Published 9/25/2013 by Rob Meronek
For most of us, it takes nearly 40 hours to get here with a layover in Johannesburg before a prop plane takes you to Kimberley. These happy cooks were serving up some bangin' BBQ at our Johannesburg stop.
CA RampWorks is putting together the last pieces of the Big Air Ramp.
The locals are tearing it up out there. It seems like there's lots more little kid skaters this year. Watch for coverage all weekend long.
9/26/2013
I'm adding photos from the early parts of the weekend here at Kimberley Diamond Cup. The ripping is already off the charts.
9/27/2013
The live webcast starts below at 10:30am Eastern time on Saturday. I've got a few photos from today plus the full list of Jams in the South African Am Street and Kimberley Diamond Cup Street Qualifiers. Also included are the heats in the Vert Contest that had to be moved to Saturday due to high winds. It's going to be a ripping day of top quality skateboarding on Saturday in South Africa.
9/28/2013
We just returned from a quick dinner where Vert/Big Air Overall Winner Andy MacDonald picked up the tab as a courtesy cut from his $60,000 first place prize. On Sunday, the live webcast of the Finals starts at 10am Eastern time right here.
9/29/2013
Wow, Alex's runs were insane. That invert to fakie was the first and only time I saw him try that.
9/29/2013
As usual, the head to head bracket format produced some skating that had us all jumping out of our seats. Check out the full Kimberley Diamond Cup Street Finals Results. Congrats Nyjah Huston for taking out Felipe Gustavo in the last round, but not before Felipe got in this amazing switch flip backside tailslide down the hubba.
10/1/2013
Sunday in South Africa was a packed day of ripping skateboarding combined with a tourist mission in the city and the bush. I've got a few photos for you, a cell phone edit, and Clem and Porpe's Saturday episode of Build Skateboarding for our friends at CA PROductions.
