Quiksilver Riders Blog

I’m heading out to Skate Barcelona and the basque Country to get some clips and shoot some photo’s for a SESSION article. But mostly to Hang out with the wholmies, Skate huge concrete bowls, meet up with new and old friends and have fun. hell yeah

Algorta Pool - La Kantera

Just got back from JHB been hanging out and hitting up some spots with the holmies. The new Concrete park (near the Greenstone mall) is Killer.It’s got a 6 foot bowl plus lots of steep ass transitions.Dont hit it up if you’re expecting a street park because it’s pretty much all transition oh yeah and all the coping is metal which i guess is OK. The fence is also hard to climb so rather go ride when you’re meant to.I never saw any rollerbladers which is a good sign and i didn’t have to wear a helmet. It’s ball crusher hot there right now but it’s better than back home in Durban – Peace.

I’ve been riding back yard pools with the Homies, listening to the jesus lizard, eating the chicken pie at birds and getting frustrated watching surfing on the internet.Oh yeah and Horrorfest in Cape Town for halloween was insane i watched a 1920′s horror movie and a live band did all the sound effects it was sick.

I still get treated like an outcast when i get my lomography photo’s developed but who cares. I’m going fishing in Oman (south east Asia) tomorrow for three weeks with my Buddy Rich. My chick and i hooked up tickets to see AC DC in Sydney next year rock n roll MoFo’s.

There’s this Kid called kalvyn and he’s beaten me 9 times in a row at mini ramp skate it’s done his confidence wonders – but i’ve been watching old Powell Peralta video’s so i’m going to take him down to china town when i get back from the desert.

Tight Lines.

Just thought i’d bang something together and let everyone know whats been going on.. let you know what the team has been up to.

Travis and Jacko are off to Canada, Canaries, US and Hawaii for the last leg of the WQS, Trav is lokking solid at number 10 and Jacko has an outside chance at number 20. Anything can happen though as there are about 4 6 star primes left – it will probably go down to Hawaii. I would be sick to see Trav and Jacko on the WT next year representing Quik and SA.

Young Beyrick has been on fine form cleaning up on the junior scene taking out the U20 King of the Groms and the Billabong Junior event in Vic Bay. He is now in Cali for a few events then off to Canada and Hawaii – his 1st time there, let’s see how he does.

Stan “Splinter” Badger is in Indo running riot at the moment, his blog posts are pretty classic – sounds like he is loving there. I would love to be a fly on the wall there to see what he has been getting up to. He is with a small crew and AVG is there behind the lens – the shot should be quite mad!!
Brett Shaw skated himself into the ground at the Bowlriders taking out 3rd spot, he was on fire and showed the kids what old school transition is all about!!

Kyle Lane has injured himself quite badly and has been out the water for quite some time, hope he can get the ankle sorted out pretty soon..

Well – that’s it for now… will keep you updated with some fresh news next week..

Patto

Travis doing what he does best!

Ross and Alex have been out here from Europe so we’ve been hitting up a bunch of spots. I just finished going through all the footage and it’s going to be a sick insert on BOARDRIDERS TV. We skated the Richards Bay park, Mandini and we even hit up the Indigo ramp in the valley of a thousand hill’s my Buddy Dallas has got a sick set up out there. Ross and Alex were super cool homies. A permission pool has dropped out the sky so it’s going to be a good week. Peace

Here’s a pics of Stan last year in INDO during the IRON LOTUS trip. Yo Stan not to many Bintangs my man remember that drip we hooked you up to last time while Maca’s was firing.Shake and Bake have an insane trip.