Over the past few weeks I have been travelling with a crew of skate coaches from Indigo Skate Camp to bring about awareness to inhabitants of the vast Northern Cape territory, that the Maloof Money Cup is coming to their capital city of Kimberley in September this year.

Our experience in Canarvon if sharing skateboarding with around 300 school children was very humbling. Our message to them was simply; here is a skateboard, use it to get around town, explore your boundaries and let it present opportunities to meet friends from around the world.

Most of the 200 skateboards we handed out were to children who stood for their first time on skateboards on this day. Only as we were leaving Canarvon did we notice a few old skool boards make an appearance. The streets were buzzing with youthful activity as boys and girls were testing out their new boards. It was rad to see the youth of Canarvon take over their streets.


Our ramp big rig

Thabane with a backside five O

Thabane rolling in

Dallas with a backside disaster

Dallas helping the young guns up the ramp

Youths looking on intensely as they are being introduced to skateboarding by Dallas Oberholzer

'G' showing the girls how to skate

Thabane helping out another first timer

Stoked young man with his new board

Keeping cool under the trees

Maloof fans

Canarvon has many potential skate spots

The local crew

Girls in their school uniforms having a go

The girl in the red top insisted in running alongside the skaters

Thabane with a heel flip on school grounds

Local homestead

Youths taking to the streets

Classic old skool

Northern Cape sunset

Where to next?