Bike, BMX, Community, Creativity, Culture, Events, Skateboarding, Skateparks, Street Skateboarding
Pitch and Ride events: Growing skateboarding, BMX and extreme sports in Gauteng, DIY style If you live in Joburg or Pretoria and ride a skateboard or bike, you may have heard of the ‘Pitch and Skate’ or ‘Pitch and Ride’ events taking place at various skateparks...
blunt magazine, Community, Creativity, Skateboarding, Skateparks
Breaking the ‘RULES’: Meeting one of Durban’s most prolific graffiti artists While RULES would rather his actual identity remain anonymous, blunt takes some time to get to know the man behind the name, and chat about his illegal street art pursuits in Poison City and...
Community, Creativity, Interviews, Legends, Photography, Skateboarding, Skateparks, Street Skateboarding
Jean-marc Johannes: “I never take it for granted” Cape Town professional skateboarder Jean-marc Johannes talks to blunt about childhood illness, school bullies, hate from fellow skaters – and achieving his life goals nonetheless. Words by Miles Masterson (bluntEd)....
Adrenalin, Bowl Skating, Community, Creativity, Interviews, Siblings, Skateboarding, Skateparks, Surfing, Upstarts
The Brothers Vosloo – next gen KZN skateboarder Ezra and surfer Levi are shredding eThekweni’s ocean and concrete bowls Scions of pops Brode Vosloo, a well-known Durban surfer and surf-industry figure, in between fighting and encouraging each other like brothers do,...
Adrenalin, Archive, Bowl Skating, Community, Culture, Events, Legends, Skateparks, Social Activism
Bowl Resurrection: Bringing one of the concrete gems of South African skateboarding back to life – The Germiston Bowl. Digging into the blunt archive, The Germiston Bowl has witnessed some legendary sessions and comps. After years of neglect, a collective of old...