Mario Felipe is one of the best Angolan skateboarder and he continued to earn his respect among fellow pears. Last Saturday September 23rd 2017, He became the winner of the Flat Ground League Angola giving him an all paid Ticket to wave the Angola Flag at the African Continental FGL Finals schedule to be held […]
This weekend, World Skateboarding Federation held the first Skateboarding For Hope Tour stop in Peru at the Skate Park of San Miguel. The winner, Piero Nunez, took home $500, a new skateboard and products from our sponsors. He also won a spot at the Inca Cup contest in September of this year. <strong>Results:</strong> <div><strong>1st place […]
Inca Cup 2017 Lima, Peru Selected to Host Latin American Skateboarding Championships and Peru Skateboarding Championships World Skateboarding, the leading international skateboarding events management company, will host the first-ever Latin American Skateboarding Championships in Lima, Peru in 2017. The Inca Cup will include the Latin American Skateboarding Championships and the Peru Skateboarding Championships, which will […]
The 2017 African Skateboarding Championships completed its second year in existence with perhaps its most competitive contest to date. The hotly contested contest was won by Rabetisivalaka Rado Nirina from Madagascar, while the second place was taken by El Mehdi Anys from Morocco. in Previous years this contest was held in Kimberley, South Africa but this year […]
The 2017 Skateboarding For Hope program kicked off with a bang at our first event of 2017 in Cape Town. These lucky youths were the recipient of brand new skateboards, courtesy of Tim McFerran and World Skateboard Federation. After these young skaters received their free skateboard, they then participated in a free clinic, a skate […]
A personal message from WSF President Tim Mcferran: This past week was a tough one for me, deciding what to do and whether or not I wanted to be a sheep or try to protect the rights of skateboarding. We have one chance to make a successful debut for skateboarding in the Olympics, so it’s […]
We are extremely disappointed to find out that the Spanish organizers have canceled the Salzadella Race due to low racer numbers. Please contact info@ridersfly.com for further info. The post Salzadella is cancelled! appeared first on International Downhill Federation.
The last day of Kozakov was looking promising. Sunny weather, stacked heats and tons of people long the track. Like every day, the day started with 2 warm up runs for the bracket A. The other categories (luge, women, masters and juniors) would enter later during this bracket, so all finals would be held at […]
Riders fought through two repechage brackets today to determine the final five spots in tomorrow’s finals. Patrick Switzer (CA) cruised through both brackets to claim the 60th spot in the finals, and he was joined by Ben Hay (AU), Nico Gallmann (CH), Gustav Funck Norrhall (SE) and Adria Arquimbau (ES). Kozakov 2016 – winners bracket […]
While in Durban for the KDC Grand Slam Regional Qualifiers, we were able to take some time here and there to explore our surroundings and see what Durban had to offer. While most of that time was spent at the Beachfront Skatepark and The Stadium, we were able to make a few missions into the […]
Today riders were charging hard at Kozakov to get a fast time for the finals. After two warm up runs the first riders started setting times. See below for qualifying times for all categories. Riders gathering around the screen Open Skateboard qualification timesLuge qualification timesOpen Skateboard C-bracketOpen Skateboard B-bracketOpen Skateboard A-bracket Tomorrow we start at […]
Today was the first official day of Kozakov 2016 (the freeride day is optional and also open for non-idf riders). Riders got on the line at 9 and we started of with some practice runs. Zak Maytum out front in the first corner @ Kozakov 2016 While the riders were taking their runs in the […]
The KDC Grand Slam Durban Regional Qualifiers went down on 16-17 July, 2016 at Durban Beachfront Skatepark as a part of DBN X Fest. Durban’s top skaters made it out to the Beachfront park for their share of the R5ok prize purse and a spot in the KDC South African Championships, TopGrom South African Championships, […]
After being rained out on Almabtrieb, the first day at Kozakov was a welcome relief, with warm temperatures all day and a total of 14 runs. About 160 riders got on the hill at 9 for their first runs. The sun was out, the road was dry. Nothing stood in the way of a lot […]
(ATR) This week’s Golden Opportunities: 1. Featured Jobs – Exposure UK, IMG Media, and others from the sports industry…2. Conferences – 8th International Sport Business Symposium (Aug. 16), International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (Aug. 31-Sept. 4), Paralympic Inclusion Summit (Sept. 15-16)3. Olympian Efforts – Right to Play Big Red Ball on October 244. Awards […]
Mauritz Armfelt won Almabtrieb, with fellow Swede Adam Persson taking second relegating Brazilians Thiago Lessa and Douglas Dalua to third and fourth. While the North American races featured a running battle between Colorado and Brazil, in Europe the Coloradons have been replaced by the Swedes. The Austrian summer morning began very cold – at the […]
Photo by Longboardmagazine.eu It was a soggy start to the Austrian leg of the IDF tour as rain brought Day 1 at Almabtrieb to a close after only a few practice runs. After the morning riders meeting everyone took the bus from the campsite to the start line. The drive up was dry but once […]
We took the Kimberlaaities out of their comfort zone this Sunday by hitting up the city in search of new spots to skate. Every now and again a group of locals would hit up the streets to explore some new spots, some to settle a score at an old spot. This time around i had […]
Established in 2015, the African Street Skateboarding Championships is an initiative sanctioned by World Skateboarding Grand Prix held annually at the Skateboarding World Championships at Kimberley Diamond Cup in Kimberley, South Africa. The goal of the African Skateboarding Championships is to develop the moral and level of skating all over the continent and allowing the chance for […]
Adam Persson out in front while Max Ballesteros makes life difficult for Mauritz Armfelt.Photo: Justin Rouleau Racing at the first European World Cup began under the Norwegian sun as B-bracket riders fought it out for the last four spots in the main event. The clouds moved in as the A-bracket was ready to get underway, […]
Today was the first day of the Euro tour, which kicked of way up north in Lillehammer, Norway. In the next month the tour will pass through five more countries. First up is Almabtrieb (Austria) and Kozakov (Czech Republic), then there’s a 1.5 week hiatus, followed by Teolo (Italy), Insul (Germany) and Salzadella (Spain). Who […]
The results are in and the Canadians have conquered the IDF North American series of races! Last week’s world cup Whistler marked the end to the five-race series around the continent and crowned the champions. Opens North American Championship With the top riders attending the same number of races and sticking close in points it […]
Skateboarding For Hope Supported by DC Shoes, integrated into the 16th annual Buck Tour at Skatelab Skatepark in George, went down on 2 July, 2016 and brought out local skaters of the area along with a couple cars full of rowdy skaters from the Cape Town area for a shot at cash prizes. Between a […]
The KDC Grandslam Johannesburg Regional Qualifiers went down on 16 June in Soweto in which over 100 skaters showed up to compete for their share of cash and wildcard entries to KDC in TopGrom and Rider Cup. The day kicked off with the Skateboarding For Hope Presented By DC Shoes SA, Where well known SA […]
The 3rd KDC Grand Slam Regional Qualifier event of the 2016 will be held at Vilakazi St. in Soweto to celebrate youth day with an incredible day of skateboarding and good vibes. Serving as a qualifying event for the South African Skateboarding Championships at Kimberley Diamond Cup, events will be held in the TopGrom (ages […]
After a sunrise pool session in Upington and a long drive through the Northern Cape, the final stop of the Skateboarding For Hope Northern Cape Youth Month Tour found us at De Aar Skatepark on Sunday, 5 June, 2016; one of the 4 skateparks built by Dallas Oberholzer in 2013 and funded by the Northern […]
Following a great stop in Springbok the day prior, the crew made way to Upington for the second stop of the Skateboarding For Hope Supported By DC Shoes Northern Cape Youth Month Tour. Upington is one of the skate scenes in the Northern Cape that has momentum and is well harnessed. Edwin from the local […]
Skateboarding For Hope, Supported By DC Shoes Africa, hit the road for the Northern Cape Youth Month Tour from 2-5 June, 2016 to connect with local skaters and help keep the flame alive in the small skate scenes in the Northern Cape. We made our first stop in Springbok Skatepark, an easy 800km from Kimberley. […]
The fourth stop of the Skateboarding For Hope Supported By DC Shoes National Tour went down on Saturday, 28 May at YBF Skatepark in the Johannesburg suburb of Bryanston. Heaps of local skaters came out to show support and rip for their share of cash and product prizes. We were joined by inner-city Johannesburg skaters […]
The Skateboarding For Hope National Tour, supported by DC Shoes Africa, is stoked to head to YBF Skatepark in Bryanton (JHB) for its fourth stop of the 2016 season. With a focus on empowering youth through skateboarding, Skateboarding For Hope aims to reach underprivileged kids throughout South Africa by introducing skateboarding as a powerful, positive […]
It’s been a while since we’ve brought you anything from the Kumba Skate Plaza. Since Midway Mayhem, we’ve been continuing on with our free weekly skate clinics and events that hundreds participate in on a weekly basis. This past weekend we held the Game of Skate contest, a single elimination bracket-style flat ground tournament. We’ve […]
The 2nd KDC Grand Slam of the 2016 season went down at Midway Mayhem at the Kumba Skate Plaza and brought out several local skaters and bus fulls & car loads of skaters from around the country alike for another incredible weekend of skateboarding and camping. While the weather was a little cold and the […]
Almost two weeks have passed since over 50 volunteers from all over the world have congregated in Addis Ababa to build Ethiopia’s first skatepark. Things have come together insanely fast since then and it’s tough to believe that the final product will soon be complete and ready to rip for a city full of hungry […]
This Weekend we decided to break away from Skateboarding for a moment and get the local skaters involved in some painting. With two teams of kids in rotation, one crew painted all the trash cans while the other crew was busy cutting stencils out to be sprayed on the bins. With a solid system in place, […]
You may not be aware that the IDF is about to launch a new website. Since the IDF was founded we have tried to professionalize downhill skateboard and luge racing, but our website hasn’t kept up with our needs. Until now… In theory this was meant to happen last week but like any big tech […]
You may not be aware that the IDF is about to launch a new website. Since the IDF was founded we have tried to professionalize downhill skateboard and luge racing, but our website hasn’t kept up with our needs. Until now… In theory this was meant to happen last week but like any big tech […]
After 2 successful years building a name and improving their event the IDF is proud to add Treee Skateboarding’s Laguna Downhill Race near Guadalajara Mexico to the World Tour. Kicking off the North American Tour the 3rd edition will unfold on April 29-May 1 in Atoyac, Jalisco as a World Qualifying Series event. Mexico has […]
The IDF wants to keep you up to date on what’s NEW. It may seem like there’s not a lot happening but things have never been more exciting or busier within the IDF. We have many new projects to announce throughout March, including: New website South American Tour announcement (plus 1 or 2 NEW latin […]
The IDF wants to keep you up to date on what’s NEW. It may seem like there’s not a lot happening but things have never been more exciting or busier within the IDF. We have many new projects to announce throughout March, including: New Website South American Tour announcement (plus 1 or 2 NEW latin […]
Aaron “Aswag” Hampshire (USA) won his first ever IDF race at Mt Ruapehu today, beating out the Brazilian trio of Dalua, Thiago Lessa and Max Ballesteros who had looked set to continue their dominating Australasian tour. It was a controversial final, with the three Brazilians getting tangled up and bringing each other down, leaving Aaron […]
