Journal
Current blog posts and classic outtakes from the blunt mag archives
Skate Noise: Manic sessions, moshpits and madness at Jozi skateboarding and music event
On Saturday 27 July, around 2,500 people flocked to 1 Fox in Braamfontein to attend Skate Noise JHB. This epic collision of skateboarding and music,...
Pretoria’s first public skatepark: Turning a problem into a promise of hope in Mamelodi township
What started as a simple Instagram message from Poelo Mofolo of Mamelodi Skate Club in Minister Dean MacPherson’s inbox has now turned into the...
Event Preview: Spotify brings the thrill of Skate Noise to Joburg on July 27
Get ready to experience the adrenaline-pumping fusion of music and skateboarding as Spotify presents the much-anticipated arrival of Skate Noise to...
Small Town Survival Guide: Exploring alternative scenes in East London aka ‘Slummies’
Carmen Gee takes you on a survival guide-style tour through her home town’s ‘alt’ scenes of music, skateboarding, BMX, art and surfing (and milkshakes).
Press Release: Vans Launches Flagship Store in Sandton City
Vans, the iconic skate and lifestyle brand, officially launched its latest flagship retail innovation on 20 July—a new store in Sandton City in...
Event Report: Skate, surf, sun and stoke at the 2024 Ballito Bowl Skate Jam and Surf Pro
The 55th annual O’Neill Ballito Pro Festival went down in early July and featured a bunch of events celebrating board and bike sports, music, art...
Skate Tracks: The Collision of Music and Skateboarding in Joburg
From Soweto to Linden, the noise of the skateboarding is loud. And we’re not just talking about the satisfying sound of wheels rolling on concrete. ...
Amazing Ink: The world’s best tattoo artists gather in Cape Town for the SA International Tattoo Convention
122 of the world’s best tattoo artists gathered at The Lookout in Cape Town for the sixth instalment of the South African International Tattoo...
Press Release: ULT.X 2024 raises skateboarding and BMX in SA to yet another level
Cape Town played host to an electrifying spectacle of athleticism and adrenaline as contestants from around the globe converged for the Converse...
A New Sensation: Genre-bending SA ‘punk hyperpop’ band Internet Girl takes on the world
They are a ‘bedroom band’ that seemingly came out of nowhere. Or at least not nowhere, but literally a bedroom in their res in Cape Town. Ntsika...
Event Report: Ziyaad’s Skate School hosts fun skate comp and Christmas Party for township kids at Eyethu Skate Park Hout Bay
Ziyaad’s Skate School youth development programme held its first Christmas Party earlier this month at Eyethu Skate Park in Hout Bay, Cape Town....
Press Release: Red Bull Illume 2023 – World’s Best Adventure and Action Sports Photos Announced
The Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2023 has once again set the stage for a stunning exhibition of skill, creativity, and human spirit in adventure and...
Skate Contest: Blistering heat and white hot skateboarding at Dolosfees Skate Comp 2023
The annual Dolosfees Skateboarding Competition went down at the Alkantstrand skate park in Richards Bay on September 30, writes Llewellyn Drummond....
Press Release: Kalvyn MacMillan, Janine Louw, and Ezra Vosloo take top titles in the Ballito Pro Skate Jam contest
In what was by far the biggest, most hotly contested Ballito Pro Skate Jam to date, Kalvyn MacMillan (35) put on the winning display of intense bowl...
Rocking rolling blackouts: Getting in tune with playing live gigs vs an energy crisis
Travis Muller heads down to his local in Durban – Robsons Real Beer – to get his hand on a craft beer – and a handle on how bands in SA are getting...
