Gauteng Downhill Calendar 2017
Make sure you’re following the discussions on the Jo’burg Longboarders Club on Facebook for any last-minute changes to these events. All that’s required to be a member of the JLC is that you have a longboard (or your husband, wife, partner, child, nemesis, etc. has one) and that you skate or plan to skate in the Gauteng area. So basically nothing is required, just join and help spread the stoke.
We’ll do our best to keep this list up to date with all the info you need so bookmark this page and keep checking back regularly:
January
No events.
February
No events planned yet.
March
Bones Flash Race
Date: 12 March
Time: 10:00am
Hosted by: Casper Badenhorst
Location: The spot is known by the skaters as Bones. Put 133 Stapelia Road in Google Maps to get you there. Check out the Spot Guide on the LSA Forum for more details on this spot.
Entrance: R50. Enter here. Free for spectators.
April
Freedom Day Skate for Pete’s Birthday
Date: 27 April
Hosted by: Longboarding SA
Location: Sandton Varsity College, Morningside
Time: 3pm. Beers at Sandton Sports Club (George Lee) afterward to celebrate Pete’s Birthday)
May
K113 Grand Prix Flash Race
Date: 20 May
Hosted by: Elster Pieterse
Location: K113 Modderfontein. Put 4 Avalon Road, Modderfontein in Google Maps to get you there.
June
Shits Flash Race
Date: 16, 17 June
Hosted by: Elster Pieterse and Casper Badenhorst
Location: The Shit Run, Krugersdorp. Put Bartha Street, Krugersdorp in Google Maps to get you there.
July
Voortrekker Monument Freeride
Date: Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 July 2017
Hosted by: Elster Pieterse
Location: Skop, Pretoria. Put Fort Schanskop, Pretoria in Google Maps to get you there. Check out the Spot Guide on the LSA Forum for more details on this spot.
Details: Sleepover event. 24 hours of skateboarding. Entries are limited to 40 people. Live DJs. LSA pop-up store.
August
Slide Jam
Date: 12 August
Hosted by: Black Sheep
Location: TBC
September
Afriski Freeride
Date: 23, 24, 25 September
Hosted by: Black Sheep and Jozi X
Location: Afriski, Lesotho.
October
Gripsteeze 3.0 Flash Race
Date: 7 October
Hosted by: Craig Harvey
Location: Steepways, Johannesburg. Put Kallenbach Drive in Google Maps to get you there. Check out the Spot Guide on the LSA Forum for more details on this spot.
Irene Flash Race
Date: 28 October
Hosted by: Mark Jansen Van Rensburg and Maryke Van Der Watt
Location: Near Irene Mall. The road is not on Google Maps yet.
November
Honda Flash Race
Date: 5 November
Hosted by: Elster Pieterse
Location: Honda Dealership, Sandton. Corner William Nicol and Peter Place.
Steyn City Lumo Flash Race
Date: 26 November
Hosted by: Elster Pieterse
Location: Kleve AH, Midrand (the spot is known as Steyn City by the skaters).
December
Jo’burg Longboarders Club Braai and Prize Giving
Date: TBC
Location: TBC
This pic is from the first Official Flash Race hosted by the JLC back in 2015. Let’s get more pics like these with bigger crowds this year!
