Thursday was poppin’ at the Maloof Plaza for the Skateboarding for Fun activation! Filled with skate clinics, giveways, live performances, and best trick contests, SABC was there to catch the action and film in insert for ‘Morning Live’ to air this Monday at 6:45am!

Over 50 kids were bussed in from Galeshewe township in Kimberley, South Africa for a skateboarding coaching clinic held by Maurice Obaray, Chinner, and Kimberley wildcard winners Warrick Delport, DBH, and Gerhard Botha. Thanks to Boogaloos for sponsoring 24 skateboards that were given away for free to the skateboarders who showed the most potential during the clinic!

Some standouts of the day included the dance-off between 8 year old Muhammad Hassan and a member of the Krisis dance crew. Muhammad killed it! He was also interviewed by SABC, which made it what he claims to be his third TV news appearance. The skate clinics were followed by awesome performaces by the Krisis Crew, Extreme dot com, Majaivana, and Black Converse dance crew(s) and a performace by Blue Skye. To top of the craziness, the Maloof babes threw a mini party on the course, it was insane!

We capped the day off with 2 best trick jam sessions featuring Kimberley’s best skaters.

The first jam session featured cash for tricks, where skaters were given R100 for each gnarly trick they could throw down! Some standout cash winners included DBH, Gerhard Botha, Dylan Baylefield, and William Jenkins, to name a few.

Dudes were throwing down on the tech section in the second jam session! The second jam session was judged with help of our guest judges, Kimberley wildcard winners DBH, Warrick Delport, and Gerhard Botha along with Maurice Obaray. In the end it was Jacques Reynecke in third with a fakie bigflip on the bank, and Martin Kotze in second with a manual up the many pad along the flat all the way to the stairs. Nico van Hayssteen battled for a BS 5-0 back 180 out and pulled it, earning him first place. Congrats to all the Kimberley skaters for killing it!

Big thanks goes out to Gavin from Boogaloos for the donation of the skateboards, the Department of Sports, Arts, and Culture as well as everybody from Northern Cape Tourism for making this event a success! Big thanks also goes out to the Krisis Crew, Extreme dot com, Majaivana, and Black Converse dance crews and Blue Skye for putting on some killer performances!