The city of Kimberley in the Northern Cape has positioned itself as the definitive home for extreme sports in South Africa and is stamping it’s mark on the skateboarding world.
In 2013, the Kimberley Diamond Cup World Skateboarding Championships replaced the Maloof Money Cup World Championships, previously held in South Africa in 2011 and 2012.
The 2013 skateboarding competition was held from September 27–29 at the Kumba Skate Plaza in Kimberley, capital of the Northern Cape Province in South Africa. The event was named in homage to the Kimberley’s history as the location of the first diamond mine in South Africa, and for its reputation as “The Diamond City”.
The event featured the largest single-event prize purse in skateboarding – $100,000 for first prize in the Street competition – and is the largest skateboarding competition in Africa.
Sponsored by Northern Cape Tourism the KDC Crew were in Gqeberha this past weekend holding an event in which the top three skaters in each of the three divisions – Under 15, Open, Ladies – won an all expenses paid trip to Kimberley to skate there.
MyGqeberha happened to catch a few of the skaters in action – see below:
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Alan Straton
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