Clinton Theron from Element Skateboards South Africa put together this rad montage of some of the action that went down during Maloof Money Cup South Africa this past September. Check it out!

Well anarchy might be a little too extreme of a word, but the locals killed the A-Frame this weekend! Check the clip along with a few photos and results from the longest launch contests and best trick contest on the A-Frame.

-Results-

Longest Launch

Beginner:

1) Alec Balie (R200)
2) Darren Joseph (R100)

Advanced:

1) Brad Balie (R200)
2) Nico van Huyssteen (R100)

A-Frame Best Trick

1) Gerhard Botha- Feeble down rail (R500)
2) Moustache- Varial heelflip (R300)
3) Brad Balie- Tailgrab to flat (R200)

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Thanks!

-Mike

Our good friend E.J. Vasko flew to Kimberley all the way from Ohio just to check out the Maloof Money Cup (and get some rad photos, of course!) Check out the gallery for some of the action that went down through the eyes of E.J.

For more awesome photos from E.J., be sure to check out his photo portfolio on his webpage!

http://www.fivereal.com/blogsite/?gallery=photo-portfolio

Halloweekend at the Kimberley Plaza

While leaves are falling off the trees and the temperature is steadily dropping in the U.S., it gets hotter and hotter each week here in Kimberley, South Africa. This weekend was no exception! The Maloof Staff and the local skaters eagerly awaited a fun weekend full of contests, including best trick on the quarterpipe on Friday, a Game of Skate on Saturday, and the best trick on the manual pad along with a mini ramp jam contest on Sunday. We hooked up the winners with product prizes and cash vouchers at Thando Skate Shop. Check the results listed below along with our photo gallery documenting some of the action from the weekend! Next weekend is marks a new month and another month full of fun! See you around the plaza!


Quarterpipe: Beginner

1st)Bibi Hassan- Kickflip Sex Change, R300
2nd) Will Jenkins- Heelflip Fakie, R200

Quarterpipe: Advanced

1st) Gerhard Botha- Kickflip bs tail stall, R300
2nd) Brad Balie- Kickflip rock to fakie, R200

Game of Skate

1st) Theo Setsetse- Deck
2nd) Will Jenkins- Wheels & Beanie
3rd) Kwabena- T shirt, Hat, Beanie

Manual Pad Best Trick

1st) Martin Kotze- Half Cab Manny Revert, R300
2nd) Jacques Reynecke- Heelflip Manual, R200
3rd) Theo Setsetse- Kickflip Manual, R150

Mini Ramp Jam: Beginners

1st) Will Meleng, R300
2nd) Bibi Hassan, R200
3rd) Aiden Peterson, R150

Mini Ramp Jam: Advanced

1st) Gerhard Botha, R300
2nd) Jino Modise, R200
3rd) Jacques Reynecke, R150

Filmed on location at the Kimberley, South Africa Maloof Skate Plaza onSaturday, October 6, 2012.

Featuring local skaters in order of appearance: Chinner, Theo Setsetse, Chris Thorn, Brad Balie, Martin Kotze, and Dillon "DBH" Hartzenberg.

Filmed by Martin Kotze, edited by Chinner.

Song- "It's all over now" by North Folk Rounders/Blue Eagle String Band.

After the success of the All City Championships during the Maloof Money Cup, we decided to give the locals a chance and shrink the contest to a smaller scale of the same format, giving a chance to all the local skaters that did not compete in the All City. A total of eleven 3-man teams entered the Mini All City Contest in total, assuring that some shredding would soon be going down. Each team assigned one of their 3 guys to skate one of 3 sections: The tech section, the small section, and the medium section. Each skater faced a skater from another team in a head-to-head format, which was sure to raise the level of skating for the day.

 

There were some intense matches in the first round, but during the semifinals is when it got real! Theo Setsetse’s annihilation of the tech section along with Brad Balie’s consistent ollies down the big 4 and tailgrabs to flat over the A-Frame were just a few factors that helped Act of Boredom take out Team Sex in the semifinals. We gotta hand it to DBH of Team Sex for his ollie and kickflip down the big 4, which earned him best trick! Bloemsickle and Blue Bells duked it out in the semifinals. Blue Bells’ Nico van Huyssteen’s came in hot on the medium section, although it wasn’t enough to advance the team. It’s safe to say that Ernie took Bloem another step further with his skills on the small section.

 

When it came down to the finals it was Bloemsickle of Bloemfontein and Act of Boredom Clothing of Kimberley in the finals. Theo, Martin, and Brad definitely laid it down all day, and especially in the finals, but during the finals is when Bloemfontein sealed the deal and went all out. We saw Chenai go big with a crook up the 2 stair many pad, ollie over the big 4 rail, and boardslide the big 4 rail. Ernie held it down in the small section with his flawless flatbar skating including insane tricks like his 50-50 to front board. Armand closed it down on the medium section with melon grab over the rail on the A-Frame and a bs 50-50 down the 5 stair hubba.

 

In the end it was Bloemsickle of Bloemfontein that took R1000 while they stood in front of the champagne-stained photo backdrop that Luan Oliviera stood in front of only weeks earlier after winning the Maloof Money Cup! The smell of success (but mainly alcohol) still lurks atop the big 4 stair.

 

Thanks to everyone who skated along with Mario, Maurice, and Talitha for helping with judging and registration. Check the results below along with the YouTube clip and the photo gallery!

 
Results

 

1^st- Bloemsickle -R1000

-Ernie Halberg

-Chenai Gwandure

-Armand Oelofse

 

2^nd- Act of Boredom- R600

-Martin Kotze

-Theo Setsetse

-Brad Balie

 

3^rd- Team Sex- R400

-Dillon “DBH” Hartzenberg

-Katzz Morena

-Llewellyn Botha

 

Best Trick

 

DBH- Kickflip Big 4 Stair (Familia Deck)

 

MVP

 

Ernie Halberg (Ace Trucks)

What another amazing Maloof Money Cup Pro Street Finals! For the second year in a row in beautiful Kimberley, South Africa, we brought 30 of the world’s top pro skaters to compete head to head for the $100K grand prize. Only 12 skaters from yesterday’s qualifiers made the cut, and these 12 guys put on one heck of a show. The semifinals consisted of Tommy Fynn, Bryan Herman, Justin Figueroa, Nick Merlino, Manny Santiago, Dlamini Dlamini, Kelvin Hoefler, and The Boss himself, Andrew Reynolds.

Bryan Herman had been in Kimberley for 2 weeks hanging with the locals and skating with the kids, so the crowd was definitely on his side. His ender in Baker 3 from 2005, nosegrind stalefish, was reincarnated upon request at today’s finals, blowing everyone away. Bryan’s flawless hardflips and other countless tricks stoked everyone out, but weren’t enough to beat Luan Oliveira for a spot in the semifinals. Tall man and Baker representative Justin “Figgy” Figueroa was taken out by Jersey Boy and Poker Hot Hand Nick Merlino in round one, but Merlino’s luck didn’t play out as well against Red Dragon Micky Papa. It was a super close call, but Luan took out Papa for a spot in the finals.

Reynolds took out Hoefler but wasn’t enough to take out Decenzo’s switch 270 front boards and switch frontside flips down the big 4. Dlamini Dlamini aka “The Dlamini Express” killed it with tricks like switch lipslide down the rail, but unfortunately the express was put to a halt by Manny Santiago. Manny had kickflip 50-50s down the big 4 stair rail on lock both frontside and backside, but was also topped by Decenzo’s bag of tricks.

The finals was by far the craziest head to head match ever witnessed at the Maloof Money Cup. Hot off of an ender part in Darkstar’s Forward Slash video, Ryan Decenzo nollie heeled the 4, fs 360’d the 4 and did a switch 270 front board down the rail. Luan’s board control and consistency is incredible, and so was his nollie backside flip down the big 4! Luan also had a frontside flip over the rail, tre flip noseslide down the 3 stair hubba, and countless other tricks, landing him first place and $100K.

1) Luan Oliveira
2) Ryan Decenzo
3) Manny Santiago
4) Micky Papa
5) Felipe Gustavo
6) Nick Merlino
7) Andrew Reynolds
8) Bryan Herman
9) Tommy Fynn
10) Kelvin Hoefler
11) Justin “Figgy” Figueroa
12) Dlamini Dlamini

The Maloof Money Cup Pro Qualifiers consisted of 30 professional skaters from all over the world including The U.S., Canada, Singapore, Thailand, France, and Germany just to name a few. Dlamini Dlamini and Moses Adams represented South Africa and held it down! Unfortunately Moses Adams didn’t qualify for the top 12 that advance to skate the finals but was only a few spots behind. Dlamini Dlamini threw down a few hammers including frontside flip down the big 4 along with switch lip down the rail. MMC SA 2011 runner up and Durban-born Tommy Fynn kickflip crooked grinded the rail and earned a spot in the finals as well.

The Baker crew was steady crushin’ it, with The Boss, Bryan Herman, and Figgy all qualifying for the finals. Crowd favorite Lizard King threw a backside 180 one foot over the rail along with a gang of other tricks, but wasn’t enough for him to qualify.

The level of skateboarding of the top 4 was beyond mindblowing. We’ve concluded that Felipe Gustavo, Ryan Decenzo, Micky Papa, and especially Luan Oliveira are from another planet. These guys are automatically seeded in the 2nd round of the bracket of tomorrow’s pro finals. Felipe’s flawless style and trick difficulty put him in the finals. Although some of his raddest skating always goes down during practice, he held it down! Luan barely fell and threw out the most variety and consistency in his runs, putting him in first. Some of our favorites were his alley oop backside flip and switch fs flip on the quarter. Micky Papa killed the big 4 with varial heel, tre flip, and bs overcrook, to name a few. Ryan Decenzo put on a show with his sw 270 to frontside board along with a slew of other tricks, landing him 2nd place in the qualifiers.

Check the results and photos below. See you tomorrow for the finals!

1) Luan Oliveira
2) Ryan Decenzo
3) Felipe Gustavo
4) Micky Papa
5) Justin “Figgy” Figueroa
6) Manny Santiago
7) Kelvin Hoefler
8) Tommy Fynn
9) Bryan Herman
10) Andrew Reynolds
11) Dlamini Dlamini
12) Neverton Casella


Luan Olivera with a hardflip over the bump by Neftalie WIllliams


third place qualifier Felipe Gustavo in Kimberley South Africa  by Neftalie Williams

MMC SA 2012 Pro warm ups featuring Andrew Reynolds, Bryan Herman, Lizard King, Collin Provost, Justin Figueroa, Nick Merlino, Felipe Gustavo, an Ryan Decenzo. Filmed with iPhone.

The Maloof Money Cup Am Qualifiers consisted of over 40 amateur skaters from all over South Africa. Kids from Kimberley, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, and cities all over the country tried to kill it hard enough to earn a spot in the MMC SA Am Championships. Durban local Lance Walter laid down some gnarly tricks like kickflip back lips down the big 4 rail earning him a spot in the Am contest. Cape Town local Marcel van der Walt killed it on the big section , throwing down tricks like frontside crooks down the big 4 rail, earning him the second spot in the Am contest. Props to all the SA skaters for laying it down in attempt to skate the Am finals. See you all on Sunday!


Durbin Local Lance Walter kickflip backlips his way into the am contest by Neftalie Williams


Local skater Marcel van der Walt from Capetown frontside crooked grinds into the am contest by Neftalie Williams