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Skateboarding
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Heelflips, Frontside Spins, And Ollies – Athlone Skateboarder Makes History By Breaking Two Guinness World Records
06 Oct 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A dude from the Cape Flats is proof that rising to the challenge and making the right life choices will eventually help bear fruit.
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Right On: Scottish BMX Pro Hung A Skatepark From A Hot Air Balloon 610 Metres In The Sky [Video]
26 Apr 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Only this dude can say he’s ridden a BMX bike in a skatepark hanging from a hot air balloon.
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We’re Looking Forward To This Tony Hawk Doccie [Trailer]
10 Mar 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Perhaps after this airs people will stop telling Tony Hawk he looks just like that famous skateboarder.
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They’re Selling Skateboards With Tony Hawk’s Blood Inside Them
27 Aug 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Tony Hawk collaborated with a water company called Liquid Death, which mixed a vial of Hawk’s blood into the paint that they used on the skateboards.
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11-Year-Old Makes History With This Skateboarding Trick [Video]
12 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
More than two decades after skateboarding icon Tony Hawk made history, 11-year-old Brazilian Gui Khury has gone one better.
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Tony Hawk’s Daughter’s First Drop-In Caught On Camera [Video]
25 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Tony Hawk’s daughter wasn’t a fan of skateboarding, until her famous dad stepped in to help her overcome her fears.
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Here’s How You Can Help 9 000 Kids In Hout Bay [Video]
21 Apr 2017 by Kiernan / No Comments
Hout Bay offers a pretty decent snapshot of the disparities that exist in this country, and these three guys need your help to make life a little more enjoyable for all residents.
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Check Out This Great Short Doccie About A Jozi Skate School Featuring Tony Hawk [Video]
03 Oct 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Skateboarding has a beautiful way of pulling at-risk kids away from their problems and giving them a space to escape. This one Jozi NPO is doing just that.
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Skaters Who Skate Better On Weed Are Worried About Testing At The 2020 Olympics
15 Aug 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s a little known fact that you can actually test positive for THC and not get booted from the Olympics. Unless you smoke a pretty decent amount, of course.
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Hoverboards Are So 2015 – Get With The Programme, Hipsters!
13 Jul 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s 2016 and the gadgets keep coming thick and fast, although this looks like the coolest one we’ve seen in a while. Start your skate engines.
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Tony Hawk Is 48 – So He Pulled Off This 900 For Fun [Video]
29 Jun 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As one nears the ripe old age of 50, the body tends to take bumps and bruises a little harder. That’s not slowing Tony down though.
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Tony Hawk Nails The First Ever Horizontal Loop [Video]
20 Nov 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Watch as Tony Hawk once again proves that he still has game and pushes skating to the limits.
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Skaters To Infiltrate The Provincial Government Building This Weekend
24 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Looks like the skaters are going to skate this weekend in Cape Town. You should pop in and watch – looks like it’s going to be a goodie.
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Interesting Vibe: This International Charitable Organisation Is Donating Skateboard And Skating Skills To South African Kids
19 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Every kid should have the chance to fall on their ‘gat’ whilst attempting a kick-flip. The guys at ‘The Pigeon Plan’ agree and have taken action to get our local lads kitted out with some skating know-how.
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Your Kid Will Never Skate As Well As This 5-Year Old Girl [Video]
29 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Young five-year-old skating prodigy shows her moves, which will make you feel like you’ve underachieved MASSIVELY.
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Tony Hawk Discusses Instagram And Tupac
07 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Skating veteran Tony Hawk discusses Instagram, Tupac and being a father in a new interview with Mashable.
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Moms Are Losing Their Marbles In Skateparks In The US [Video]
08 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s something about skateparks and moms that do not mix, as these examples of mothers losing their cool at skaters demonstrate.
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9-Year-Old Ozzie Lands 540 [Video]
04 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Nine-year-old Sabre Norris has successfully landed a 540 while vert skating – something that’s no easy task. Her reaction is also priceless and shows what true happiness really is.
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Skatekour – Skateboarding On Brooklyn’s Rooftops Is Scary [VIDEO]
30 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Showing the middle finger to gravity, these skateboarders have taken over the rooftops of NYC. Enjoy the resulting footage taken from the film ‘Tengu: God of Mischief’.
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I Am Thalente: Awesome Local Documentary Short On Street Kid Turned Skater [VIDEO]
22 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Meet Thalente Biyela. His story reads like millions of others in our country: he grew up with an abusive stepfather, he sold drugs on the streets of Durban to survive, and has been homeless since his mother passed away at age 11.
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Skateboarder Runs In To Toddler, Mother Sucker Punches Skateboarder [VIDEO]
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
This California mom might have anger issues. After her son, who was wondering on the loose in a skate park, was accidentally knocked over by a skateboarder, she punches him in the face.
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No Fine For The Maniac Skater, Dec’io Lourenc’o
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Downhill skater, Dec’io Lourenc’o, will not be prosecuted according to Cape Town traffic enforcement. This is a far cry from the words of JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, and his response to Lourenc’o’s “reckless and negligent” behaviour captured in YouTube videos filmed on Kloof Road and the Glen to Clifton. Why? The videos […]
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Cape Town’s Downhill Skater Versus JP Smith On 2oceansvibe Radio At 11h00
08 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
Cape Town’s Downhill Skater, Dec’io Lourenc’o is facing some serious charges for reckless endangerment. And JP Smith, Cape Town City Councilor and Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, is behind it all. Dec’io joins us in studio for the debate, along with Andrew Wheeldon, Founder and MD at the bicycle empowerment network. We’ll then follow the […]
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Police To Prosecute Downhill Skateboarder – Debate Over The Rights Of Cyclists And Skaters Rages
07 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 19 Comments
Round one of Lourenc’o versus Smith. This story is spicing up. As of yesterday Dec’io Lourenc’o is facing some serious charges for reckless endangerment, and JP Smith, Cape Town City Councilor and Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, is behind it all. Smith announced yesterday that the City of Cape Town would be laying […]
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The Full Length Interview With Cape Town’s Downhill Skating Maniac That You’ve Been Waiting For [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
“The bigger the hill the better.” At the tender age of 16, an impressionable Dec’io Lourenc’o saw a group of kids skating down Glen Road. The boys were the SPUs, a skateboarding crew from Sea Point, and like any teenager, Dec’io wanted a piece of the action. That’s when he got his first set of […]
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Here’s Another Video Of That Maniac Skateboarder – Going Down The Glen To Clifton [VIDEO]
05 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
Your mind would have been blown by that fearless maniac skateboarder setting off the speed camera on Kloof Nek Road. Now try this video, of him going down Kloof Road to Clifton – Past Roundhouse Restaurant. Click to watch..
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Fearless High-Speed Skateboarder Sets Off Speed Camera On Kloof Nek [VIDEO]
04 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 9 Comments
This video is completely off the chain! The camera on Kooof Nek is set for 60-70 km/h so you can work out how fast this guy was going. The speed-wobbles will make you freak! Watch..
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Amazing Blind Skateboarder Tommy Carrol Is Amazing [VIDEO]
08 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Tommy Carrol has been skating since he was ten, but has been blind since the age of two. The guy has an incredible amount of talent. Most of us can hardly go down a straight road on a board, with both eyes open.
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Skate Soccer – Polio Survivors Invent New Extreme Sport [VIDEO]
27 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Polio survivors from Africa have pioneered a new extreme sport that combines skateboarding and soccer to produce Skate Soccer. Now, an award-winning South African film crew is crowd-sourcing funding via Kickstarter for a documentary film about the truly remarkable sport.
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Kid Lands 1080 Skateboard Trick – First In The World Ever [VIDEO]
02 Apr 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Tony Hawk was the first person ever to land a 900 on a skateboard. For the uninitiated, that means that he flew up the one side of a half-pipe and spun around 5 times (180 X 5 = 900). That’s pretty hot. He did that in 1999, and now a kid named Tom Schaar, who […]
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