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Tuesday, 26 February 2013 06:05
Warrick Delport and Suedolf Odenaal qualify to skate Midway Mayhem Am
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
On February 16th, over 30 skaters came from all over Kimberley and surrounding areas in hopes of qualifying for the Midway Mayhem Am contest on March 2nd. Only 2 lucky skaters would be the guys to hold it down for Kimberley on that day, and with hopes of getting a piece of the R30k prize purse on that day, everyone was going off.
Some heavy hitters to look out for of the day were Dillon Hartzenburg, Gerhard Botha, Tsegho Afrika, Brad Balie, and local hero Warrick Delport. The Bloemfontein crew made the trip down for the day and Suedolf Odendaal and Morne de Kock skated their tails off in hopes of qualifying.
Warrick Delport also helps manage the Maloof Plaza, and he skates like he owns it. Feeble, noseslide, and crook down the big 4 stair rail are go-to for Warrick. Once he got to the A-Frame section and threw down nosegrind, noseblunt, bluntslide, feeble, and a few others, it was certain that he was in the number one spot for the day. Suedolf Odenaal aka Dolfy and his crew look for any excuse to make it to Kimberley to skate the plaza and the qualifiers was no exception. Dolf’s first-try melon over the 4 stair rail, first try ollie down the 4 and hardflips on lock were a few tricks that helped him into the second place spot. Only 2 skaters would advance with a spot in the Midway Mayhem Am on March 2nd, but we did give a 3rd place prize to Kwabena Awuah for killing it all day. Kwabena is a quiet kid who is usually skating solo in the background and whose skating is often overlooked, but what people don’t realize is that he’s progressing just as fast as some of our most ripping, charismatic locals. Kwabena was getting nollie back bigspins, nollie 360s shuvs off of everything with ease, and also came through with a kickflip down the 5.
Some extra shout outs go to Moustache’s bigflip and backside double flip down the A-Frame, DBH’s kickflip down the 4 and super close tre flip attempts, Theo’s smooth, precise skating in the tech section, Gerhard’s bs 5050 down the big 4 and bigflip on the quarterpipe, and Brad’s 180 down the big 4 after time ran out. Everyone killed it!
Congrats to the winners and look out for Warrick Delport and Suedolf Odendaal at the Midway Mayhem Am on March 2nd. Check below for the results!
1) Warrick Delport
2) Suedolf Odendaal
3) Kwabena Awuah
Some heavy hitters to look out for of the day were Dillon Hartzenburg, Gerhard Botha, Tsegho Afrika, Brad Balie, and local hero Warrick Delport. The Bloemfontein crew made the trip down for the day and Suedolf Odendaal and Morne de Kock skated their tails off in hopes of qualifying.
Warrick Delport also helps manage the Maloof Plaza, and he skates like he owns it. Feeble, noseslide, and crook down the big 4 stair rail are go-to for Warrick. Once he got to the A-Frame section and threw down nosegrind, noseblunt, bluntslide, feeble, and a few others, it was certain that he was in the number one spot for the day. Suedolf Odenaal aka Dolfy and his crew look for any excuse to make it to Kimberley to skate the plaza and the qualifiers was no exception. Dolf’s first-try melon over the 4 stair rail, first try ollie down the 4 and hardflips on lock were a few tricks that helped him into the second place spot. Only 2 skaters would advance with a spot in the Midway Mayhem Am on March 2nd, but we did give a 3rd place prize to Kwabena Awuah for killing it all day. Kwabena is a quiet kid who is usually skating solo in the background and whose skating is often overlooked, but what people don’t realize is that he’s progressing just as fast as some of our most ripping, charismatic locals. Kwabena was getting nollie back bigspins, nollie 360s shuvs off of everything with ease, and also came through with a kickflip down the 5.
Some extra shout outs go to Moustache’s bigflip and backside double flip down the A-Frame, DBH’s kickflip down the 4 and super close tre flip attempts, Theo’s smooth, precise skating in the tech section, Gerhard’s bs 5050 down the big 4 and bigflip on the quarterpipe, and Brad’s 180 down the big 4 after time ran out. Everyone killed it!
Congrats to the winners and look out for Warrick Delport and Suedolf Odendaal at the Midway Mayhem Am on March 2nd. Check below for the results!
1) Warrick Delport
2) Suedolf Odendaal
3) Kwabena Awuah
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Oddly enough, this is the first SA Saturdays clip that was actually uploaded on a Saturday! This clip features skating from mostly local contests and heavy sessions at the Maloof Skate Plaza in Kimberley, South Africa.
Featuring Moustache, Dolfie, Martin Kotze, Theo Setsetse, Will Meleng, DBH, Gerhard Botha, Warrick Delport, and Brad Balie.
Filmed with Canon 60d. Edited with iMovie '11.
Filmed and edited by Chinner.
Song- N3xus- B Boys Renaissance
Featuring Moustache, Dolfie, Martin Kotze, Theo Setsetse, Will Meleng, DBH, Gerhard Botha, Warrick Delport, and Brad Balie.
Filmed with Canon 60d. Edited with iMovie '11.
Filmed and edited by Chinner.
Song- N3xus- B Boys Renaissance
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Thursday, 07 February 2013 18:38
Blue Skye Music Video at Kimberley, SA Maloof Plaza
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
Check out local Kimberley, South Africa hip hop group's new music video "Kimberley Diamond" filmed on location at the Maloof Skate Plaza. The video showcases several of Kimberley's unique features or activities that are particular to Kimberley such as car drifting, the townships, "The Big Hole" (the world's largest man-made hole), and of course, the Maloof Skate Plaza! Keep an eye out for local Kimberley rippers Warrick Delport, Brad Balie, and Jacques Reynecke, to name a few.
Blue Skye performed at one of our after parties at the Halfway House this past September during the Maloof Money Cup. Donovan and Chillow are 2 super nice cats that are always down to get involved, so check out their video and show them some love!
Blue Skye performed at one of our after parties at the Halfway House this past September during the Maloof Money Cup. Donovan and Chillow are 2 super nice cats that are always down to get involved, so check out their video and show them some love!
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Monday, 04 February 2013 17:44
Vert Fridays at Kimberley Maloof Plaza
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
“Vert Fridays” is a weekly event held over at the Kimberley, South Africa Maloof Plaza in which the local skaters are given the opportunity to borrow some pads and a helmet and perfect their skills on the vert ramp. Vert Fridays usually entails lessons on the vert ramp including the basics of vert skating: pumping, kickturning, etc. and is usually followed by a contest. Highest kickturn, highest fs kickturn, and highest tail tap are among several of the competitions held on the vert ramp. Our favorite is the torturous “longest pump” competition where skaters pump at a certain height for as long as they can….until their legs give out! Brad Balie has the Kimberley record for 8 minutes 30 seconds!
-Jan 28 Highest Kickturn Winners-
1) Damian Bramley
2) Brad Balie
3) LQ
Check out a couple of photos from recent Vert Fridays events in the gallery below!
-Jan 28 Highest Kickturn Winners-
1) Damian Bramley
2) Brad Balie
3) LQ
Check out a couple of photos from recent Vert Fridays events in the gallery below!
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Check out our fourth installment of SA Saturdays featuring footage from various local contests held at the Kimberley Maloof Plaza along with the Element SA "Rediscover South Africa" tour.
Skaters in order of appearance: Jadan, Morne de Kock, Muhammad Hassan, Jacques Reynecke, LQ, Chris Thorn, Jino Modise, Gerhard Botha, Martin Kotze, Brad Balie, Dillon "DBH" Hartzenburg, Chinner, Kyle Stoffberg, Neledi Mabenge, Wandile Msomi, Braxton Haine, and Kanya Spani.
Filmed with iphone 4 and Canon 600d. Filmed and edited by Chinner.
Song- Kevin MacLeod- "Dubakupado"
Skaters in order of appearance: Jadan, Morne de Kock, Muhammad Hassan, Jacques Reynecke, LQ, Chris Thorn, Jino Modise, Gerhard Botha, Martin Kotze, Brad Balie, Dillon "DBH" Hartzenburg, Chinner, Kyle Stoffberg, Neledi Mabenge, Wandile Msomi, Braxton Haine, and Kanya Spani.
Filmed with iphone 4 and Canon 600d. Filmed and edited by Chinner.
Song- Kevin MacLeod- "Dubakupado"
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013 01:07
Act of Boredom team takes January Mini All City
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
The Maloof team was stoked to welcome the return of the local favorite “Mini All City” teams competition to Kimberley in 2013. The Mini All City is a smaller version of MMC’s All City contest that first took place at MMC South Africa in 2012. 11 teams of 3 skaters showed up with hopes of taking their piece of over R3000 worth of cash and product prizes.
Stuart Walker, who skated the All City contest back in September representing Pretoria, made it down to Kimberley with his crew of rippers from Bloemfontein, which added some extra competition for the day. Unfortunately, Stuart’s team didn’t make the cut past the qualifiers, but we were psyched that him and his guys made it out to check out the contest! We also had a few more All City alumni in the house including Martin Kotze, Gerhard Botha, and Dillon “DBH” Hartzenburg that represented Kimberley in the All City contest. Gerhard held it down with some sick skating for his team, “Washing Powder”, but also did not make it to the semifinals.
The biggest threat of the contest was the “Act of Boredom” clothing team, who took home the first place prize during the last Mini All City in November. With the consistency and bag of tricks from Theo Setsetse, Martin Kotze, and Brad Balie, it was tough for the other teams to compete. Their main competition was the “Digital Kids” team, consisting of Llewellyn Botha, Jino Modise, and DBH, who also skated the Maloof Am back in September. DBH killed it in the tech section for the qualifiers, which cemented their team’s spot as a hot competitor for the day.
The Bloemfontein team also held it down with Suedolf Odendaal’s first try noseslide and ollie down the big 4, but were not enough to take out the Act of Boredom team in the first round. Other action down the big 4 included an ollie by Jacques Reynecke, and the big banger of the day, a kickflip by 11 year old Brad Balie which earned him a KFD deck for the best trick of the contest. Lew and Jino killed it in the first round which helped their point total carry them into second place and R750, and only a few points behind Act of Boredom, who undoubtedly deserved the R1000. The Core, including Jacques Reynecke, Chris Thorn, and Morne de Kock from Namibia, was right behind the Digital Kids and took home R500.
Thanks to everyone who came out to skate and check out the contest, especially the crew of guys who made the haul from Bloemfontein. Thanks to Warrick and Talitha for helping out with judging and registration. Check below for the results and photo gallery!
1) Act of Boredom (R1000)
-Brad Balie
-Theo Setsetse
-Martin Kotze
2) Digital Kids (750)
-Dillon “DBH” Hartzenburg
- Llewellyn Botha
- Jino Modise
3) The Core (R500)
-Morne de Kock
-Will Jenkins
-Jacques Reynecke
Stuart Walker, who skated the All City contest back in September representing Pretoria, made it down to Kimberley with his crew of rippers from Bloemfontein, which added some extra competition for the day. Unfortunately, Stuart’s team didn’t make the cut past the qualifiers, but we were psyched that him and his guys made it out to check out the contest! We also had a few more All City alumni in the house including Martin Kotze, Gerhard Botha, and Dillon “DBH” Hartzenburg that represented Kimberley in the All City contest. Gerhard held it down with some sick skating for his team, “Washing Powder”, but also did not make it to the semifinals.
The biggest threat of the contest was the “Act of Boredom” clothing team, who took home the first place prize during the last Mini All City in November. With the consistency and bag of tricks from Theo Setsetse, Martin Kotze, and Brad Balie, it was tough for the other teams to compete. Their main competition was the “Digital Kids” team, consisting of Llewellyn Botha, Jino Modise, and DBH, who also skated the Maloof Am back in September. DBH killed it in the tech section for the qualifiers, which cemented their team’s spot as a hot competitor for the day.
The Bloemfontein team also held it down with Suedolf Odendaal’s first try noseslide and ollie down the big 4, but were not enough to take out the Act of Boredom team in the first round. Other action down the big 4 included an ollie by Jacques Reynecke, and the big banger of the day, a kickflip by 11 year old Brad Balie which earned him a KFD deck for the best trick of the contest. Lew and Jino killed it in the first round which helped their point total carry them into second place and R750, and only a few points behind Act of Boredom, who undoubtedly deserved the R1000. The Core, including Jacques Reynecke, Chris Thorn, and Morne de Kock from Namibia, was right behind the Digital Kids and took home R500.
Thanks to everyone who came out to skate and check out the contest, especially the crew of guys who made the haul from Bloemfontein. Thanks to Warrick and Talitha for helping out with judging and registration. Check below for the results and photo gallery!
1) Act of Boredom (R1000)
-Brad Balie
-Theo Setsetse
-Martin Kotze
2) Digital Kids (750)
-Dillon “DBH” Hartzenburg
- Llewellyn Botha
- Jino Modise
3) The Core (R500)
-Morne de Kock
-Will Jenkins
-Jacques Reynecke
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 00:32
Blue Skye, Alec Balie, and Mafikeng: A New Year of Events at the Maloof Plaza!
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
We were stoked to bring in the new year with some contests to stoke out the Kimberley locals! We started off Friday with ‘Vert Fridays’ followed by a mini ramp jam contest. Saturday we welcomed the return of the local favorite Game of Skate competition, where we were excited to have a very different list of finalists for a change! Following the Game of Skate, Kimberley hip hop group Blue Skye shot their new music video at the skate plaza and even featured some of Kimberleys most talented rippers. Check back soon for the video! Sunday we finished out with a best trick contest on the newly built A-Frame obstacle. Check below for the list of results from each of the contests along with a photo gallery for some photos from the weekend. See you next weekend at the Mini All City Contest!
Mini Ramp Jam
-Beginners-
1) Darren Joseph
2) Muhammad Hassan
3) Caleb Goa
-Advanced-
1) Brad Balie
2) Jacques Reynecke
3) Damian Bramley
Game of Skate
1) Alec Balie
2) Keletso Malwane
3) Jon Alan Horseman
A-Frame Best Trick
-Beginners-
1) Enrique Ortell (Nollie Heel)
2) Will Jenkins (FS Flip)
3) Jaydan Klassen (Ollie Airwalk)
-Advanced-
1) Keletso Malwane (Double Flip off)
2) Dillion ‘DBH’ Hartzenburg (Lipslide)
3) Chris Thorn (Shuvit Tailgrab)
Mini Ramp Jam
-Beginners-
1) Darren Joseph
2) Muhammad Hassan
3) Caleb Goa
-Advanced-
1) Brad Balie
2) Jacques Reynecke
3) Damian Bramley
Game of Skate
1) Alec Balie
2) Keletso Malwane
3) Jon Alan Horseman
A-Frame Best Trick
-Beginners-
1) Enrique Ortell (Nollie Heel)
2) Will Jenkins (FS Flip)
3) Jaydan Klassen (Ollie Airwalk)
-Advanced-
1) Keletso Malwane (Double Flip off)
2) Dillion ‘DBH’ Hartzenburg (Lipslide)
3) Chris Thorn (Shuvit Tailgrab)
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The Setsetse is a 14 year old skater from Botswana who moved to Kimberley for boarding school in 2012. It was pretty obvious that Theo's main motive for moving to Kimberley was to skate the Maloof Plaza on a regular basis, and the move has definitely pushed his progression of skating! Theo's got his style together pretty good for a young skater, and we're stoked to see him come up in such a short period of time. Theo is a humble young man with a great future ahead of him. Check out this clip he put together of him skating the Maloof Plaza along with a local Botswana skatepark. Enjoy!
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 19:44
Happy 50th Birthday, Ron Allen
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
Legendary H-Street skater Ron Allen skated in our Masters of Street demo in NYC at the Maloof Money Cup in 2011. Ron Allen is still killing it, and Paradise Wheels put together some of his best footage from 2012 to prove it. Here's to many more, Ron!
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 01:26
Brad Balie at Kimberley Maloof Plaza
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
Check out this clip that Martin Kotze put together of Brad Balie skating the Maloof Plaza in Kimberley, South Africa. Brad is one of Kimberley's youngest rippers and he's showing no sign of slowing down. Martin is getting better behind the lens as well! Look out for loads of new content coming out of the Kimberley camp over the next year.
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Monday, 17 December 2012 23:52
Element SA team discovers Kimberley
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
The first stop of the Element Skateboards SA "Continue Discovering South Africa" tour was, of course, the Maloof Plaza in Kimberley, South Africa. Tagging along for the ride were Kanya Spani, Damon de Clercq, Giovanni Votano, and Braxton Haine. The weather was against them for the better part of their stay in Diamond town but they managed to get quite a bit done during their short stay. We pulled out the iphone for only a few minutes and managed to get a few flicks for your viewing pleasure.
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:39
Funisu Kimberley Tour Clip
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
Check all the footage that the Funisu guys stacked on their journey to Kimberley in November. Featuring the skating of Maanda Muluazi, Sam Khumalo, Wandile Msomi, Sechaba the Bakersman, and Chinner.
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:30
Crazy weekend at the Kimberley Plaza
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
After 2 weeks of rainy Fridays and Saturdays, we were finally able to continue with our monthly schedule and hosted our long anticipated Game of Skate competition, Mini Ramp Jam, and December Skate Jam on the medium section of the skatepark.
For most of the locals it was a relief that 7x Game of Skate winner Theo Setsetse was on holiday in Botswana, it left anyone at a chance of winning! We saw lots of good skating from Enrique Ortell and one of Kimberley’s most talented female skaters, Olivia Feilding, who made it to the semifinals! Katz Morena and Alec Balie were some other skaters to watch out for but in the end it was Will Jenkins and the 2 cousins, Jacques Reynecke and Dylan Niemand, that made it to the finals. Will Jenkins’ fs flips and nollie flips were some of the tricks that sent Dylan and Jaqcques to 2nd and 3rd place.
We held the December Skate Jam shortly after the game of skate had ended with prizes for beginners and advanced divisions. For the beginners division we saw a lot of killer skating but in the end it was Alec Balie, Darren Joseph, and Kwabena that stood out. Kwabenas nollie big spin off the A-Frame and ollie down the 5 were a few tricks that earned him a new deck and 3rd place. The advanced division was tough to judge, as always. Once again there was tons of shredding that went down but in the end it was Brad Balie, DBH, Chris Thorn and Martin Kotze that took the top 4. Martin Kotze had some creative manual tricks like manual all the way down to rock fakie on the quarter and manual up and down the big 4 hubba. We saw some big skating from Brad like ollie down the big 4 hubba and some sick grab tricks from Chris Thorn on the quarter pipe and the A-frame. DBH stood out with lipslide and kickflip to flat on the A-Frame and a 50-50 down the 5 stair. It was an insane session that capped off a nice break before the holidays.
December Skate Jam Results
Beginners:
1) Kwabena
2) Darren Joseph
3) Alec Balie
Advanced:
1) Martin Kotze
2) Dillon “DBH” Hartzenburg
3) Chris Thorn
4) Brad Blie
Game of Skate Results
1) Will Jenkins (Flip deck)
2) Dylan Niemand (Dakine bag)
3) Jacques Reynecke (Toy Machine wheels)
Mini Ramp Contest
Beginners:
1) Alec Balie
2) Will Meleng
3) Bibi Hassan
Advanced:
1) Brad Balie
2) Damian Bramley
3) Jacques Reynecke
For most of the locals it was a relief that 7x Game of Skate winner Theo Setsetse was on holiday in Botswana, it left anyone at a chance of winning! We saw lots of good skating from Enrique Ortell and one of Kimberley’s most talented female skaters, Olivia Feilding, who made it to the semifinals! Katz Morena and Alec Balie were some other skaters to watch out for but in the end it was Will Jenkins and the 2 cousins, Jacques Reynecke and Dylan Niemand, that made it to the finals. Will Jenkins’ fs flips and nollie flips were some of the tricks that sent Dylan and Jaqcques to 2nd and 3rd place.
We held the December Skate Jam shortly after the game of skate had ended with prizes for beginners and advanced divisions. For the beginners division we saw a lot of killer skating but in the end it was Alec Balie, Darren Joseph, and Kwabena that stood out. Kwabenas nollie big spin off the A-Frame and ollie down the 5 were a few tricks that earned him a new deck and 3rd place. The advanced division was tough to judge, as always. Once again there was tons of shredding that went down but in the end it was Brad Balie, DBH, Chris Thorn and Martin Kotze that took the top 4. Martin Kotze had some creative manual tricks like manual all the way down to rock fakie on the quarter and manual up and down the big 4 hubba. We saw some big skating from Brad like ollie down the big 4 hubba and some sick grab tricks from Chris Thorn on the quarter pipe and the A-frame. DBH stood out with lipslide and kickflip to flat on the A-Frame and a 50-50 down the 5 stair. It was an insane session that capped off a nice break before the holidays.
December Skate Jam Results
Beginners:
1) Kwabena
2) Darren Joseph
3) Alec Balie
Advanced:
1) Martin Kotze
2) Dillon “DBH” Hartzenburg
3) Chris Thorn
4) Brad Blie
Game of Skate Results
1) Will Jenkins (Flip deck)
2) Dylan Niemand (Dakine bag)
3) Jacques Reynecke (Toy Machine wheels)
Mini Ramp Contest
Beginners:
1) Alec Balie
2) Will Meleng
3) Bibi Hassan
Advanced:
1) Brad Balie
2) Damian Bramley
3) Jacques Reynecke
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:24
Rainy Days at the Maloof Plaza
Written by Megogoserial.ru Меч Короля Артура
It’s summertime in the Northern Cape of Kimberley, South Africa. That also means it’s the rainy season, which unfortunately means less skateboarding. Check out the photo gallery to see what the Kimberley locals are up to when it rains at the skatepark. We even ran into the Balie brothers at the mall and played some pool and even a game of bowling! In Kimberley’s hot and dry climate, the rain comes as a blessing even if it means a few less skate sessions.
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