Sk8r Kulcha

This evening we came across the SkateForChange campaign – http://skateforchange.co.za/ – and we thought we would highlight it.

Professional skateboarder Puddy Zwennis will skate from Johannesburg to Cape Town doing roughly 25km’s a day with a crew following him.

Funds will be raised for the SOS Childrens

Check out more info on the website!

Bundublog.com has donated R150 to the campaign – hope the rest of South Africa gets behind him!

Want to support these guys:

Option 1: EFT
Beneficiary: Skate For Change
Account Number: 1605246581
Branch: 160545
Nedbank

Option 2: Checkers Money Market
You can donate at any Shoprite Checkers Money Market
Beneficiary: Skate For Change

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By: Don Robert

Being considered America’s best Vert skater is not easy, especially when there are so many new and upcoming skaters who would also like to take a piece of the action. However, Bucky Lasek takes it all in stride. An eight-year veteran in the world of professional skateboarding, Bucky has exceeded, if not surpassed, a lot of the most infamous names of skateboarding — and he isn’t planning to rest on his laurels for a long, long time.

Bucky Lasek (whose real name is Charles) first picked up a skateboard at the age of 12. His reason was more practical than idealistic, and according to him, when his bike got stolen, he bought the skateboard so he could use it as a means of transport. It was a serendipitous move, because he got hooked on skateboarding. Pretty soon, he started competing in amateur contests and quickly made a name for himself as one of the top professional skateboarders around.

Today, he is known as one of the world’s most consistent Vert skateboarders, and he has proven himself time and again as someone whose repertoire include the most difficult tricks in any skateboarding competition. Known for his easy and cool style, he has won five golds out of his seven X Games medals. He has also maintained his dominance over the Vert world, taking 2004 titles in the Vans Triple Crown, the Slam City Jam, and the Gravity Games. Aside from this, he has also expanded his dominance in performing difficult skating tricks, proving his innovative and creative styles in all areas of the game. In 2000, Bucky became the first ever skateboarder in the history of X Games to win a gold medal in two consecutive years — first in the 1999 and 2000 games, and then in 2003 and 2004.

For anyone who wants to seriously get to know him, here are some more fun facts you should note down:

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I was walking around the Brightwater Commons (the old Randburg Waterfront) on Friday afternoon and it struck me what a great investment / concept it was to develop that bowl for BMX riders and skateboarders to use.

The kids use it for hours on end and even if they come out battered and bruised and exhausted, they are ready to come back for more the next day.

It dispels this whole idea that by encouraging a skateboard culture you attract an “unwanted” element.

From a general health perspective, the kids that are participating here are doing something that is active, encourages healthy social interaction and are not off doing less savoury things.

Other shopping centres should take note of what the Brightwater Commons has achieved and look at interesting similar concept parks in and around their shopping malls.

South Africa has a promising (albeit small) skateboarding and surfing culture. However those who participate are fanatical about the opportunities in the country.

Sports like BMX have received a great boost locally after the excitement generated at the last Olympics.

The Sk8r Kulcha blog is aimed at promoting various aspects around skateboarding, surfing, roller-blading / in-line skating and BMX to help these industries and sports to help raise their profile.

If you have news and information about events or developments in  these sectors, please drop us a mail on newsdesk@rival.co.za and we
will see what we can do to assist you in promoting them!