Saturday yielded yet another ruthless day in the sun, but that didn’t stop the skaters from coming out to enter the game of skate. Cousins Jacques Reynecke and Dylan Niemand skate flat almost every day in hope of FINALLY taking the game of skate, and with how solid their tricks were looking, it was possible that one of them could take it. Kimberley flatground champ Theo Setsetse was kindly asked to help judge (since he takes every game!), and happily judged and checked out what the locals have to bring to the table (or floor).
One of the highlights of the day was Kimberley’s female skate sensation, Olivia Fielding, blowing minds once again with her flatground skills as she took out some of our better skaters and skated into the semifinals. Look out for her fakie fs 360’s, switch fs shuvits, and heelflips; she’s got them ALL on lock! Cousins Jacques and Dylan ended up facing each other in the semifinals, with Dylan advancing to the finals. Super-grom Brad Balie also made it to the finals, which was no surprise since he is winning or placing in almost every contest. Finally, Will Meleng was our 3rd finalist, crushing everyone in his path with bs heels, double flips, and bs 360 ollies. With Brad, Dylan, and Will in the finals, it was anyone’s game. Brad ended up going out first, and with Dylan at T, it seemed like Will had this one in the bag. Dylan ended up coming back and getting Will at “T” with nollie 360 shuvit, switch fs pressure flip, and nollie flip. After a few tricks, Will prevailed with a bs 360 and took Dylan out for the win. Our top 3 skaters went home with some rad prizes, and since Session Magazine was kind enough to hook us up with a few stacks of the new mag, the semifinalists didn’t go home empty-handed!
Saturday night found some of the locals goofing around with the megaphone and hyping up a 5 stair session. Highlights from that session include DBH’s tre flip and heel flip and first-time ollies from Alec Balie, Micael Matthews, and Brendon Molena.
Sunday was the longest launch competition, and easily the most fun to watch due to the amount of bodies slamming the ground! Some standouts of the beginners division were Thapelo and Muhammad Hassan, however, Jon Alan, Enrique, and Arno took the top 3. The advanced division finalists should not be surprising, as Brad, Jacque, and Alec took the top 3 as they usually seem to.
Thanks to Session Magazine for hooking up some mags for the locals, thanks to our judges, and thanks to everyone for coming out to enjoy a rad weekend! Check below for all the results.
-Mini Ramp-
1) Brad Balie
2) Damian Bramley
3) Kwabena Awuah
4) Enrique Ortell
5) Arno Scholtz
-=Game of Skate-
1) Will Meleng
2) Dlyan Niemand
3) Brad Balie
-Longest Launch-
Beginners:
1) Arno Scholtz
2) Enrique Ortell
3) John Alan Horseman
Advanced:
1) Brad Balie
2) Jacques Reynecke
3) Alec Balie
