Snow Dreams in Africa

The snow season in South Africa has been a good one this year. The Afriski park has never looked better and the level of riding has been blowing up accordingly. After the show at Quiksnow, the park crew and some mates got to ride some weekends and Lebo was there to capture and edit the action for us. I really like this edit!

snow dreams from lebogang rasethaba on Vimeo.

Quiksnow Preview 2012

That's right kiddies, the most mayhem filled weekend of the year is upon us! Snow, altitude sickness, boarding, airs, rails, booze and crazy antics are on the way for Quiksnow 2012. Since 2005 this event has ruled the roost as the most fun Action Sports event of the year. judging by the pictures i have been seeing of the Park at Afriski, this is going to be a stellar year, with all of the top SA riders attending, some crazy new junior riders and of course the usual mix of international chargers that make the trip out to the Southern Tip of Africa. I will be there to bring you all the mayhem first hand!

In the meantime enjoy the teaser for this year, which I just made!

XGames 2012 - Day 3 Skate & BMX go off!

Day 3 dawned and I left my hacienda "Hotel" in East LA for the Nokia Theater and my highlight by miles for the day, watching the BMX Vert Ramp finals and an XGames legend making history. Jamie Bestwick took down his 6th consecutive Vert ramp Gold Medal. It was amazing to watch, especially considering we never see BMX vert in South Africa.

In the Skate Street final I called Pedro Barros from round 1. The guy was just so fast around the Park and was definitely busting way bigger airs and transfers than anyone else. It was some of the best bowl skating I have seen in a very long time.

BMX from the Air - Sebastian Keep & House Park

What an incredible Bowl.

I love this video. it has some a mellow rhythm to it. Having said that, it also make me a little depressed as we don't have anything like this park in South Africa. It looks like the architects incorporated it into the building design. It's like a piece of sculpture!

Bas Keep's Day At House Park from Attack & Release on Vimeo.

Mental BMX at FISE 2012

Photo: FISE

BMX went large in France this weekend with the annual FISE Festival, on a weekend that also saw the Red Bull Empire of Dirt happening across the Channel in England. The level of BMX riding in Europe right now is off the charts, with many world firsts going down over the weekend in the trick department. Just watch the videos and be amazed!

Southern Tip Snowboarding - Winter is almost here...

Yes happy snow fans of the deep south of Africa, summer draws to a close and the winter approaches. Judging by the last few winters and the insanely hot summer, I am calling a winter of dumps and Pow! So to get you into the mood, here is a great little edit from last year's Quiksnow SA Champs, by our man, Lebo. I cannot recommend enough, how good Afriski has become and what a great time can be had at the Quiksnow weekend. Book soon, places are minimal.

Phantom Ski Shoot with Bobby Brown & Mates

Following recent trends, international Ski star, Bobby Brown, has also started his own web series, with Red Bull. The Ski boys are no longer in the background and are going huge on the slopes, in the park and in the backcountry. In this episode they get to play in front of a Phantom camera shooting at up to 1000 frames per second. I really enjoyed how the camera guy explained shooting on the Phantom and what it is like having this amazing camera to shoot with.



In this episode, we go behind the camera as Bobby Brown and the crew head into the super slo-mo world of the phantom camera in Breckenridge, Colorado for some spectacular shots of Bobby, Will Berman, Banks Gilberti, Grant Savidge, Kolby Ward, and Dane Tudor as they throw down in the park. Subscribe to the show!: http://www.youtube.com/show/bobbyslife