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SA DH activity
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On 11/12/2002 Craig
wrote in from
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Hey John,
Organised activity has been scarce since DHX this year. SAGRA has, however, been recently est. and are organising a race on 7 dec. (downhill race...long straight road, top speed 80 in a good wind, but a blast anyway)...otherwise the rest sounds good but is confirmed (ie more DH races...the most promising sounds like it'll be in March).
Otherwise there's a bunch of us that skate down hills all the time, be it full pace bombing, carvingcruising or sliding. I constantly meet new people who have managed to scratch together a DH set up or 2 and are bombing with all their soul. It's growing fast on an underground level, and it is also growing (but slower) in the organised dept.
Slalom: there are about 3 or 4 of us that own fibretec (ex Cem boards) slalom boards. I have a few square bottom cones, and we hardly ever get out to do slalom! (but I think I should try change that)
If you do come, get in touch, if you don't, you miss on a beautiful place! if you surf, even better!
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Slalom in South Africa? The cones are upside down
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On 10/31/2002
John Gilmour
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It's cold in Boston- but toasty warm in SA
I'd like to do some skating in South Africa. Anyone know of any slalom or downhill activity there at the moment?
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re: test
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On 9/23/2002 Simon
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yeah man, africa!
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test
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On 9/21/2002
wally beaver
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africa?
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Hey supa dkone *efarpe downhill*
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On 9/9/2002 Rich
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Hey Floyd.
You still making boards? And skating around with North or not?
Laters Rich
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JOHANNESBURG
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On 9/3/2002
DIEGO
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I HAPEN TO BE PASSING BUY IN JOHANNESBURG FOR A FULL DAY ON MY WAY TO CHINA! COULD ANYBODY TELL WHAT WOULD A COOL PLACE TO CHECK OUT DURING THE DAY? FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM.
STAY COOL.
DIEGO
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mikez
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On 7/18/2002
Martin Siegrist
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Hello Mike, i d like to have your email adress. Hope you had a nice travel back to SA! jägermeister, skate fast
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surf spot in cape town
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On 7/5/2002 supa dkone *efarpe downhill*
wrote in from
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yo man trust me cape town has some of the best waves in the world im not suprised yu dont kno about them cos we try to keep it on the DL........ but you can check it out, trust me.
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Luck and Miko...
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On 6/30/2002
Miko
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Well by all means then... GOOD LUCK at HOTHEELS Mike!
I'm using your tips on footdragging and working up to speed with them. I had a good session yesterday, comfortably braking at just under 40mph. Still getting my setup figured out, but think I'm close. I'm absolutely sure getting it wired will let me hit higher speeds on the curvy Santa Cruz mountain roads we've been practicing on. Thanks!
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Hot heels
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On 5/22/2002 mikez
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How many South africans going to Hotheels this year?
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The real snake-run
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On 5/1/2002
Diego Kasper
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WE ARE MAKING A RESEARCH ON HOW MANY RIDER FROM AFRICA CAN RIDE CONCRETE WALLS AND HAVE SNAKE-RUN EXPERIENCES. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A GREAT CSNAKE-RUN COMPETITION WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THOSE RIDER THAT CAN AFFORD THE TICKET AND HAVE SNAKE-RUN RUN EXPERIENCE ARE WELCOME, ALL THE EXPENSES HERE IN BRAZIL ARE ON US.
SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITH ALL THE INFO NEEDED.
DIEGO
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re:miko
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On 4/1/2002 mikez
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Chris is right, your well wishing paid off in the exact order you wrote it.
he he now Miko is my lucky good luck wisher...thanks man
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surf Mauritius and Madagascar
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On 3/22/2002
Mwanawimbi
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Hi SA guys,
I'm a longskater from Paris, and I guess longskating on the hills of Cape Town should be great, with pretty nice sightseeing...
Anyway, here is my question: as all of you must surf, do you have any infos, or websites, on the surf in Mauritius and Madagascar? I have info, but not that much. It's hard to find info on other spots than Tamarin (Mau) and the South (Mada). So, any help?
Thanx.
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Miko's Luck
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On 3/22/2002
Chris Chaput
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Miko, It appears that your well-wishing paid off! Thanks for the support. MikeZ and all of the locals rip. Darren, I guess I'm not the only one to notice all the ladies. Even an old bald married man such as myself still has eyes. I'll see you in Scotland.
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DHX rocked my world
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On 3/11/2002
darren
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Yeah Yeah cape town is sick as f**k got a massive road rash to show for it,(zip came undone on me leathers) what a great event minimal politics and a good vibe. To go to an event and for it to be so hard just to make the cut says something for the standard of the locals there but you do have the amazing asphalt everywhere. and the women oh my god how many beautiful girlies did you see there?
respect to all the locos Simon A, Kent, the bradburns etc etc, will bring as many wheels and trucks as i can next year, christmas in Capetown is spelt with DHX.
Love to dani and all the drivers
darren rathbone
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DHX
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On 3/1/2002
Miko
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T minus 1 day and counting! Good luck Chaput and Mikez! Have an awesome race guys! Wish I could be there to see it...
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Durban
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On 2/27/2002
Craig
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We used to skate Stellawood cemetary in all sorts of twisted ways. I was run over there, Lino made a midnight pitchblack 50-60kph run, Trevor ran Prospect road in peekhour traffic and won a game of chicken vs. a bus! (bus stopped, Trev veered off, thank God!)
If only we had actual longboards we'd probably all be dead now. Long live balls-out speed and adrenaline.
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t minus 8 days
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On 2/20/2002
mikez
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and I can't sleep, not even after watching last years videos like a gazzilllion times like last year is coming back to haunt me, I can taste the red bull already, I can feel the feeling of not being able to sleep properly for the next 3 days after the event, I can sense the rush of the starting light going from orange to green and worst of all I can sense facing my teachers after taking two or three days off school on 'business' he he he
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aero helmets
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On 2/18/2002 craig
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Kludy...your helmet should be allowed now...go check the dhx web site
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I still want to come!
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On 2/17/2002 KLUDY
wrote in from
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Dont know if I can race but I am still tring to come to Red Bull ! Will not give up until the race starts .Need , well I dont know what I need , other than a magic coin or something. Even if I getn there, dont know if I can run or not .You guys are the s#@! and hope one day to race you .I may just show up !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SOMETHING FOR YOU !!!!!!!
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On 2/14/2002 KLUDY
wrote in from
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JONNY HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU FROM ME !!!!!!GO BIG OR STAY HOME. SO I STAY HOME ! GO GETEM MIKEZ. MY MONEY IS ON YOU GUYS AND O YA LAS VEGAS BETS ON EVERY THING !!!!!!! INCLUDING SPEEDBOARDS.I HOPE ONE DAY I CAN SEE WHATS UP THERE, HERE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE AREA.
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I've never smelt a nice brit
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On 2/13/2002 mikez
wrote in from
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he he yeah they never bath,
see you soon too Jonny
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SA is a pretty cool place I must say
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On 2/13/2002
mikez
wrote in from
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I hereby have to say that South Africa has to be the best place in the whole world, Gustav(a buddy of mine) and I were sitting and discussing it on the way to pick up a helmet and go skate, we have some of the best hills in the world all right on top of each other not only that we have all the different variations of hills mountain passes, long smooth steepies scaries everything and not only that at the bottom of all of Our favourite courses there are generally Coooking waves(hey we are at the bottom of A continent we get more than enough swell. The crime where most of the skaters live is down to petti stuff like spitting(craig got fined for spitting once) and skating in the roads(I dunno who would commit such a crime!) just a 3 minute skate from my house(all downhill except for the last 300 meters) is an 8 k long mountain pass thats pretty much closed to traffic, three hundred meters to one side of my house is a hill with a gradient of something like 20 percent literally just above that is a one with a 33 percent gradient, then 5 minutes drive away is a hill that we constantly hit 60mph and above on then fifteen minutes from that is what has been called the best course in the world. I'm not even going to try and name all of the hills within an hours drive from my house, not only that in my suburb alone ( a population of about 10 000 ) there are around 40 - 50 longboarders that all charge as hard as they can. YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA life is good
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i,VE NEVER MET A NICE SOUTH AFRICAN
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On 1/29/2002 JONNYX
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I've never met a nice South African
apart from Beyten Beytenbach
and he's emigrated to Paris
Yes he's quite a nice south african
he's hardly ever killed anyone
he's not smelly at all
thats why they put him in prison.
see you soon love from Jonnyx
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