A motion picture celebrating America’s First Boarding Company. When Volcom was founded in 1991, it was the first company to combine surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding under one brand. This way of life influenced the “Youth Against Establishment” style and attitude … Continued
Words by Reamo Leluma Seven days, three teams, seventeen skaters, two filmers and one photographer… When Warren Stopforth – the founder and manger of Technique and Selfish Skateboards S.A., respectively – called me five months ago and told me that … Continued
Words – Luke Jackson While most of the local skate scene was focused on the small town of Kimberley last weekend, over in Johannesburg Palace Skateboards rolled into the country for a week of skateboarding, partying and inner city exploration. … Continued
Our latest ‘I AM’ video part features Johannesburg local – Malcolm Raw. Malcolm hails from the north west side of the city but you can catch him skateboarding around the streets of the downtown area on the regular. Thanks once again to … Continued
Skullcandy has been backing skateboarding in South Africa for several years now. Under the direction of Dustin Botha the brand has grown into a legitimate local skate brand. If you’ve paged through a copy of Session Mag Issue 55 you … Continued
The ‘Rainy Days’ video review segment of Session Issue 55 deals with the current hot topic of the no-comply and its newly found place in skateboarding. Check out a rough-cut video reference: The no-comply / The step-hop Ray Barbee has … Continued
adidas Skateboarding South Africa has been smashing it around the country under the guidance of Pieter Retief. Other brands should take note of what adidas has been doing because they are doing it right! The adidas trip to Port Elizabeth … Continued
On July 5th 2013 adidas Skateboarding launched the ’15 years of Gonz and adidas’ exhibition at AREA 3 in the Maboneng precinct of downtown Johannesburg. Check out this solid ’15 Years of Gonz and adidas’ mini documentary feature to find … Continued
The Vans Pit Party 2013 went down on Saturday night. The Pit is situated behind Clarke’s on Bree Street (Cape Town). It houses the mini ramp which played host to the 2012 Pit Party as well as the newly added … Continued
Daniel has our second online ‘I AM’ feature. He is part of a new crew of up-and-coming skateboarders from the city of Johanneburg. In many recent interviews with JHB skaters and in web clips from that city, Daniel keeps popping … Continued
Gavin Morgan is a co-founder of Familia Skateboards and is somewhat of a veteran in the South African skateboarding community. He has been an influential individual to a generation of local skateboarders. Gavin is no stranger to the pages of Session Magazine, he had our … Continued
The Levi’s® brand introduces their first complete global Levi’s® Skateboarding Collection, launching August 2013 in South Africa! Following the success of their special collaboration with Nike SB in 2012, Levi’s® are now launching their own complete line dedicated to skateboarding. … Continued