The Skateboarding for Hope tour had an amazingly successful kick off this weekend in South Africa. Thousands of youth showed up for the skateboarding demonstrations and product giveaways.

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Pro skateboarder Garrett Hill has teamed with Maloof Money Cup and tech wizard Jason Ossenmacher and his team to develop BlackBook. This yearlong collaboration produces the first and only app that allows skateboarders to maintain their list of spots and tricks efficiently. Acting as its own private little black book, users can log their spots as a pin on a map along with all of the spot’s corresponding photos, videos, and a virtual to-do list of tricks. The application will launch alongside its own website, which will >continuously host contests and giveaways for users who actively share their BlackBook skate photos and skate clips from the app.

Hills says, “The app is simple to use and I don’t know a single person in skateboarding who doesn’t have a use for this app: everyone from street skaters to filmers and photographers-professional and otherwise.  We’ve all been demanding something like this for a long time, but no one was able to put their finger on how to go about it, until now. It’s not some novelty, people are really going to get a lot of use out of this app. Even in it’s developing stages, it’s really been crucial in helping me film for Zero’s Coldwar.”  

 

As an introductory promotion, the app will be available for only $0.99 USD in the month of June.
(regular price will be $1.99 USD).

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PRO: New skatepark manager Mike Koroczynsky shows how it’s done. Picture: ZANDISILE LUPHAHLA

The state-of-the-art Maloof Skate Plaza in Kimberley is set to be a hive of activity for the next five months in the run-up to the Maloof Money Cup skateboarding world championships.

The championship will take place from September 28-30.

And to keep things moving, so to speak, a 22-year-old American Mike Koroczynsky, also known as “Chinner”, has been appointed director of Skateboard Park.

Hailing from Youngstown, Ohio, Chinner has been a passionate skateboarder for the past 11 years. He will oversee the daily operations and maintenance of the skate park as well as event planning.

Chinner who is studying hospitality management through Kent University, arrived in the country last weekend.

He said he was “blown away” by the skate park.

“This park is absolutely awesome, it’s really great.

“I can’t wait to get stuck in and organise demonstrations and contests. The plan is to host at least three to five events per week at this venue. We want to get the kids hyped about skateboarding and build their skills,” he said.

“We will even offer free weekly clinics for special groups such as kids at risk or in places of safety.”

Chinner will graduate in August after doing his summer internship in South Africa.

Tim McFerran, vice-president of Maloof Skateboarding, said: “I am really excited that we were able to get a skater of Chinner’s calibre. He will be able to work closely with top local skateboarders in Kimberley and teach them how to run the skate park, thereby creating local jobs.

“I know Chinner is the right person to help increase attendance to park from over South Africa and the world,” said McFerran.

“His appointment is just one of the new initiatives we are working on to expand on last year’s (championship) success.”

McFerran said Chinner’s job was to expose the youth to the skate park and to skateboarding.

“I definitely think that his work with the local youth will have a huge impact on improving their skateboarding skills and will allow them to reach their full potential.”

The Maloof Money Cup is considered to be the world’s premier showcase for professional and amateur skateboarding and is well-known around the world.

The Kimberly skate park is a world-class skate park and will continue to bring positive attention to the Northern Cape and the regions, said McFerran.

The world’s top professional and amateur skateboarders are expected to take part in the street and vert disciplines of the competition in September.

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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Maloof Skateboarding has agreed to a three-year contract extension to bring the Maloof Money Cup World Skateboarding Championships to Kimberley, South Africa, through 2015.

The deal with the Northern Cape Provincial Government comes after Maloof Skateboarding staged a successful contest last fall on a custom skate park built near the "The Big Hole," a former diamond mine.

This year's South Africa contest will be Sept. 28-30.

"It was big for South Africa and great for us," said Joe Maloof, who along with brother Gavin owns the NBA's Sacramento Kings and launched the Maloof Money Cup contests in 2008. "They loved it so much that they actually came to us. It was a mutual idea to extend it. It filled up all the hotel rooms and brought thousands of people to the Kimberley area. It worked. They saw some great skateboarding."

Maloof said the contest helped kick-start skateboarding in South Africa.

"We made a statement with the youth and that's what the South African people love," Maloof said. "These kids now have a chance to make a living at it. We're getting to the kids, and that's what counts."

Maloof said a handful of other cities around the world want to host contests, and South Africa was the catalyst.

The Maloof Money Cup began in 2008 with a contest in Orange County, Calif. It expanded to New York and Washington, D.C., where the Maloofs built permanent skate parks.

There was no Maloof Money Cup in Orange County last year and there won't be any contests in the United States this year, Maloof said. He said the brothers hope to resume the U.S. contests next year.

Maloof said the brothers have run into difficulty having a permanent skate park built in Orange County. From 2008-10, the Maloof Money Cup was held during the the Orange County Fair and the course had to be torn out each time.