I'm adding photos from the early parts of the weekend here at Kimberley Diamond Cup. The ripping is already off the charts.
Six Figure Warm Ups at the Kimberley Diamond Cup 2013
Published 9/26/2013 by Rob Meronek
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It's a peaceful breakfast every morning near The Big Hole with stories of the night before being told over omelettes. That's Silas, Manderson, and Clements.
In America, you hear "above ground pool" and you think rednecks in Plant City. Their above ground pool here is super nice, but cold as ice.
Kurtis Colamonico and local homies are in front of The Big Hole behind the hotel. Kurtis has me extra hyped on being a dad in December because of his stories he has about his kid.
The girls are here and ready to rip for the Girls Contest.
Dallas Oberholzer took a rough shoulder check after getting some flat bottom speed wobbles in the Am Vert, but still ended up winning it and taking 10,000 Rand.
I'm pretty sure there's a law on the books about filming barefoot. That's Ryan Decenzo on a switch noseblunt slide in practice.
The Hood to Hood bracket matchups were eight local crews that skated in head to head jams. The Scumbags ended up with the win. You can see individual results at TheBoardr.com/Results.
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