BMX, Community, Creativity, Culture, DIY, Live music, Skateboarding, Small town skaters, Small towns, Surfing, Tattoo Art
Small Town Survival Guide: Exploring alternative scenes in East London aka ‘Slummies’ Back in the good old days of print magazines, a mainstay of blunt mag was our coverage of the small town scenes that often escaped the hype and attention of the bigger South African...
Adrenalin, Alternative Music, BMX, Bowl Skating, Community, Creativity, DIY skateparks, Events, Live music, Music Festivals, Skateboarding, Skateboarding contests, Skateparks
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 and community around Ballito in...
Alternative Music, Amapiano, Community, Culture, Live music, Music, Punk Rock, Rock music, Skateboarding, Venues
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. In the City of Gold, music and skateboarding have long...
Alternative Music, Community, Creativity, Culture, DIY, Entrepreneurship, Events, Live music, Rock music, Tattoo Art
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 Convention...
Alternative Music, Community, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Interviews, Live music, Music, Punk Rock, Rock music
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 ‘TK’ Bungane, Matty ‘Neese’...
