Alana Smith of USA takes first place in the 2014 Kimberley Diamond Cup Mini Mega Best Trick contest! Alana, at only 13 years of age, Alana is the first female to do a backflip over the Mini Mega Ramp gap. Alana took home $5,000 for first trick against Andy MacDonald, Jono Schwan, and more. Check some […]
1. Kelvin HoeflerAge 21 from Sao Paulo BrazilSPONSORS & SHOUTSRockstar Energy Drink, Theeve Trucks 2. Tommy FynnAge 26 from Brisbane AustraliaSPONSORS & SHOUTSStereo, DC, Picture Wheel Company 3. Louie LopezAge 19 from Hawthorne CASPONSORS & SHOUTSFlip Skateboards, Volcom, Indy, 4. Nassim GuammazAge 20 from Spijkenisse NetherlandsSPONSORS & SHOUTSElement, Vans, Spitfire, Thunder 5. Nyjah HustonAge 19 from Huntington Beach CASPONSORS & […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Brendi Rawlin Lee & London 619-546-7488 brendi@leeandlondon.com The Future of Skateboarding Begins in Istanbul: Global Skateboarding Summit to be held May 22-24 Early Registration Now Open through Feb. 28 (Istanbul, Turkey – February 12, 2015) — World Skateboarding Federation today announced that registration is now open for the first-ever Global Skateboarding Summit. The three-day summit will be […]
Media Contact: Brendi Rawlin Lee & London 619-546-7488 brendi@leeandlondon.com Skateboarding World Championships Return to South Africa Oct. 7-10 For the first time, top finishers of international and U.S. contests, including Dew Tour, X Games, U.S. Skateboarding Championships and Street League, to earn spots in World Championships (Sacramento, Calif. – February 24, 2015) – World Skateboarding Grand Prix (WSGP) announced today that Kimberley, […]
Media Contact: Brendi RawlinLee & London619-546-7488brendi@leeandlondon.com Grand Slam Series to Include Three Qualifier Events Culminating in the Turkish Skateboarding Championships in Istanbul on May 24, 2015 (Sacramento, Calif. – August 5, 2014) — World Skateboarding Grand Prix (WSGP) today announced it will bring the Grand Slam series of skateboarding contests to Turkey in 2015, culminating in the first-ever […]
The Rider Cup, formerly known as Hood To Hood, brought together 44 of SA’s best skaters for a team format contest. In addition to the two Kimberley teams who advanced to the Rider Cup a few weeks back, we had 10 teams of eager rippers who entered in hopes of splitting R10k and earning a […]
The last weekend of March Chinner and the crew held some more skateboarding events for all the locals at the Kumba Skate Plaza. The highlight of the weekend was definitely Saturday night’s “Bust Yo Self Down the Big 4″ jam session. We had a deck, trucks, and wheels on the line for the top 3 […]
Kimberley Diamond Cup partnered back up with Ultimate X to bring the KDC Grand Slam Regional Qualifiers to the biggest action sports festival in Africa for the second year in a row and brought out tons of skateboarding enthusiasts from all over the area to watch SA’s top skaters duke it out for their share of the […]
South African organization CANSA held their annual Relay For Life event at the Kumba Skate Plaza in Kimberley, South Africa for the second year in a row and brought out tons of support from the community for a good cause. See some more photos from the event here on KDC’s site.
Check out the trailer for issue 29 of AV Skateboarding which will feature an article on the KDC African Tour through Swaziland, Mozambique, and Nelspruit that went down a few months back.