What a weekend for SA skateboarding! Big money contest or not, getting together as a skate community was top shelf shit. We’re running a full feature in our next issue, complete with stories from the campsite, pro’s thoughts, all the skate shots and all the shananigans that went down. If you haven’t seen the results and coverage yet check out Maloofs site for the rundown, and be SURE to go read Rick De La Rey’s article on Mahala. SO GOOD!
Top Left to Bottom Right: 1. The big rail before being cut off to become a gap to rail. 2.Flat bar across The Rock Gap. Shoulda been diamonds… 3. Ishod wallied that ledge and landed in the bank. MOST! 4. The smaller section where Joubert rolled his ankle ollying up the 2 stair… 5. Skater run stands. a Dope AV Session brah. 6. WillyT on the hustle! 7. South Africa’s big hole. 8. Vert ramp perfection. 9. The 4 storie Mini-Mega Ramp. The real one is 9 stories… serious.
Top Left to Bottom Right: 1. 2 White Tshirts… Dylan Vaughn’s freshness and Jansen van Staden’s 3 day old shirt. 2. Campsite chilling… 3. Best.Breakfast.Ever. Dagwood: Burger, egg, bacon, cheese, tomato… and a yogisip. 4. From the crowds. 5. That fucking mascot thing. 6. No idea who this was, I was just supper stoked I got the timing on this massive flip indy. iPhone for the win. Thanks to Mr Jobs.
KFD had a hella good run at the comp too with Moses impressing the shit out of everyone and Justus Kotze taking first place in the Am division. It was interesting to see how the Pro’s would stand so they could watch Mosey’s runs. The man is turning heads all over the place. His last run was seriously unlucky. He had double flip frontboards WAXED the whole weekend but got stuck on it in his last heat. Double D also ripped that park a new hole and over all, the SA skaters showed the world that we got some talent.
Familia made KNOWN at the contest with the Mr Day’s ingenious sticker collection. Placements were epic to say the least. Our favourite was “Buy Bod A Drink”, which did the trick. Familia also have a new range of boards about to drop featuring a well-known photographer and his exploits in the slums of South Africa.
Reprobait had the Capetonians on the hunt for cardboard Hyenas , a concept brought together by Albert Retief. They put one high up on the building adjacent the campsite and by morning someone had put another up mounting the first. Good laughs, and rad idea. Reprobait also got in peoples faces with some random interviews and questions which we expect to see soon enough.
If you’ve seen AV12 you’ll have witnessed the next level HD shizniz Adriaan Louw and Sam Clark put together for the for the launch of the Adidas team in the form of their trip to Mozambique. Pieter Retief, Khulu Dlamini and Jansen van Staden hit the crusty streets of Maputo with the locals and collected a nice bag of new spots. The country might be entirely third world but the vibe was top notch. Wayne Reiche captured the skate stills while Adriaan and Pieter got the lifestyle on film. Sam shot ONE photo seeing as he is pushing his super high quality filming at the moment. You’ll definitely be seeing a whole lot more HD goodness from these guys in the future.
AV Skateboarding’s new site is also going up soon. Stay chooned chyna.
The Fallen Tour was all but forgotten by the weekend, but Sam Clark got all the bangers for our next issue.Sandoval destroyed, Anthony Scholtz was the first up for most of the demos, Asta steezed, Slash caused shit, Garret Hill shuvited the shit out of everything and Marks did what he does best. The Black Box MD Chad is one of the raddest gingers we’ve met. We’ll be having a guest writer and layout artist for the article too so it’s going to be IN-DOOR boet! Muchas respectas to Revolution and Dwindle for bringing them out.
In other skate news, Will Twala is getting hitched soon and recently got S-K-A-T-E inked on the inside of his lip. DOWN FOR LIFE! No doubt he’ll be attending the Quiksilver Backyard Burnout in November too. Moving away from the Bowlriders, this jam promises to be super fresh. Boards, Beers and Boeries = WINNING combination. Keep a look out for details.
Woodies managed to get Reynolds and Rowley to draw the winners of their skatepark fund this past month. Get involved, get donating, win stuff and better SA skateparks all at the same time!
Rumours of a shift in the game-players at Element are rife, so we’re eager to see what the new guys have to offer. Element have made a huge contribution to SA skating in the past so there are some big shoes to fill over at that camp. Hoping to see great things!
UFO Futuristic are holding an event in Alexandria on the 15th October. Checkit if you in that area.
Mr Neil Hughes is back and blazing his usual path of good vibes wherever he finds smiles. He and Clint van der Schyf are still killing it. Seriously, someone needs to hook these older guys up proper. They’ve done MOUNTAINS for us but aren’t getting anything for it. TAKE NOTE!
I think we’ll leave it at that for now. We’ve got some big plans inthe works for the Session site, tour articles and a special Session event that you will not be able to miss. Til then, go farking skateboard. Right now. On with it then!!
Go well Commrades,
AD Henderson
Session Sub-Editor
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