Written By: Gerhard Nel Photos By: Anton Joubert If you haven’t raced in Mossel Bay, start filling that piggy bank. Mossel Bay is a sleepy surf-mecca, new to the sport of downhill. Waves Surf Shop, the local surfstore/skatepark, organised the race. Much like the town, the organisers (Sheppie and Co) are on a mellow vibe and new to the sport of downhill. Their experience in organising events, though, made them pass the  [ Read More ]

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 ]

After a taxing roadtrip from Johannesburg we finally arrived in the Mother City for 2 weekends of gravity racing and fun. We had more fun than we should have at the various concerts and parties on Thursday and Friday night and only arrived at the Houwteq Complex at 10am, 2 hours after the scheduled start time. Unfortunately the start of practice had been delayed as the track was wet from  [ 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 ]

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

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 ]

Race Location Level Organizer Date High Rising HDX Houwteq Complex, Grabouw,  Western Cape National SAGRA 26-27 February Houwteq Houwteq Complex, Grabouw,  Western Cape National SAGRA 16-17 April King of the Fort         Schanskop Downhill Challenge Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, Gauteng National First Nature 18-19 June Houwteq Houwteq Complex, Grabouw,  Western Cape Regional SAGRA 29-30 October Fair Cape Malanshoogte Road, Durbanville, Western Cape National SAGRA 3-4 December Hot Heels Africa Kogelberg Biosphere, Pringle  [ Read More ]

  A short video documenting the action that went down at King of the Fort Schanskop Downhill Challenge 2010. The race took place in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa on 4 and 5 September and was the first race outside of the Western Cape Provence since 2004.