Author Archives: luke

Sit back and watch 8 minutes of raw, crusty skating with the Vans South Africa squad in Gaborone, Botswana. With T-Kay Modise, Brendan Dyamond, Trae Rice, Joubert van Staden and Wynand Herholdt.

‘Mosako Missions’ are regular updates from the streets where we see what Mosako is shooting. Here is Mosako Missions 10: Chenai Gwandure – Caveman nosegrind Iviwe Yekani – Wallie Kagiso Leburu – Back 180 nosegrind in Gaborone Sean Feldman – … Continued

To conclude their South African skateboarding adventure coverage, the Route One Crew from the UK have a third installment to their ‘Bourbon in Durban’ series that initially dropped on the Sidewalk Mag site. Click the relevant tab link for a … Continued

Mosako Chalashika brings us his second installment of ‘Peace Chaos’, with a focus on the young rippers coming out of the Milnerton area in Cape Town, as well as a quick check-in with his homies back in Botswana.

Check out the recap video of the Vans Park Series Africa Continental Championships that went down at The Shred Skatepark in Cape Town this month. Congrats to Yann Horowitz and Melissa Williams for taking gold in the men’s & women’s … Continued

Tristan Bellingan sent over a clip of De Wet Van Wyk cruising in Bellville.

The Vans Park Series Africa Continental Championships are just that, continental, and there were a few skaters in attendance who hail from various different countries. One such individual was Chenai Gwandure from Zimbabwe, a country we don’t hear much about … Continued

Photo – Grant Payne Where are you from and how did you get into skating initially? I am from Johannesburg and I started skating when I was about 12. My cousins all got skateboards for Christmas and I wanted in … Continued

The 2018 Vans Park Series Africa Continental Championship went down at The Shred skatepark in Cape Town this past weekend. It’s the first skateboarding event in Africa that gives local skateboarders the opportunity to directly qualify for a place in … Continued

Interview by Adrian Day Women’s Skateboarding has never been more exciting. The ladies have climbed up against a plethora of societal and male dominated odds and have taken charge. Lizzie Armanto is at the front of this charge and comes … Continued

Words by Adrian Day Malmö is quite a trip. There’s nothing particularly out of this world in terms of its existence as a European city. There’s the beautiful old side of the city, and everything functions at optimum – but … Continued

In Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, students are looking to skateboarding as a way of inflicting change in their community. Skate Ubuntu is a non-profit organisation founded in 2017 by Rhodes University students Shannon Hansen and Sean Devonport and is kept alive … Continued