Witten By: Gerhard Nel Pushing your skateboard is a mission. Pushing your skateboard for 15 kays is agonising. Racing your skateboard over 15 kays in a humid, hot Cape Town, is suicide. The Mega Skop started at the Cape Town Civic Centre and covered the 15km’s to Tableview, along the city’s new NMT lanes (“non-motorised transport” – all the rage). Skateboarding is now legal on these paths. And, as skaters  [ Read More ]

It’s almost time for the country’s gravity racers to head to the Western Cape for the final two competitions on the SAGRA National Championship calendar. The Houwteq Downhill Extreme (HDX) is this weekend (4 and 5 December) and the grand finale of the IGSA World Cup, Hot Heels Africa will be held the following weekend (9, 10 and 11 December). Whether you’re in it to win it or you’re just a longboard  [ Read More ]

Here is the race report on the Fair Cape Downhill challenge that went down in Durbanville, Western Cape on 16 and 17 April 2011. Written by SAGRAs Justin Boast. Click here for the original article. Day one started out with a good turn out of riders with some new faces and the usual. Riders from Joburg and East London came down to race Fair Cape. On Saturday there was an  [ Read More ]

First Nature is excited to announce the recruitment of Sam Jakins to the First Nature Race Squad. Sam is a 15 year old downhill skateboarder from Cape Town. He is hardly worthy of the grom title as he has been holding his own when it comes to races. Although Sam has only been riding for 1 year, he has already competed in 3 races, one of which being the internationally  [ Read More ]

Written by Lloyd Clark. Photos at the end. With 26 competitors in the open stand-up category, 7 in junior stand-up, 5 in street luge and 2 in Classic luge it is clear that the South African downhill family is growing faster now than ever before. It was awesome to see the stoke in the riders eyes every time they finished a run without crashing. Mad respect to all the riders  [ Read More ]

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 ]

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 ]

2010 was the first year the National Championship was held here in South Africa. With 44 riders competing in the Downhill Skateboard Category, 7 in Junior Skateboard, 16 in Street Luge and 10 in Classic Luge it is clear that the “Downhill Family” is growing rapidly. There were a total of 6 races held in South Africa in 2010 with the King of the Fort, held in Pretoria, being the  [ Read More ]