Auto Atlantic MINI, World of Heroes (GoPro) South Africa and Jean-Marc Johannes decided to team up for a little parking lot fun. Continue reading “Jean-marc Johannes – Mini Jump”
Jean-marc Johannes – Mini Jump
Jean-marc Johannes Skate Civic
Jean-marc has a quick session at the Civic Centre benches in the new Globe Louie Barletta pro model shoes.
Jean-Marc Johannes Park Video
Jean-marc Johannes owning at the Gardens Continue reading “Jean-Marc Johannes Park Video”
20sk8: What Who Where
Cape Town crew 20sk8 put up this video to let everyone know exactly who they are and what they’re about…
Busted Shoe Diaries: Cape Town, South Africa
JT Aultz, Jordan Hoffart, Tom Remillard, and Marius Syvanen visited Cape Town last year before hitting up KDC.
Busted Shoes Diaries: A record of events, transactions, or observations kept at frequent intervals. All entries are filmed and edited in aged sneakers characterized by Continue reading “Busted Shoe Diaries: Cape Town, South Africa”
Meet James Gibbs
Jean-Marc Johannes recently put this video up of a local Cape Town skater he’s helping out, James Gibbs. Awesome to see skateboarding openly Continue reading “Meet James Gibbs”
Stock Skate Co. – Copy & Paste
Copy & Paste, the new video from Stock Skate Co. video.
Filmed and edited by Rousseau Continue reading “Stock Skate Co. – Copy & Paste”
Byron Rhoda Video Part
Byron Rhoda’s new part for Verb Skateboards and Tensor Trucks.
Filmed and edited: Matthew Lesch
Music: Boston – Smokin
Guest skaters: Matthew Lesch, David Shiffman, Christopher Walters
Kent Lingeveldt – The Shape of Life
Kent Lingeveldt – The Shape of Life
An insight into the life and times of Cape Town longboard skater and shaper Kent Lingeveldt.
Skate City
This is the city we live in and explore. An extract on the Cape Town Scene. Skate city, focuses on a few of Cape Town’s skate residents and the relation they have with their city. This extract focuses on: Shuaib Philander- head of the 20sk8 crew; long time Hout Bay resident MJ Johnson and Andrew Nero Africa Skate’s founder. – Jono Kay
More local edits!
DIY – Project Edgemead
Justin Leslie front board slide.© Sam Clark
Jamie from Woodies Ramps talks about the new obstacles at Edgemead Skatepark in Cape Town, the history of park, self-funding it, and DIY in skateboarding.
Read the full article HERE.
20sk8 Kyk ‘n Kroon Contest Review
Nebula Youth – Gugulethu
Nebula Youth is the core of Neblua, a youth development community-based skate organisation. This is their programme in Gugulethu, Cape Town, know for its high levels of crime, violence and gangsterism.
Revolution Team at Sport Unlimited Tokai
The Revolution team skated the mini ramp in Sport Unlimited, Tokai, Cape Town.
Featuring: Justus Kotze, Clayton Petersen, Byron Rhoda, and friends.
Filmed and edited by Matthew Lesch.
Music:
The Misfits – TV Casualty
Woodies at Edgemead Skatepark
Woodies Ramps are building at Edgemead Skatepark in Cape Town again. Here are some photos of their progress. They’ve welcomed anyone who’s keen to get involved to go help out.
Promenade Mondays: Remember Jay Video
Tribute to Jay Adams; The Original Seed
1961 – 2014
South Africa celebrated Heritage Day on 22 September 2014, a day in which we celebrate our diverse cultures.
At the core of skateboarding culture is Jay Adams, who passed away earlier this year. Jay, is the original seed and his style and skill has no forebears. Jay Adams is skateboarding personified, and for this reason we pay tribute and celebrate his life as a legend.
For the first time in South Africa, we are urging skaters to revel in our heritage, not as a “sub culture” or “fringe sport” but as a legitimate culture and community.
So we met up with a bunch of skaters on Sea Point Promenade in Cape Town to pay tribute and celebrate our skate heritage.
Revolution Skateboard Supply Co. | KFD Skateboards | VANS Store Cape Town | Kingdom Longboards SA
Filmed and edited by Matthew Lesch
Additional filming by Greg Maxwell
Skaters: Andrew Nero, Justus Kotze, Byron Rhoda
Music: Daft Punk – Digital Love
Justus Kotze: GoPro Shaker
Me attempting to film with a GoPro in my hand at the Mill Street skate park… – Justus Kotze
Jean-marc Johannes: Early Birds
Jean-Marc Johannes gets tech on the Mill Street Skatepark in Cape Town. Early birds get the worms.
Filmed By Byron Pietersen.
Red Bull Ledgends Photos
This past weekend, the Red Bull Ledgends competition took place at the Salesians Institute in Cape Town. Greg Maxwell was there to snap some photos of what went down.
Byron Rhoda at Mill Street Skatepark
Post by Byron Rhoda.
Byron Rhoda put up this short clip of himself shredding at the Mill Street Skatepark in Cape Town.
Byron rides for Revolution, Verb Skateboards and Fallen Footwear.
Jean-Marc Johannes in Nikon Feature
Team rider Jean-marc Johannes skates what might just be the most beautiful bowl Continue reading “Jean-Marc Johannes in Nikon Feature”
Promenade Mondays: Remember Jay
South Africa celebrates Heritage day this coming week. A day in which we celebrate our diverse cultures.
At the core of skateboarding culture is Jay Adams, who passed away earlier this year. Jay, is the original seed and his style and skill has no forebears. Jay Adams is skateboarding personified, and for this reason we pay tribute and celebrate his life as a legend.
For the first time in South Africa, we are urging skaters to revel in our heritage, not as a “sub culture” or “fringe sport” but as a legitimate culture and community.
So join us this #promenademondays as we pay tribute and celebrate our Skate Heritage.
#REMEMBERJAY
22 SEPTEMBER 2014
18:00
Presented by: #PromenadeMondays
Queens Beach, Sea Point, Cape Town
In Association with:
Revolution
KFD Skate
VANS Store Cape Town
Kingdom Longboards SA
RSVP to the Facebook event HERE.
Red Bull Ledgends
Justus Kotze Blackberry Clips
A few lines of Justus Kotze and buddy Wynand at a private bowl.
The Howl Brothers did it again, HAHAHAHA. 4 min Long edit of a bunch of good times, skating and random moments caught on Continue reading “Justus Kotze Blackberry Clips”
KDC Grand Slam Cape Town 2014
Check out the skating that went down for the KDC Grand Slam at Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town on 30-31 August, 2014.
Skaters in order of appearance: Fidel Smith, ?, ?, Norton O Donnell, Quinton Mooiman, Ethan Cairns, Brad Balie, Edwin Gellant, Jeremy Stone, Tyler Kammies, ?, Charl Jensel, Toufeeq Raubenheimer, Justin Adonis, Ryan Naidoo, MJ Johnson, Warrick Delport, ?, Dylan Wright, Justus Kotze, Mitchell Rice, Byron Rhoda, Judo Chop, Alan Marola, Jean Marc Johannes, Wesley Schroeder, Alan Adams, Moses Adams, Kyle Trusky, Shuaib Philander, and Khule Ngubane.
Filmed and edited by Chinner
Check out the photo recap and results from the event HERE.
KDC Canal Walk Grand Slam Photos
All Photos By Grant McLachlan and Eric Palmer. Words by Grant McLachlan.
The 4th Kimberley Diamond Cup Grand Slam skateboarding contest of 2014 took place at Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town over the weekend of the 29 – 31 of August. Cape Town is always one of the most entertaining stops as there is a huge skate scene and a lot of up-and-comers who are hungry to make a name for themselves. Over the course of the weekend thousands of spectators got to enjoy amazing skateboarding during the contest, demos by 20sk8 crew, live performances by Bfake and 5fm DJ’s DJ Warras and Stephanie B along.
Some the stand out skaters over the weekend had to be Alan Adams, Jean-marc Johannes, Alan Marola, who landed a huge transfer 50-50 during his run, and Kyle Trusky, who came in 3rd place and skated the a-frame with style and ease. Shuaib Philander skated consistently throughout the contest and won himself the Wildcard and also placed 2nd. In the end it was Khule Ngubane from Durban who added another Grand Slam title to his name after winning the last contest in Durban. Some of the most entertaining skating came out of the under 16s division with Tyler Kammies and Brad Baily getting a tie after their final runs. The winner was chosen after a tie-breaker run. They both skated amazingly but in the end it was Tyler Kammies who won for the second year in a row. Enwin Gelant was close behind in third place.
The Rider Cup came down two teams The Little Rascals who consisted of some of the youngest skaters in the who contest and 4 Stax who had Moses Adams, Mitchell Rice, Justus Kotze, and Jean-Marc Johannes; some of the best skateboarders in South Africa. The Little Rascals were landing trick after trick with no problem but 4 Stax took the win in the end with some great all-round skating.
Results
Under 16:
1. Tyler Kammies – R1800 + R800 Boogaloos voucher
2. Jeremy Stone – R1500 + R500 Boogaloos Voucher
3. Edwin Gellant – R1000 + R300 Boogaloos voucher
Over 17:
1. Khule Ngubane – R12000
2. Shuaib Philander (Wildcard)- R5000
3. Kyle Trusky – R3000
Rider Cup:
1. 4 Staxx – R10000
Mitchell Rice
Moses Adams
Jean-marc Johannes
Justus Kotze
2. Little Rascals
Brad Balie
Tyler Kammies
Ethan Cairns
Jeremy Stone
Best Trick:
Alan Adams – Kickflip Backside Overcrooks down the A-Frame rail – R3000
Jean-Marc at Gardens Skatepark Opening
2 August was the official opening of the new Gardens Skatepark in Cape Town.
“This was a big day/step for Cape Town skateboarding. There was loads of media covering this, as members of parliament were there giving speeches and chatting to the skateboarding scene on what the future holds. I was very grateful to have skated the demo and to have met everybody involved in making this dream a reality!” – Jean-Marc Johannes
Photos by James Johnson.
Battle of the Benches 2014
The annual Baseline Battle of the Benches took a bit of a different spin this year with a World Cup Continue reading “Battle of the Benches 2014”
VANS presents The Pit Party 2014
Vans presents The Pit Party 2014. Following on from last years epic bowl contest, this year’s Vans invitational skate contest will be held in the bowl again.
This event is open to public spectators.
RIDERS TO BE ANNOUNCED!
Contest Rules:
All riders need to be at The Pit at 5pm to draw your heat numbers for round 1. You will have 2 hours to warm up. At 7.30pm we will start the contest. The heats will be 5 min jam sessions, with 3 guys in each heat. After round one, we will take the 9 top scoring guys into into the semi finals, where the same 5 min rules apply per 3 man heats. The finals will be the top 3 scoring guys from the semi finals, this final will be a 7min heat.
Riders will be judged for: Style, Consistency, Use of Bowl and Difficulty
Prize Money up for grabs:
1st: R7000
2nd: R2000
3rd: R1000
Red Bull Highest Wallride.
There will be loads of Vans promo stuff!
Red Bull will be providing energy for all the skaters and spectators throughout the evening.
Poster artwork by Ian Jepson.
NO UNDER 18’s.
The organisations involved are not liable for any damage to person or property on this evening.
2 August 2014
The Pit, 133 Bree Street, Cape Town
Justus Kotze Full Part
The new full part from Justus Kotze, filmed in and around Cape Town, South Africa.
Filmed and edited by Matthew Lesch.
Additional filming by Andrew van der Walt.
Music:
“Intro Song” – Black Lung
“No Demons” – Bass Drums of Death
“Are You Ready for the Country” – Neil Young
Titles by Justus Kotze
Intro animation by Andrew van der Walt
Jean-Marc Johannes Spot Check: Nantes Skatepark
SKATENSOR: Jean-Marc Johannes
Cape Town Tensor team rider Jean-Marc Johannes in the most recent Tensor MagLight edit. The lightest trucks on earth!
Filmed by: Matthew Lesch
Superbowl Saturday
Click the flyer above to watch the edit!
The video features Revolution team riders Justus Kotze (First place in Time Trials), Andrew Nero, Juan Continue reading “Superbowl Saturday”
Revolution Cape Town Streets Edit
Taking advantage of the sunny days before the winter rain sets in, some of the Revolution team, including Ryan Naidoo, Justus Kotze, Byron Rhoda and Tyler Kammies hit the Cape Town streets for the latest Revolution edit.
Filmed by Matt Lesch and Greg Maxwell
Edited by Matt Lesch
Intro animation by Andrew van der Walt
JUSTIN ADONIS REPS 20SK8
Apparently Justin’s part for the upcoming 20sk8 full length video is looking good. Keep an eye out for this dude.
SKATE JOZI – TEASER
Cape Town skaters hit the JHB streets, including Revolution team rider Jean-Marc Johannes.
Cinematography: Dominique Little.
REVOLUTION TEAM AT VALHALLA SKATEPARK
The Revolution team skated the Valhalla Park skatepark in Cape Town recently. It was a super hot day, but we managed to get a fun session down. At the end we were proud to be able to help some of the local kids out with a few completes.
Featuring Simon Stipcich, Andrew Nero, Jean-Marc Johannes, Byron Rhoda and Ryan Naidoo.
Valhalla Park skatepark, designed by Woodies Ramps and built by Umzali Civils and Spyda Ramps, is 4300 square metres and is one of the biggest skateparks in Africa. It officially opened on the 9th of December 2013.
Filmed and edited: Matthew Lesch
GoPro footage: Greg Maxwell
Logo animation: Andrew van der Walt
Song: Tame Impala – Solitude is Bliss
You can also watch this video on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/87545078