We decided to mix it up a bit for the first of the month and did this weekend's contest a little bit differently. Boogaloos was kind enough to provide us with a street course to use on road tours, and when we aren't on the road, the kids are stepping it up on the obstacles here at the Maloof Skate Plaza in Kimberley. We decided to have a contest for both beginners and advanced divisions on the Boogaloos obstacles.

With only a handful of days left before the park closes for renovations for the Maloof Money Cup, kids are more hungry to shred than we've seen in months! The beginners consisted of 14 total skaters, and after 2 jam sessions, we chose the top 6 overall to compete in the finals. Some standouts include Enrique Ortell's pop shuvit off the box as well as a kickflip off, as well as some killer skating from De Aar skater Werner Smith and Kimberley local Ebrahim Hassan AKA BB. In the end it was the overall consistency and terrorization of all obstacles from Caleb Goa that earned him first place and a new set of wheels. Darren Joseph was right behind Caleb and earned second place an R200 at Thando Skate Shop for tricks like rock n roll on the wedge and 180's off the box. The beginner's killed it and they certainly won't be considered beginners for much longer!

Potchefstroom skaters made the drive to Kimberley to skate the plaza for the weekend and had some of the Kimberley locals nervous for the advanced division contest, those guys kill it!

We decided to include previous beginners contest winners Mohammad Hassan and Damian Bramley in the advanced division for a chance to skate with the big guys. I think a lot of skaters were surprised to see how well Damian skated against some of the older guys; his consistency and ability to skate many of the obstacles earned him R100 at Thando Skate Shop and third place! In the finals we saw a smooth the flip from Theo off the box along with a 50-50 front shut on the grind box, earning him second place and R200 at Thando Skate Shop. Potchefstroom local, Luwayne Bothma, came out of nowhere with some insane tricks like kickflip back lip and fakie big spin lip on the flat bar along with a huge shuvit tailgrap to flat off the launch ramp. Luwayne earned first place and a new set of trucks!

Congrats to all the skaters for holding it down on the first of the month!