Rollerblading AM: The progression and how these kids are pushing the sport shows that this generation is going to take rollerblading to another level. Beuthle Mamabolo was the standout of the day, all his tricks were big and he attempted a 540 over the spine, but landed a 270 back royal on the quarter. Lydon Carter did a nice kind-grind, alley-oop top porn and a floaty 3 on the big quarter, as well as a shuffle over the box. Zhaundre Traut from Cape Town at the young age of 12 years had the most style out of the lot not to mention smooth tricks too such as his 180 over the box and a 180 hand-plant; if this kid keeps on skating he is definitely going to be world class. Nathan Cronje who was the smallest AM competing, skated fearlessly with nice airs and makio’s on the rail, he will also be a future contender to look out for. Dillon Fell did a back side straight and down and a 360 on the quarter, grabs over the box and his signature trick the tabernacle. Puleng Slique skated really well, his lines were great and he did lots of transfers.

Results :

1st Bethuel Mamabolo
2nd Puleng Slique
3rd Lydon Carter

Rollerblading Pro: The Cape Town guys flew up again and with them came the next level of skating. Earl Abrahams skated big with an awesome style as well as a constant smile on his face which makes you realize how much he loves to roll, he attempted a huge transfer soul over the mini onto the quarter on the right hand side and he also hammered a 540 to royal on the rail and walked away with best trick. X Games skater Chris Strong-Hand has insane flow, always uses the whole park and throws down such technical tricks as well as his usual 900’s, he also landed a transfer 450 royal to bank transfer as well as a transfer from the mini to the big quarter with a 270 back unity. Franki Frank was a top contender as usual, his lines were excellent this year, easily landing ten tricks in a row and he laced his signature bio and back flip tricks. Pontsho Sekiti was the smallest Pro but busted huge 720’s over the box. Neil Thunder Bolt skated smoothly doing many transfer variations from the big quarter into the mini ramp, alley-oop fish to 270 switch topsoul on the coping and transfer 450 front royal. Tebogo Madumo skated well but unfortunately his last trick of his last run he came down fakie over the spin and broke his arm – he has broken that arm three times in the past.

Results:

1st Christ van dew Merwe
2nd Frank Joubert
3rd Earl Abrahams

Best Trick: Earl Abraham – 540 Royal on the rail

Here is the story from Ressurection Jam 2011, event supported by Hedonskate.com.

Rolling Pro Contest

These Pro’s were really impressive and everyone skated really well. One of the stand-outs of the day was Milky, who was the youngest Pro there. His style has improved a lot and he skated really clean. Frank Joubert did some rad hand plants over the spine and a really nice forward 720 over the box. Chris van der Merwe tried to keep it simple with clean lines but still skated really fast. He also landed a 900 over the box and did a couple of transfers. The new park set up made it easy for guys to do transfers to grinds on the quarter pipes. Neil van der Walt 540’ed the spine and laced a 270 top soul as well as a kind grind on the rail. Tristan M’Que, who is also a Cape Town skater, did an awesome cross grab 900 over the box.

Best Trick
Here we saw Frank Joubert attempt a 900 corkscrew, which he sadly didn’t manage to land. Neil van der Walt tried to gap 360 soul the quarter pipe while Hugo Vemaark landed a 540 kind grind transfer. It was Chris van der Merwe, however, who took the win with a fakie 540 transfer top soul from quarter to quarter.