Alex Duss knocks Richard Dweza from his two year winning streak! But that’s just time trials. Looks like there is going to be some exciting racing on Sunday afternoon!  See the full gallery on Posterous

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This weekend (26 & 27 February) marks the opening of the SAGRA National Championship 2011 as skaters from around the country make their way to Grabouw in the Western Cape to compete in the High Rising Downhill Xtreme. Spectators can expect to see some exciting racing and there will surely be a lot of crashes in the infamous carnage corner. First Nature will once again be sponsoring the First Timer  [ Read More ]

Grom (junior) downhill skateboarder James Jager was featured in the latest issue of Do It Now Magazine. The picture was taken at the Fair Cape Downhill Challenge held on a closed road in Durbanville, Western Cape on 4 and 5 December 2010. It may not look like it but James is going well over 80km/h here!

From the Predator Helmets Blog Predator in South Africa South Africa has had a thriving longboard scene for quite some time with a well established series of races. The Hot Heels race has been one of the longest running DH races around, here are Lloyd Clark and Matt Arderne racing with their new DH6 helmets during a few races, held in December 2010.  Read more…

 Written by Lloyd  The Fast & Furious deck from Airflow Skateboards (Switzerland) has been my freeride board for the last 2 months, basically since I broke my home made board in this video: South African Stoke Squad – Sideways at Woodstock & Teaser. Christof Batt and Ramon Konigshausen are shreading on F&F decks in that video too. I originally had my F&F set up with 180mm Randal RII’s, Sabre F-Type  [ Read More ]

This is a board we set up for a customer this weekend. It looks so awesome so we thought we would share it with you. 8-Ply Rhino Charger deck Cult Death Ray Wheels 190mm Sabre Trucks 93a R-Type Sabre Bushings Lush “Finest Downhill” Bearings Sabre Hardware  

Join The Cult. Skate Cult Wheels. Buy a set of Cult Classics, Cult Death Rays or Cult Gamma Rays from First Nature and get a free “Saviours of Downhill” T- shirt. Join the Longboarding SA forum to qualify. Stocks are limited. See the full gallery on Posterous

South African Downhill National Championship   Friday afternoon 14th January, I’m sitting in front of my computer with a grin on my face and a sense of aweness (stoke) flowing through my body, I sit here as Chairman and for the first time in SAGRA’s history with the completed 6 race national series points! With just a couple of hours to go before we announce the champions at Rafiki’s, I  [ Read More ]