Skate Scene Rant with Gerhard Nel
Transcendence, enlightenment and open mindedness are concepts over-played and ridden for all that they are worth.
Transcendence, enlightenment and open mindedness are concepts over-played and ridden for all that they are worth.
Jaded Ink is a boutique body art brand that supports alternative lifestyles including those of Downhill Skateboarders and Roller Derby girls. Jaded Ink was our biggest sponsor at King of the Fort 2011 and we’ll surely have them on board again this year.
The Cult Converter is the Cult Classic‘s alter ego. The shape is the same and the duro is harder, but the urethane compound is different.
On the 5th and 6th May, the annual High Rising XDH event was held at the Houwteq Science Complex, Houw Hoek.
Mike Upham is a pretty underrated skater. A formidable street skater, his images have graced the pages of the (now extinct) Blunt Magazine more than once.
Lush Longboards Ltd is a company based in the UK with over 10 years experience in longboard manufacturing. Their expertise realy shows in their latest range.
A fresh shipment of Cult Wheels has just landed in South Africa and they are ready to be shredded. To witness that feeling of laying that sweet Cult urethane on a street near you, join The Cult now.
I should tell you about his backflips, high IQ or big-ass toesides. I should tell you about how he single-handedly “invented” the modern standup slide (or powerslide, if you are one of those skate everything puritans) for us South Africans.
We are very excited with the new shipment from Sabre. We have the Raw/Silver Gravity Cast 190mm trucks from Sabre that we have all grown to love.
Lush: Here’s Gerhard, the newest member of the Lush family and our representative in South Africa, the aptly nicknamed “Steezepony,” likes to core wheels, and wishes he had Albatross wings.