Cape Town tour, the NikeSB Gauteng tour, the Van Staden brothers and 48 Hours with Jean Marc. Go out and get it!

Check out these photos from International Go Skateboarding Day that »]]> INTERNATIONAL GO SKATEBOARDING DAY AT REVOLUTION SKATEPARK FESTIVAL MALL!

Check out these photos from International Go Skateboarding Day that went down at Revolution skatepark in Festival Mall! All pics by Jansen van Staaden. Mega props to all the skaters who came down and to the sponsors Red Bull, KFD, NikeSB, Volcom, Iron Fist, DC, Familia, Killer, Verb, Lakai for supporting and making the event super sick!

INTERNATIONAL GO SKATEBOARDING DAY AT REVOLUTION SKATEPARK PAVILION, DURBAN!

Half Price Sessions and discounts off ALL skate goods set the scene for a day of stoke and
a hella lot of what the day is all about… SKATEBOARDING. These sort of “official” unofficial days bring such a vibe to the park and the skate scene in general (Why is this only one day a year?). It’s so rad to see how many new skaters were coming out the cracks (This may have been just from the Red Bull Promo Girls!).

We kicked off with the events at 11am sharp with a local favorite game of S.K.A.T.E Rho Sham Bo’s down Grant Edwards walked away with the goods. 12pm Kicked off the RED BULL manual contest getting underway saw the local big guns coming out with Dlamini Dlamini, Khule Nia and GVB making an appearance. After a 30 minute jam some insane tech tricks went down. Finally GVB walked away with a case of RED BULL for his Heel flip Manuel Front Side Blunt.

The affects of the promo RED BULLS had taken there toll on about 90% of the kids demanding some product tosses a quick throw out of Tee’s a few hundred stickers had silenced the product hungry…for now. The next event was probably the most hyped of the day everyone will tell you the HIP at the Revolution Park is the hip it’s mellow and just sick.

The Jam session got under away and it was clear this was going to be sick… some of the tricks that went down, a HUGE Nollie Backside Flip, kick flip late shuv it, Big spin double flip, hard flip tail grab, nollie front 360 heel flip but Dlamini killed it with a smooth Nollie front side 180 late flip.

Next up was Best Trick jam on the flat bar this was tight with Dlamini nailing an insane Switch Heel Board within the first few minutes, Khule with a swift Flip front Feeble and Miles Davis with a HUGE 270 Front flip at about Mach 2 it took it the best trick with that pure gnarly factor. Winding down saw a rather fun challenge who can do the most consecutive kick flips sounds mediocre sure but I guarantee you after 5 or so you would think so, Khule is a beast doing 25 scoring himself some goods.

As with all events now was the product toss these things bring out the evil in kids, kids were killing themselves for the shiny vinyl gifts from the product gods, after some other product went out another few hundred stickers the day was done.

Big shout out to Revolution, Chris from RED BULL, NikeSB, Killer, Iron Fist, DC, KFD, Volcom, DVS, Lakai and Familia and loads more for putting out all of the prizes not to forget all the kids, mall rats and even the scooter kid who came out to shred, get some cred and simply hang out.

Words and photos by Tyrone Ping.