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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