At 11:30 am on a cold and drizzly Saturday  (15th October 2011) about 20 downhill skateboarders converged on the top of Redhill near Simons Town, Western Cape for the free race organized through the Cape Town Fizzers Facebook Group. A few runs were done down Redhill itself, after which the riders all met at the approach road to the Navel Base on top of Redhill. Fortunately the drizzle ended and the road dried  [ Read More ]

Weary from a long battle against the initial 2mm’s of Psychathane on a fresh set of Death Rays, the cultist ventured to the Cornerstone Slide Jam. Upon arrival, this Spanish Pony and his feral herd were met by a savage horde of thane abusers getting their fix. The skidders grew in numbers quickly as the sun scorched down upon the pagans. These street shredders were skating hard and laying their  [ Read More ]

100 kilometers per hour on a skateboard? Anyone who has entered a downhill skateboarding race knows that this is not too difficult to achieve given the right hill, equipment and a bit of experience. Those who are not aware of the growing sport of longboarding would think you’re crazy for going over 30km/h on a skateboard. “100km/h on a skatboard! Are you frikken crazy?” was the title of a pre race article posted  [ 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 ]