Sk8 Shades

03/09/2024

Time flies when you’re having fun, quick month in Arnhem, Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin.
Thanks to everyone for the good times🤘🫶🔥

21/01/2023

Sign up and let’s get it right🤘🔥😎

PETITION AGAINST THE MERGER OF SKATEBOARDING WITH ROLLER SPORTSSkateboarding has no voice within World SkateWorld Skate is authoritatively and disrespectfully forcing a merger of Skateboarding and Roller Sports national federations.We are the only Olympic sport within World Skate. We brought a huge....

04/01/2023

Nine months out of the workshop and everything still works, only one minor adjustment to the depth setting of the mini-mortise cutter for the hinge to frame and it’s time to rock and roll. Missing the boys, the concrete and the good times, but it’s kinda nice (yet kinda strange) to be back in the workshop for now.
Happy new year✌️
Hope it’s a banger🤘🔥😎

02/02/2022

Ready to rock and roll on the next part of their journey. Epic graphics from ’s old deck. Off to soon for some multi-focal lenses.

31/01/2022

It’s been a while since I made a pair of Sk8shades…started off with this custom pair for Andrew.
And then my router died after many years of service…

24/12/2021

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07/11/2021

Big one today, 9 cubes down and successful shooting. Got an ear full of concrete and a face full of spray. Good times with the boys🤘🏽🔥😎

27/10/2021

Riyadh day 2, first pour, pigmented concrete, 29-ish to go🤘🏽🔥😎
Thanks for the invite
Stoked to be here and that also made the trip.

24/10/2021

Last pair for a while, order came in Saturday morning, assembly tomorrow then over to Oz. Time to pack for Saudi.

22/10/2021

After a successful show in Pretoria last month and some action on the website thanks to that CNN clip, I got hyped to make as many shades as possible before Christmas and hit the last show in Joburg in December. I’ve spent a fair amount of time out of the workshop this year helping build skateparks for in Joburg and Cape Town and it’s been good to be back in the workshop but I recently got an offer I couldn’t refuse to head out to Saudi Arabia and build a skatepark with for Spohn Ranch and roped in , his brother and . I also filled in my visa application for Singapore which might go down right after Saudi. It’s strange to be shutting down the workshop so soon and packing my bags for my first international build and also my first trip out of the country in over a decade. I packed my bags for a show in Pretoria in April, planned to help Dallas with the Soweto park for a couple of weeks and finally returned to Durban at the end of August so who knows when I’ll be back in the workshop. It’s been a crazy year, feeling very humbled and grateful for all the opportunities coming my way from being involved in skateboarding, I even found myself shortlisted by a casting agent for a TVC where an older skateboarder is required. It’s good to see the world turning again and to be part of it.
Never give up, keep pushing, things will get better.